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JANUARY - MARCH 2007 Vol. 23 No. 1 * Distally based sural artery flap: A workhorse to cover 103 the soft tissue defects of lower 1/3 Tibia and Foot EDITORIAL Mehtab A. Pirwani, Saeed Samo, Yunis H. Soomro * Peer education vs. health provider education in 108 * How relevant are impact factor & indexation in MEDLINE?1 knowledge and attitude about prevention and transmission Maqbool H. Jafary, Shaukat Ali Jawaid of AIDS in students - Zahra Abbaspour, Marzeeh Saidian, Parvin Abedi * Importance of self audit by a journal to measure quality 4 * Relationship of zinc concentrations in blood and seminal 111 improvement and planning for future - Shaukat Ali Jawaid plasma with various semen parameters in infertile subjects REVIEW ARTICLE Hasan Ali, Masood Ahmed, Mukhtiar Baig, et al. * Attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome: An update on 9 * Evaluation of CEA & CA15.3 tumor markers in patients 115 assessment and management - Nazish Imran operated for breast cancer ORIGINAL ARTICLE MH. Sarmast Shooshtary, AH Talaizadeh, S Assar, et al. * Risk factors for stroke - Salma N. Khan, Ejaz Ahmed Vohra 17 CASE REPORT * Response of booster dose of cuban recombinant 23 * Henna – induced severe hemolysis: In Glucose 6 – 119 Hepatitis-B vaccine in nonresponder and hyporesponder Phosphate Dehydrogenase deficiency children - Hossein Dahifar, Farideh Mousavi, Aboulphazl Ghorbani Abolhassan Seyedzadeh, Mitra Hemmati, Simin Gheiny * Plasma cell myeloma in a tertiary centre in Niger delta 27 * Multiple fistula in Ano in an HIV seropositive patient 122 region of Nigeria. - Caroline Omoti, N.K.D. Halim Elusoji S.O., Osime O.C. * Hepatotoxicity with antituberculosis drugs: The risk 33 * Paroxysmal orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) 124 factors - Khalid Mahmood, Akhtar Hussain, K. Lal Jairamani, et al. with co-existing chronic fatigue syndrome Bhaskar Balasundaram, A. Blake * Ciprofloxacin resistance among bacterial isolates in a 39 * Schawanoma disguising as a solitary thyroid nodule 128 teaching hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia - Hanan Ahmed Habib Babay Raja Najam-ul-Haq, Ishtiaq Ahmed Chaudhary * Comparison between efficacy of single dose of tinidazole 43 * A complication of the amplatzer PDA occluder requiring 130 with a 7-day standard dose course of metronidazole in surgical correction - Basel Harahsheh giardiasis - Mohammad Fallah, Soghra Rabiee, Ali Akbar Moshtaghi * Twin pregnancy – one sac with missed miscarriage, 132 * Comparison of open vesicolithotomy & cystolitholapaxy 47 second with molar pregnancy - Nabeela Shami, et al. Sami Ullah, Ishtiaq Ahmed Chaudhary, Rehan Masood * Two cases of endocervical gonorrhoea and Bartholin 135 * Value of gastric lavage for diagnosis of pulmonary 51 gland diseases - Mahwash Dezfulimaneh tuberculosis - Mohammad Rahbar, Masood Hajia * An epidemiological survey of mental disorders among 54 BRIEF COMMUNICATION adults in Tabriz, Iran - Ali Fakhari, F. Ranjbar, H. Dadashzadeh, et al. * Brief report in vascular medicine Ergotamine-induced 137 * Resistant gram-negative bacilli & antibiotic consumption 59 acute vascular insufficiency of the lower limbs in Jordan - Hussein A Bataineh, Khalid M Alrashed Jalal Vahedian, Abdollah Panahipour * Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C among the 64 * An analysis of hydatid cyst surgeries in Tehran Milad 138 healthy blood donors at FFH, Rawalpindi Hospital, Iran, during 2001- 2004 Ishtiaq Ahmed Ch., Samiullah, S.S. Khan, et al. A. Pezeshki, E.B. Kia, A. Gholizadeh, et al. * Diagnostic value of anorexia in acute appendicitis 68 * Comparative study of Corticotrophin vs. Vigabatrin 141 Ali Akbar Salari, Fariba Binesh therapy in Infantile Spasm - Riaz Ahmed * Histological