Mucinous cystadenomas of the liver are rare cystic neoplasms, often mistaken for simple cysts or hydatid liver. They generally benign tumors, discovered incidentally on imaging during independent surgeries. Despite their tendency to grow slowly, mucinous can reach symptomatic dimensions. And given potential malignant transformation into cystadenocarcinomas, a misdiagnosis have serious secondary...

BACKGROUND In Morocco, there is little information on the circumstances surrounding maternal near misses. This study aimed to determine the incidence, characteristics, and determinants of maternal near misses in Morocco. METHOD A prospective case-control study was conducted at 3 referral maternity hospitals in the Marrakech region of Morocco between February and July 2012. Near-miss cases inc...

Objective The main objective of this survey was to determine the difference between primary and secondary infertility in Morocco and the associated factors among women, who are referred to public and private health centers in Morocco. MaterialsAndMethods In this cross-sectional study, 619 infertile women referring to public and private health centers in Marrakech-Safi region, were selected by s...

The present study represents a first insight into the Draa Lasfar min (Marrakech - Morocco) to assess the degree of polymetallic pollution caused by anthropogenic activities (like mine extraction) and consequently the possible diffusion of heavy metals and to predict the risk of their mobility in the surroundings of the mine area. The edaphologic parameters pH and electrical conductivity (EC) w...

Infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant patients can be prevented by regular screening after transplantation. Candidiasis is common renal transplantation candida albicans the most isolated species. The clinical presentation isn’t specific sometimes asymptomatic. etiological investigation guided epidemiological data to this population an analysis individua...

The reproductive aging of women is a biological process which is expressed by the loss of ovarian function and therefore the loss of the possibility of procreation. The present work aims to evaluate the effect of menopause on sexual health of rural women and to examine the determinants of female sexuality after menopause. A survey was conducted among 527 women in the rural area of Marrakech. Th...

BACKGROUND A literature review revealed heavy reliance on a few key publications for identification of medicinal plant species from local or vernacular names and a lack of citation of voucher specimens in many publications. There is a need for more reliable and standardized data on the identity of species used for medicine, especially because local names vary from region to region. This is espe...

BACKGROUND Medicinal plant trade is important for local livelihoods. However, many medicinal plants are difficult to identify when they are sold as roots, powders or bark. DNA barcoding involves using a short, agreed-upon region of a genome as a unique identifier for species- ideally, as a global standard. RESEARCH QUESTION What is the functionality, efficacy and accuracy of the use of barcod...