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EDITORIAL * Publication audit, handling publication misconduct and need for 1 education of authors: A Pakistani perspective Shaukat Ali Jawaid ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Shoulder Instability: The Role of MR Arthrography in Diagnosing Anteroinferior 6 Labroligamentous Lesions: Our experience at King Hussein Medical Center, Jordan Asem Al Hiari * Stress and depression among medical students: A cross sectional study at 12 a medical college in Saudi Arabia Hamza Mohammad Abdulghani * Comparative studies on antisickling properties of thiocyanate, 18 tellurite and hydroxyurea Oyewole OI, Malomo SO, Adebayo JO * Genotyping of thalassemia in microcytic hypochromic anemia patients 23 from Southwest Region of Iran Fakhar Rahim * Relationship between the serologic status of Helicobacter Pylori with 29 the presence of unstable angina Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Seyed Mohammad Hasan Adel, Alireza Rajabzadeh * Congenital malformations among live births at Arvand Hospital, 33 Ahwaz, Iran - A prospective study Ahmadzadeh Ali, Safikhani Zahad, Abdulahi Masoumeh, Ahmadzadeh Azar * Adenomyosis uteri in infertile women: Experience in a Tropical 38 Community Teaching Hospital Adebiyi Gbadebo Adesiyun, Modupeola Omotara Samaila, Abimbola Kolawole * Common signs and symptoms in hypothyroidism in central part of Iran 44 Ali Jabbari, Sima Besharat, Nasrin Razavianzadeh, Mansour Moetabar * The statistical analysis of application of teeth in forensic odontology center, 48 Tehran, Iran, 1980-2000 Amir Deebaei, Hadi Fathi Moghaddam, Parivash Delkhosh * Clinical presentation of late haemorrhagic disease of Newborn 52 Rehana Majeed, Yasmeen Memon, Farrukh Majeed * Evaluation of inhibitory effects of Iranian propolis against filamentous bacteria 56 Saeed Eshraghi, Shirin Valafar * Electroencephalogram findings in Saudi children with delayed language development 61 Taha Sadig Ahmed, A. Majeed Al Drees, Sultan Ayoub Meo, Gazza Ahmed, M. Al-Nasser M * Hysteroscopic View of Endometrial Hyperplasia 65 Mojgan Barati, Sara Masihi, Farideh Moramezi * Frequency of carotid atherosclerosis in cerebral infarction 69 Moazzam Ali Atif, Hassan Ali, Tariq Mahmood

Pak J Med Sci 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 www.pjms.com.pk I * Attitude, belief and knowledge about blood donation and transfusion in Saudi population 74 Abdul Majeed Al-Drees * Occurrence of Congenital Anomalies and Genetic Diseases in a Population 80 of Ghazvin Province, Iran: a study of 33380 cases Movafagh A, Z Pear Zadeh, M HajiseyedJavadi, FM Mohammed,

Ghaderian SMH, Heidari MH,Ghasemi Barghi R * Neurological cases admitted into A General Pediatrics Ward 86 Aneela Ahmed, S. M. Inkisar Ali * Vitro antifungal activity of deterium microcarpum 91 Doughari JH, Nuya SP * The comparison of histopathological findings and polymerase chain 96 reaction in lesions with primary clinical diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis with negative smear Mohammad Omidian, Azar D. Khosravi, Mohsen Nazari, Arian Rashidi * Prevalence and antibiotic resistance among helicobacter pylori clinical 100 isolates from main Hospitals in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia Aiman M. Momenah, Atif H. Asghar * A Stitch in Time ... Annual Health Appraisal of Garment Industry Employees 104 Bobby Joseph, Pretesh Rohan Kiran * Frequency of risk factors of cerebral infarction in stroke patients: 109 A study of 100 cases in Naseer Teaching Hospital, Peshawar M. Safeer, M. Tariq, Ubaid ur Rehman * The Relationship between Skin manifestations and CD4 counts among 114 HIV positive patients Farrokh Rad, Ebrahim Ghaderi, Ghobad Moradi, Latifeh Mafakheri * Hodgkins lymphoma in cervical lymphadenopathy 118 Waseem Memon, Abdul Samad, Gul Muhammad Sheikh * Inevitable peripartum hysterectomy in a tropical hospital: 122 Indications and maternofetal outcome Adesiyun Adebiyi Gbadebo, Eseiegbe Edwin, Ameh Charles Anawo * The effect of atmospheric temperature on the outcome of intrauterine insemination 127 Nikbakht Roshan, Saharkhiz Nasrin, Ghalambor Dezfouli Fatemeh * p53 Expression in benign, dysplastic and malignantoral squamous epithelial lesions 130 Suchita Panjwani, Saleem Sadiq * Women with irritable bowel syndrome according to Rome II criteria in Jordan 136 Kassab Harfoushi * Effect of noise pollution on hearing of public transport drivers in Lahore city 142 Muhammad Javed Aslam, Muhammad Azeem Aslam, Amna Batool * Short term outcome of treatment of femoral shaft fractures in children by 147 two methods: Traction plus casting, versus intramedullary pin fixation – A comparative study Seyed Abdolhossein Mehdinasab, Seyed Ali Marashi Nejad, Nasser Sarrafan * Attitudes, perceptions, habits of smoker, non-smoker general practitioners 152 and why they fail to motivate patients to quit smoking Ahmed Nawaz, Asghar Naqvi