study on the effect of tobramycin dosage 71 CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION regimens on renal proximal tubular cells in the rats Mohamed Akram Al-Motabagani * Multiple sclerosis and neurochemical disturbances 145 * Neonatal sepsis and use of antibiotic in a Tertiary Care 78 Vladimir V. Markelov, Maxim V. Trushin * Ingrowing toe nail - Muhammad Sajjad Asahraf 150 Hospital - Choudhury Habibur Rasul, M. Abul Hassan, M. Habibullah * Oesophageal carcinoma in Jordanian field hospital 82 CORRESPONDENCE 152 in Afghanistan - Yousef M. Ajlouni * Etiology of pleural effusion in children 86 APRIL - JUNE 2007 (PART-I) Vol. 23 No. 2 Saleh AB Memon et al. * Association of urinary tract abnormalities in children with 88 EDITORIAL first urinary tract infection - A. Ahmadzadeh, Shahnam Askarpour * Speedy peer review and reducing publication time 155 * Epidemiological and clinical features of lichen planus in 92 Shaukat Ali Jawaid, Maqbool H. Jafary Jordanian Patients - Salah A. Abdallat, Taghreed J. Maaita * Migraine: Comorbidity with depression 95 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Naila Shehbaz, Shaukat Ali, Syed Wasim Akhtar, et al. * Seropositive HBsAg frequency in Karachi and 157 * Detection of toxoplasma gondii antigens in sera from 100 interior Sindh - experimentally infected mice - Saeedeh Shojaee, et al. Essa M. Abdulla, Farhan E. Abdulla
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* Insulin therapy induced adiposity evaluated by 161 * Diagnostic laparoscopy and resection of a rare 267 computed tomography is not visceral case of large mesenteric liposarcoma Ahmed Elsayed, Soliman ElGebely, Ahmed Galal M. Rangarajan, C. Palanivelu, R. Senthilkumar, et al. * An aetiological study of moderate to severe hirsutism 167 * Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the subglottic 270 Lamees M. Malik, Khawar Khursheed, Tahir S. Haroon, et al. Ashwaq Al-Absi, Muhammad Hazim, Abdullah Sani * Urogenital anomalies associated with Anorectal 172 * Medulloblastoma: A life threatening cancer of infancy 275 malformations - F. Mortazavi, Saeid Aslanabadi, S.T. Mahnama & childhood - Nadeem Reyaz, Nadia Naseem, Saeed Akhtar Khan, et al. * Diet history and birth weight relationship among 176 * Conservative management of placenta percreta 278 Saudi pregnant women - Ahmed A. Al-Shoshan Obioha Okoro, Stephen Onwere * Comparison of predictive value of 8, 12 and 24-hour 182 * Rhabdomyosarcoma of the larynx 280 proteinuria in pre-eclampsia - Soghra Rabiee Soheila Nikakhlagh, Nader Saki, Nepton Emad Mostofi, et al. * The prevalence of comorbid depression among adults 185 * Four cases of polyneuropathy due to HTLV1 infection 283 with diabetes in Southern Iraq - Abbas Ali Mansour, Mansour Attia Jabir in Imam Reza Hospital: North East of Iran * The multi component intervention to prevent 188 Nemati Karimooy Habiballah, Hassanabady H, Rafatpanah H postoperative delirium after open-heart surgery * Mini-magnets and their hazards in children 287 Zahid Mehmood Bahli Ali Nazeri Astaneh, N. Khajehmougahi, S. Pakseresht, et al. * Prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in a 193 * Post menopausal bleeding in patient with infantile 290 sample of urban adult population within South East of Iran uterus - Shaila Anwar, Nabeela Shami, Iram Akmal, et al. Mohsen Rezaeian, Zinat Salem * Obstinate gambling addiction - Leszek Tomasz Ros’ 293 * Laparoscopic management of atypical presentation of 198 BRIEF COMMUNICATION ectopic pregnancy - Shamsun Nahar, Shahida Begum, M. Saiful Islam * Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Knowledge and 296 * Validity of fasting blood sugar on day of surgery 202 personal experience in Iranian dentists compared with the preinduction blood glucose level in S.H. Kavari, A.H. Chohedri Type II diabetic patients - Masoud Parish, Ata Mahmoodpoor, Sarvin Sanaie * Patients with gall bladder cancer: A clinical experience 298 * Use of AgNOR index in grading and differential 206 Abdul Qayyum diagnosis of astrocytic lesions of brain * Implementation and function of acute pain 301 Mulazim H. Bukhari, Shahida Niazi, Ihsanullah Hashmi, et al. management service: Aga Khan University Hospital * Evaluation of Anti-ds DNA antibodies in anti-nuclear 211 experience - Faraz Shafiq, Mohammad Hamid, Khalid Samad antibody positive Omani patients Adel Alnaqdy, Juma Al-Busaidy, Batool Hassan APRIL - JUNE 2007 (PART-II) Vol. 23 No. 3 * Application of restriction enzyme analysis technique 216 based on 65kda heat shock protein gene for fingerprinting EDITORIAL and differentiation of mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical .* A collaborative effort to promote Medical Journalism 305 strains isolated from tuberculosis patients in Ahwaz, Iran in Pakistan - Shaukat Ali Jawaid Azar D. Khosravi, Abdulrazagh Hashemi * Intralesional bleomycin injection: A primary therapy for 220 ORIGINAL ARTICLE peripheral lymphangiomas * One year surveillance data of acute flaccid paralysis at 308 Nasir Saleem Saddal, Ahmad Sharif, Soofia Ahmad, et al. Bahwal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur - Ameer Ahmad, Abdul Rehman * Prevalence of microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetes 223 * Haemorheological changes in cancer patients on 313 mellitus at a diabetic clinic in King Abdulaziz chemotherapy - Caroline Edijana Omoti, Evarista Osime University Hospital - Abdulrahman Al-Shaikh * The stigmatization of psychiatric illness: What attitudes 318 * Characterization of an intracellular protease from 227 do medical students and family physicians hold towards Pseudomonas Aeruginosa people with mental illness? - Nazish Imran, Imran Ijaz Haider Shahanara Begum, Iftikhar Ahmed, Faisal Alam, et al. * In vitro activities of amphotericin-B in combination with 323 * Differentiation of common gram negative pathogens 233 rifampin against Aspergillus species - Majid Zarrin, M. Reza Najafi by PCR-ribotyping - Mehwish Jamil, Saira Bashir, Mashkoor Mohsin, et al * A study on the healing effect of honey on infected 327 * A wake tracheal intubation via intubating laryngeal 238 open fracture wounds - Mohammad Fakoor, M. Hassan Pipelzadeh mask vs direct laryngoscopy and cervical spine excursion * Utilization of Blood in Elective Cholecystectomy 331 Ata Mahmoudpour, Hamzeh Hoseinzadeh, Ali Peirovi far, et al. Mahmood Muizuddin, Masood Jawaid, Shams Nadeem Alam, et al. * Flexor Carpi Ulnaris transfer to improve function and 242 * Presence of helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients 335 cosmesis of hand in patients with cerebral palsy with endoscopically normal stomach - S. Riazul Hassan, Zaigham Abbas Gulzar Saeed Ahmed * Neonatal Hypoglycemia: Prevalence and clinical 340 * In vitro synergy of fusidic acid and amikacin against 245 manifestations in Tehran Children’s Hospital methicillin resistant Staphlococus aureus Nasrin Dashti, Nahid Einollahi, Sakineh Abbasi Samia Perwaiz, Qamaruddin Barakzai, Badar J. Farooqi, et al. * Association of hypertension and diastolic dysfunction 344 * Pattern and outcome of admissions to neonatal unit 249 with type-2 diabetes mellitus - S.M. Sohail Ashraf, Fasia Basir of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar * The effect of estrogen on wound healing in rats 349 Fazlur Rahim, Amin Jan, Jan Mohummad, et al. Mohammad Ali Rajabi, Fatemeh Rajabi * Persistent unstable chromosomal aberrations in 254 * Calcium channel blocker verapamil: A nonhormonal 353 st lymphocytes of radiotherapy workers after 1 mitotic option for hot flashes management in patients with division in Tehran, Iran - Abolfazl Movafagh, F. Maleki, S. Fadaie, et al. acute Opioid Abstinence Syndrome