II Pak J Med Sci 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 www.pjms.com.pk BRIEF COMMUNICATION * Outcome of referrals from a primary health institution in rural Karnataka 157 Anton N. Isaacs, Cyriac A, Geoiphy G. Pulickal, Christopher Lhmar * Euglycemic Ketoacidosis 161 Muhammad Shahzad Rauf * Molecular Genetics of Fetal Organogenesis in The Quran: 163 Tracking a Modern Concept in an Original Religious Text Banihashemi Kambiz, Houshmand Massoud, Rostami Maryam Khosroheidari Mahdieh * Designing a model of drug quality assurance for Iran 167 Elhami Gh. H, Maleki MR, Tabibi SJ CASE REPORT * A rare case of hypomelanosis of ITO 173 Sh.Shaafi, H. Herizchi * Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia 175 Emad uddin Siddiqui, Shaheena Hanif * Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn complicated with hypercalcaemia 178 Abdollah Karimi, Shirin Sayyahfar, Farzaneh Jadali, Alireza Fahimzad, Shahnaz Armin, Javad Ghorubi, Mana Hadipour Jahromi, Sasan Saket REVIEW ARTICLE * Metabolic Syndrome: Relevance to Psychiatry 181 Afzal Javed, Maryam Afzal CORRESPONDENCE * Audit of pediatric prescriptions for common paediatric problems 177 Lt. Gen. Mahmmud Ahmed Akhter * Some evidences about Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever 187 Ali Jabbari, Sima Besharat, Abdollah Abbasi CONTENTS, SUBJECT & AUTHOR INDEX * (Vol. 23. No. 1 - 6 January - December 2007) I-XXI

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EDITORIAL * Aspirin Resistance: an unsettled issue 189 Maqbool H. Jafary ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Psychosocial factors associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety 192 following Acute Myocardial Infarction Muhammad Saleem Akhtar, Saad Bashir Malik, Masha Asad Khan * Colostomy in children: Indications and common problems in Benin City, Nigeria 199 Osifo OD, Osaigbovo EO, Obeta EC * Apolipoprotein E polymorphism, paraoxonase-1 activity and 204 coronary artery disease: is there a link? F. Nabatchian, Sh. Khaghani, R. Miri, M. Mahmoodi, A. Karimi, P. Pasalar * A survey of clostridia in the patients with acute diarrhea compared 209 with the control group Mojtaba Moosavian, Koorosh Hayati * Out come of mesh repair for incisional hernia 213 Mohammad Zarin, Muhammad Rafiq Afridi, Tariq Saeed, Rooh-ul-Muqim, Mahmud Aurangzeb, Mohammad Aziz Wazir * The causes of death among patients with tuberculosis in Khuzestan, Iran 217 Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Nejad Salami * Clinical spectrum of multiple sclerosis at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan 221 Hoori Shahwar, Syed Wasim Akhter, Shaukat Ali * Outcome of phaco incision on steepest meridian in eyes 227 with pre existing astigmatism Shahzad Iftikhar, Zeba Ilyas Matin, Asif Kiani * Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of staphylococcus aureus in Abakaliki, Nigeria 231 Ikeagwu IJ, Amadi ES, Iroha IR * One-year incidence rate of injuries among secondary school pupils 236 in an Iranian community Abbas Esmaeili, Reza Vazirineja, Azam Ebrahiminejad