CASE REPORT Munawar Alam Ansari, Shahida P. Ahmed, Mehar Ali * The effect of lifestyle on brucellosis among nomads 358 * Hairy cell leukaemia in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern 259 in Khuzestan province of Iran Nigeria: 10 year’s survey - Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Abdollah Rafiei, Abdolrasoul Nikkhooi C.E. Omoti, M.E. Enosolease, N.K.D.Halim * Serum Uric Acid Concentration in patients with Type 2 361 * Effect of sildenafil in primary pulmonary hypertension 264 Diabetes Mellitus during Diet or Glibenclamide Therapy Saleem Sharieff Isam Hamo Mahmood
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* Morphometeric study of primary sensory neurons 366 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS following surgical repair of sciatic nerve * National Conference on Medical Editing 460 Mohammad Ali Atlasi, Mehdi Mehdizadeh, M. Hadi Bahadori, et al. Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Acquired Aplastic anemia: Treatment in a developing 370 Shaukat Ali Jawaid country - Shaheena Hanif, Farah Naz, Emad uddin Siddiqui, et al. * Recurrence after excision and primary closure of 375 CASE REPORT pilonidal sinus - Tariq Wahab Khanzada, Abdul Samad * Unusual presentation of Addison’s disease 475 * The relationship between cerebral oxygen saturation 380 Zaman Shaikh, Muhammad Umar, Mehwish Nisar changes and post operative neurologic complications * Laparoscopy-assisted resection of a giant intra- 479 in patients undergoing cardiac surgery abdominal seminoma in an adult undescended testis Sohrab Negargar, Ata Mahmoudpour, Reza Taheri, et al. Chinnusamy Palanivelu, Muthukumaran Rangarajan, Shankar * Frequency of Post-traumatic stress disorder and its 386 Annapoorni association with types of physical injuries and * Hyponatraemia due to Enalapril 482 depression in earthquake victims Shahid Ahmed M. Nasar Sayeed Khan, Sumira Alam, Shahid Hameed Warris, et al. BOOK REVIEW * Resistance to vancomycin in enterococcus faecium 390 * Pathophysiologic basis of acid-base disorders 484 and faecalis clinical isolates Farrokh Habibzadeh, Mahboobeh Yadollahie A. Aleyasin, A.M. Mobarez, M. Sadeghizadeh, et al. * Marjolin ulcer: How much of safety margin needs 394 JULY - SEPTEMBER 2007 Vol. 23 No. 4 resection along marjolin ulcer squamous cell carcinoma in recurrence cases - Abdolazim Ghalambor ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Comparing the brain growth in normal children and 398 * Profile of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) In Pakistan 485 those with congenital heart diseases Maqbool H. Jafary, Abdus Samad, Mohammad Ishaq,et al. Zahed Safikhani, Naser Afzali, Hossian Bordbar * Predictors of quality of life in chronic obstructive 490 * Corneal problems during and after phacoemulsification 401 pulmonary diseasepatients with different frequency by beginner phacoemulsification surgeon of exacerbations Abrar Ali, Tabassum Ahmed, Tahir Ahmed Khalid Ansari, M. Shamssain, NP Keaney, et al. * Effect of zinc supplementation on pregnant rats on 405 * Echocardiographic evaluation of patients with systemic 497 short-term & long-term memory of their offspring lupus erythematosus Moazedi Ahmad Ali, Ghotbeddin Z, Parham GH Shahid Hameed, Lamees Mahmood Malik, Saqib Shafi, et al. * Foley’s Catheter in management of Subglottic and 410 * Uterine sarcoma incidental in infertile women: 501 Tracheal injuries Experience in a tropical hospital Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, Mohammed Umer Farooq, Mohammad Usman Adebiyi G. Adesiyun, Modupeola Omotara Samaila, Charles Ameh * Method of quantitative bacterial count in 415 * Comparative evaluation of the Cerebral state index TM 505 burn wound and Bispectral index TM monitoring during propofol- Mohammad Ashraf Ganatra, Hammad Ashraf Ganatra emifentanil anesthesia for open heart surgery * Epidemiology and outcome of Burns at Khyber 420 Shahrbanoo Shahbazi, Farid Zand, Jalal Saem Teaching Hospital Peshawar * HIV/HBV, HIV/HCV and HIV/HTLV-1 co infection 510 Rooh-ul-Muqim, Mohammad Zareen, Dilbag among injecting drug user patients hospitalized at the * Passive smoking status of students and employees 425 infectious disease ward of a training hospital in Iran of a private medical university Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Arash Etemadi Zil-a-Rubab, M. Ata-ur-Rahman * Seroprevalence of Hepatitis-B and C among the 514 * Persistence of goiter despite adequate iodine intake 429 patients reporting in surgical OPD at Fauji Foundation Majid Aminzadeh, Zohreh Karamizadeh, Hospital, Rawalpindi: Review of 5 year literature Gholam Hossein Amirhakimi Ishtiaq Ahmed Ch, Shah Sattar Khan, M. Ashraf Majrooh, et al. * Expression and function of integrin associated 432 * Increased serum iron associated with coronary heart 518 protein (IAP)/CD47 in human articular cartilage disease among Nigerian adults Orazizadeh Mahmoud, Salter Donald Bose E. Orimadegun, John I. Anetor, Deborah A. Adedapo, et al. BRIEF COMMUNICATION * Comparison of menarche age between two 523 generations (Tehran lipid and glucose study) * Prevalence of antibiotic resistance among bacteria 438 Elaheh Ainy, Yadolah Mehrabi, Fereidoun Azizi isolates of Lower Respiratory * Effectiveness of high-dosage Mitomycin-C in 526 Tract Infection in COPD Shahrekord – Iran, 2005 trabeculectomy: High risk patients with glaucoma Reza Imani, Hamid Rouhi, Forouzan Ganji Fereshtekhou MA, Zarghami N * A nudge should be sent to all researchers 441 * A modified technique for application of tissue 530 Younis A. Skaik expanders for extremities in burn scars patients * Seasonal variation of childhood acute poisoning 443 Abdolazim Ghalambor AKM Rashid, Razia Sultana, HAM Nazmul Ahasan * Expectations of primary care patients in rural Karnataka 534 * Study of the risk factors related with Helicobacter 446 Padmashree S, Anton N. Isaacs Pylori infections in children with peptic ulcer disease 446 * Knowledge regarding Hepatitis-B among EPI 538 Farid Imanzadeh, Ali Akbar Sayyari, Aziz Ighbali vaccinators working in District South, Karachi REVIEW ARTICLE Shaheen Shah, Nighat Nisar, Majid Hafeez Qadri * A comparison of total amount of blood needed in 542 * Ovarian reserve and reproductive age 449 patients taking autologous or homologous blood Shahida Zaidi, Ambreen Usmani, Ishrat S. Shokh * Fighting drug dependence by blocking cannabinoid 454 transfusion in coronary artery bypass grafting: type 1 receptors A Clinical Randomized Case-Control Trial Singh J, Salil Budhiraja S.Hedayatallah Akhlagh, A. Hameed Chohedri, Ahmad Bazojoo, et al.
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* Analysis of human gallstones by 546 * Alkaptonuria – Case report and review of literature 650 Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Muhammad Nafees, Muhammad Muazzam Naseem A. Channa, Fateh D. Khand, Tayab U. Khand, et al. BRIEF COMMUNICATION * Prevalence of group A rotavirus, enteric adenovirus, 551 * Prevalence of neural tube defect and its relative 654 norovirus and astrovirus infections among children with factors in South-West of Iran - Ahmad Behrooz acute gastroenteritis in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia Mamdoh M. Meqdam, Ibrahim R. Thwiny CORRESPONDENCE * Basal Cell Carcinoma: A retrospective analysis of 556 * Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever as an indication 657 76 patients - Samhar Weshah, Ra’ed Smadi, Mohammad Helalat for use of Ribavirin - Levent Doganci, Nuriye Tasdeler Fisgin * The effect of