* Intra cervical PGE2 gel for cervical ripening and induction of Labour 241 Fazia Raza, Saeeda Majeed * Enterotoxigenecity of S. aureus isolates recovered from chronic urogenital 246 tract infection in North Palestine Ghaleb Adwan, Bassam Abu-Shanab, Kamel Adwan, Marwan Odeh * Investigation of deep sternal wound infection after coronary artery 251 bypass graft and its risk factors Mohammad Javad Hoseini, Mohamad Hassan Naseri, Mojtaba Teimoori * An audit of 149 consecutive breast biopsies in Ibadan, Nigeria 257 Irabor DO, CA. Okolo

IV Pak J Med Sci 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 www.pjms.com.pk * Knowledge of diabetic patients about diabetes at the primary 263 stage in Eskisehir, Turkey Didem Arslantas, Aleattin Unsal, Selma Metintas, Filiz Koc * Demographic and biochemical features associated with children 269 infected with intestinal helminths Airauhi LU, Idogun ES * In-patient satisfaction and its related factors in 274 Taleghani University Hospital, Tehran, Iran Abbas Hajifathali, Elaheh Ainy, Hossein Jafari, Nader Markazi Moghadam, Elham Kohyar, Shabnam Hajikaram * Non-B, Non-C Hepatitis as a cause of Advanced Chronic Liver Disease 278 requiring medical admission at a rural centre in Pakistan Muhammad Ali, Syed Zafar Abbas, Farhat Sultana, Waseem Akhtar, Steve Shaw, Syed Qamar Abbas * Enhancement of parents’ awareness about ß-thalassemia major disorder 283 through two educational programs Ali Hassanpour Dehkordi, M. Saeed Heydarnejad * Malaria and Hematological changes 287 Ali Hassan Abro, Abdulla Mahmood Ustadi, Nadeem Javeed Younis, Ahmed Saleh Abdou, Dujana Al Hamed, Ahmed Alhaj Saleh * Effect of pregnancy on total antioxidant capacity in Nigerian women 292 Idogun ES, Odiegwu ME, Momoh SM, Okonofua FE * The comparison of serum ferritin concentration between healthy people 296 with and without history of family diabetes Zinat Salem, Reza Vazirinejad, Nazanin Zia Shiekholeslami, Zahra Hashemi, Mahnaz Tashakiry * Inappropriate Admission and Hospitalization in Teaching Hospitals of 301 Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Pourreza A, Kavosi Z, Khabiri R, Salimzadeh H * Incidence of human malaria infection in Barkhan and Kohlu, 306 bordering areas of East Balochistan Mohammad Iqbal Yasinzai, Juma Khan Kakarsulemankhel CASE REPORT * Anterior urethral valves: A rare cause of urethral obstruction in children 311 Saqib Ismail, Anwarul-Haq, Abdul Rasheed, M. Ali, Saifullah Khan, Iftikhar A. Jan * Hashimoto’s encephalopathy: A frequently missed diagnosis 314 Mohamed Osama Hegazi, Mubarak Alajmi, Yasser M Ateya * Panhypopituitarism presentation with acute renal failure 317 associated with rhabdomyolysis Mohammad Reza Rezvanfar, Parvin Soltani, Mona Hagaga Bozorgi * Angiofibroma with oropharyngeal origin 319 Ali Eftekharian, Fariba Samiei, Mohammad Rakhshan * Dealing with markedly elevated false positive D-dimer by sequential 321 testing with two D-dimer assays Khawaja Afzal Ammar, Molly Shapiro

Pak J Med Sci 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 www.pjms.com.pk V * Iatrogenic injury to the internal iliac vein: A life threatening complication 325 of internal iliac artery ligation Okonkwo CA, Ande ABA, Ovbagbedia O, Anyanhun G * Chediak-higashi syndrome 328 Emad uddin Siddiqui, Shaheena Hanif REVIEW ARTICLE * Colorectal Carcinoma in West Africans: some considerations on its 331 relatively lower incidence compared to Caucasians D.O. Irabor SHORT COMMUNICATION * Does plasma fibrinogens and C-reactive proteIn predicts the incidence 336 of myocardial infraction in patients with normal lipids profile? Arun Kumar, Ramiah Sivakanesan * The epidemiologic profile of pancreatic cancer and management 340 outcome in Lagos, Nigeria Onyekwere CA, Ojukwu JC * Comparison of pre and post surgical caudal block in reducing 344 stress responses in children M. Seyedhejazi