grape seed extract (GSE) on spatial 561 * Corneal complications with phacoemulsification 658 memory in aged male rats cataract surgery - M.A. Rehman Siddiqui Alireza Sarkaki, Yaghoub Farbood , Mohammad Badavi * Bacteriologic findings in patients with ocular infection 566 OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2007 (PART-I) Vol. 23 No. 5 and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of isolated pathogens Azar D. Khosravi, Manigeh Mehdinejad, Mahvash Heidari ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Gastroprotective effect of Alhagi Maurorum on 570 * Human paraoxonase and HDL-Cholesterol in Pakistani 659 exprimental gastric ulcer in rats patients with acute myocardial infarction & normal healthy Mohhammad Kazem Gharib Naseri, Seyyed Ali Mard adults - M. Perwaiz Iqbal, Abrar Hussain Khan, Naseema Mehboobali, et al. * Relationship of body mass index and waist to hip ratio 574 * Survey the effect of aerobic exercise on aerobic 665 measurement with hypertension in young adult medical capacity in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) students - Shamail Zafar, Israr ul Haque, Anjum Rasheed Butt, et al. Majid Najafi Kalyani, Abbas Ebadi, Soheil Najafi Mehri, et al. * Viral infections, prevalence and costs: A 5-year, 580 * The scope of cardiac complications of thyrotoxicosis 671 hospital based, retrospective observational study in Shiraz, in Lagos, Nigeria - Ogbera AO, Fasanmade O, Isiba A Iran - Behnam Sabayan, Mohammad Motamedifar, Nima Zamiri, et al. * Profile of Extrahepatic Portal Venous Obstruction 677 * Assessment of waist/hip ratio and its relationship with 585 (EHPVO) in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan coronary heart disease in Community Hospital of Syed Khalid Shah, Javed A. Butt, Asim Awan District Swat - Rashid Ahmad, Aziz Ahmad, Sibgha Zulfiqar, et al. * Bacteriologic study of diabetic foot ulcer 681 * The effect of high-calcium and high-potassium diet on 589 S. Mohammad Alavi, Azar D. Khosravi, Abdulah Sarami, et al. Grade-I hypertension and high normal blood pressure * Surgical management of tattoos 685 Ali Reza Ostad Rahimi, Ata Mhmoodpoor, Sarvin Sanaie Mohammad Ashraf Ganatra, Hammad Ashraf Ganatra * Nosocomial infections due to methicillin resistant 593 * Role of anorectal manometry to improve the results 689 Staphylococcus Aureus in hospitalized patients of biopsy in diagnosis of chronic constipation Arif Maqsood Ali, Shahid Ahmed Abbasi, Shazia Arif, Irfan Ali Mirza Ali-Akbar Sayyari, Farid Imanzadeh, Javad Ghoroubi, et al. * Diet, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and 597 * Magnesium sulphate as a safe treatment for persistent 693 diabetes in ischemic heart diseases pulmonary hypertension of newborn resistant to mechanical Salimzadeh Hamideh, Mohsenpour Behzad, Ghaderi Ebrahim, et al. hyperventilation - Masoud Dehdashtian, Kemaladin Tebatebae * Natural delivery in 1500 Afghan primegravidae 602 * A phase II study of cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil 698 Lala Rukh Malik, Hashim Khan Mohmand, Asad Khan Mahmand combination chemotherapy and concurrent thoracic * Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Results at two Year 607 radiation in squamous cell carcinoma of lung follow-up on 200 patients Naeem Haider, Shaharyar, Shahid Rasul, et al. Bijan Khademi, Behrooz Gandomi, Abdul Hameed Chohedri, et al. * Comparison of patients quality of life treated with 703 * Influence of gender on familial aggregation of 610 two different regimens for advanced gallbladder cancer ADHD in relatives of probands with ADHD Abdul Qayyum, S.H.M. Zaidi Paria Hebrani, Fatemeh Behdani * Assessment of serum lipids in Nigerians with type 2 708 * Post-cholecystectomy complications and ERCP 614 diabetes mellitus complications AA Durrani, Nayyar Yaqoob, Zubair Hussan, et al. Idogun ES, Unuigbe El, Ogunro PS, et al. * Efficacy of a single subconjunctival injection with 620 * Liver diseases: Admissions and mortality in a Medical 713 dysport for lid retraction treatment- Khataminia Gh R, Moosavian J ICU at a rural centre in Pakistan * Assessment of anatomy curriculum for future clinicians 625 Syed Zafar Abbas, Syeda Aasia Batool, Iqbal Pathan, et al. at College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia * The effect of cigarette smoking on semen quality 717 Muhammad Mujahid Khan of infertile men - Tooba Mehrannia * Quality of work life in Tehran University of Medical 630 * Clinician’s Responsibility in Pre-Analytical Quality 720 Sciences Hospitals’ clinical laboratories employees Assurance of Histopathology H. Dargahi, M.K. Sharifi Yazdi M. Ashraf Sharif, Sajid Mushtaq, Nadira Mamoon, et al. * Frequency of known risk factors of stroke and its 634 * Demographic profile, clinical presentation, 724 outcome in patients admitted in Sindh Government Qatar management options in cranio cerebral trauma: Hospital Karachi - Syed Riazul Hasan, Ahmad Salman Khan Ghouri An experience of a rural hospital in Central India * Which cases of gastroenteritis will tend to get into 637 Anil M.Bhole, Rahul Potode, Amit Agrawal, et al. convulsion? * Evaluation of 278 HLA-B27 positive patients suspected 728 Shahnaz Armin, Farhad Mahvelati, Mohammad Reza Khalilian of Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies S. Jalal Emam, Shide Badri, Ahmad Bayat, et al. CASE REPORT * Effect of Oral Glucose and the response to pain in 733 * Spontaneous knotting of ryles tube in a post 641 the term neonate operative patient - Utpal De, Akhilesh Agarwal, Veena Singh Shahnam Askarpour, Massoud Dehdashtian, Saeed Marashi * Alpers disease: Report of two familial cases 643 * The effectiveness of problem solving skills in 736 M. Barzegar, Mazyar Hashemilar decreasing PTSD symptoms in suvivors of Bam * Chronic subdural haematoma and meningitis 647 earthquake Amit Agrawal, Lathika Shetty, S. Teerthnath, et al. Ghomashchi Ferdos, Salimi Seyed-Hossein
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* The Mitochondrial K-ATP Channel Opener, Diazoxide, 741 OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2007 (PART-II) Vol. 23 No. 6 protects brain against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in the Rat - Mehdi Mehdizadeh, Mansooreh Soleimani, Majid Katebi, et al. ORIGINAL ARTICLE * The effect of small dose bupivacaine-fentanyl in spinal 747 * Cardiac mortality trends in the emergency department 825 anesthesia on hemodynamic nausea and vomiting in of a tertiary care cardiac centre cesarean section - M. Seyedhejazi, E. Madarek Shahid Hameed, Shahzad Tawwab, Ahmad Shahbaz, et al. * Pre-eclampsia and lipid profile 751 * Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency (DPD) 832 Rubina Aziz, Tabassum Mahboob in GI malignancies: Experience of 4-years * Effect of simvastatin on insulin sensitivity in type 2 755 M. Wasif Saif, Kostas Syrigos, Ranee Mehra, et al. diabetic subjects * Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG): 840 M. Zafar Iqbal Hydrie, Rashida Qasim, M. Yakoob Ahmadani, et al. A treatment of oligospermia * Serum electrolytes changes in malnourished 760 Mazhar Mushtaq, Saghir Ahmed Jafri, Abdus Salam Sheikh, et al. children with diarrhoea * Investigation of protective effect of prednisolone in 847 Yasmeen Memon, Rehana Majeed, M. Hanif Ghani, et al. nephropathy induced by co-trimoxazole in rat CASE REPORT Alireza Mozaffari, Iran Rashidi * Intravenous Paracetamol is as effective as Morphine 851 * Cord compression due to extramedullary hematopoiesis 765 in Knee Arthroscopic day surgery procedures in two patients of ß-thalassemia intermedia Zaka Ullah khan, Javaid Iqbal, Hosny Saleh, et al. Bijan Keikhaei, Khodamorad Zandian, Fakher Rahim, et al. * Esophageal Foreign Bodies in children 854 * Myomectomy during pregnancy 771 Nader Saki, Soheila Nikakhlagh, Farnaz Safai, et al. Obioha Okoro, Stephen Onwere * The study of disability status of live leprosy patients 857 * A hydatid cyst found in an uncommon site coincidentally 774 Nihal Kilinc, Cigdem Arican in Kurdistan province of Iran * Large plexiform neurofibroma: Unusual cause for 777 Farrokh Rad, Ebrahim Ghaderi, Ghobad Moradi, et al. * The effect of hoemodialysis on pulmonary function 862 blindness - Akhilesh Kr. Agarwal, Sandipan Gupta, Gautam Guha tests and respiratory symptoms in patients with chronic * Extra-adrenal myelolipoma: A case report and review 779 renal failure - Hekmat R, Boskabady MH, Khajavi A, Nazary A of the literature - Nihal Kilinc * Identification of Aspergillus species using 867 * Human toxocariasis: A report of 3 cases 782 A.H. Talaizadeh, S. Maraghi, A. Jelowdar, M. Peyvasteh morphological characteristics * Ectopic Enterobiasis: A case report and review of 785 K Diba, Kordbacheh P, Mirhendi SH, et al. * Demographic profile of patients with epilepsy in a 873 literature - Md. Abul Quasem, Md. Abdus Salam community clinic * Spontaneous Enterocutaneous Fistula in an 788 Shaireen Usman, Haroon Rashid Chaudhry, Aftab Asif, et al. HIV Positive Patient - Elusoji S.O, Osime O.C, Iribhogbe P.E, et al. * Evaluating causes of acute renal failure in newborn 877 * Vacterl association with sternal cleft 790 infants - Gharehbaghi MM, Peirovifar A MD Massoud Dehdashtian, Mehran Peyvasteh, Abdolrahman Emami-moghaddam * The effect of oral dextrose on pain relief of 881 newborn infants REVIEW ARTICLE Manizheh Mostafa Gharehbaghi, Peirovifar Ali * Adult onset still’s disease and prurigo pigmentosa: 792 * Role of enriched media in bacterial isolation from 885 An unusual association and review of literature semen and effect of microbial infection on semen quality: Tarek Abdel Hamed Mostafa Dowod, M. El-Sayed Hanafy Khalel, A study on 100 infertile men Magdy Abas Ali Mohammed, et al. Orji Ikechukwu, Ezeifeka George, Amadi Ekperechi Sabinus, et al. * Intracranial pressure monitoring: Concepts in 798 * Comparison of two chemotherapy regimen: 889 evaluation and measurement Doxycycline-rifampicin and doxycycline cotrimoxazol in Bidur Baral, Amit Agrawal, Rafael Cincu the brucellosis patients Ahwaz, Iran, 2004-2006 S.M. Alavi, Ali reza Rajabzadeh BRIEF COMMUNICATION * The effect of intramuscular ephedrine in prevention of 893 * The gain modulation of the heteronymous excitation 805 hypotension due to propofol of quadriceps with changes in position of the knee and Susan Rasooli, Masoud Parish, Ata Mahmoodpoor, et al. hip joints in humans * Silica and esophageal cancer in Golestan province 898 Khosro K. Kalantari, Ronald H. Baxendale Northeast of Iran * Management of Chilhood abdominal masses by 809 Sima Besharat, Ali Jabbari, Shahryar Semnani Nigerian traditional doctors: A worrisome cause of * Hypertension and metabolic syndrome: Impact of 903 delay in presentation - Osifo O.D, Evbuomwan I, Efobi C.A clustering of hypertension in subjects with metabolic * Working in Brunei Darussalam 814 syndrome Reehan Sabri Sikandar Hayat Khan, Farooq Ahmad Khan, Amir Ijaz, et al. * Mitoxantrone plus cytarabine versus daunorubicin plus 909 CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION cytarabine as induction therapy for previously untreated * Proceedings of workshop on Colorectal Surgery 818 adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia Shaukat Ali Jawaid Alireza Nikanfar, Iraj Asvadi, Jalil Vaez * Phased introduction of Hepatitis B vaccination in 913 CORRESPONDENCE Pakistan - Khalida Kazmi, M. 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