CORRESPONDENCE * Publication Audit and handling publication misconduct 348 Younis A. M. Skaik * Hodgkin Lymphoma and Cervical Lymphadenopathy 348 Gulfaraz Khan * Attitude, belief and knowledge about blood donation & transfusion in Saudi population 350 Younis A. M. Skaik

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Surgical interventions in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Retrospective 351 analysis of 27 patients treated at a Tertiary Level Care Center Amer Bilal, Abdul Baseer, Mohammad Muslim, Faridullah, Arshad Javaid, MZ Afridi, MY Khan * Evaluation of hemostatic factors in children with nephrotic syndrome 356 Fakhrossadat Mortazavi, Jafar Majidi * Frequency of anti Toxocara antibodies in school children with chronic cough 360 and eosinophilia in Ahwaz, Iran Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Gholamhossein Sefidgaran * AIschemia modified albumin: A potent marker in Acute Myocardial 364 Infarction in normolipidaemic Arun Kumar, Ramiah Sivakanesan, Susil Gunasekera * Spinal Injuries: Experience of a local Neurosurgical Centre 368 Zubia Masood, Ghulam Mustafa Wardug, Junaid Ashraf * Evaluation of postural balance using the biodex balance system in 372 subjects with and without low back pain Noureddin Karimi, Ismaeil Ebrahimi, Sedigheh Kahrizi, Giti Torkaman * Age as a predictor of assisted reproductive techniques outcome 378 Mohammad Ali Karimzadeh, Sedigheh Ghandi, Nasim Tabibnejad * Comparative evaluation of the diagnostic results of Fine-Needle Aspiration 382 (FNA) cytology and pathology in the assessment of thyroid nodules Fariba Binesh, Ali Akbar Salari * EEG findings in post stroke seizures: An observational study 386 Maimoona Siddiqui, Urooj Yaqoob, Asia Bano, Abdul Malik, Farrukh Shohab Khan, Khurram Siddiqui * Assessment of cardiovascular disease risk factors of an urban 390 Nigerian hypertensive population using a risk score calculator Ezeanyika LUS, Ugwu CE, Nwanguma BC, Onah LE, Ojobo C, Abba V, Okpanachi G * What causes anthracofibrosis? Either tuberculosis or smoke 395 Seyed Hamid Hemmati, Mosayeb Shahriar, Nazar Ali Molaei * Comparison of therapeutic values between leukotriene receptor 399 antagonist (montelukast) and inhaled glucocorticoide (beclomethasone propionate) in bronchial asthma of adults Shahab Ahmad Khan, Zahid Yaseen Hashmi * Comparison of effectiveness of two different premarin dose 406 in hot flash treatment Mojgan Barati, Farideh Moramezi, Sara Masihi, Seiedeh Naiereh Moghadam

Pak J Med Sci 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 www.pjms.com.pk VII * Spectrum of ß –Thalassemia mutations in various 410 Ethnic Regions of Iran Rahim F, Abromand M * Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using patellar tendon and 416 quadriceps tendon: A comparative study Nasser Sarrafan, Seyed Abdolhossein Mehdinasab * Evaluation of clopidogrel in inhibition of platelet aggregation 420 Naeem Aslam, Hafiz Rashid Mehmood, Abdul Hafeez Chaudhry, Waqar Shamim, Mehmood Ismail, Asim Awan * Monitoring airborne Iron oxide fumes in Beam Rolling Mills 425 Factory, in Ahwaz, Iran Masoud Rafiei, Zahra Ramezani, Alaka S. Gadgil, Vikram S. Ghole, Mohammad Aberomand * Predictors of side branch occlusion and its early complications after 430 angioplasty in bifurcation lesions Ali Ghayemian, Y. Nozari, M. Safir, Reza A. Mohammadpour * Effect of compound 11g as a novel selective cox-2 inhibitor on movement 436 disorders in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease Mehdi Shafiee Ardestani, Hadi Fathi Moghaddam,Mostafa Saffari * Histopathological audit of goiter: 442 A study of 998 thyroid lesions Uzma Bukhari, Saleem Sadiq * Psychological problems in low back pain patients 447 Khajehmougahi N, Ahmadi Q

CASE REPORT * Left hepatectomy with finger-fracture technique for primary liver cell 452 carcinoma in a tropical low socio-economic population David O. Irabor * Fatal outcome of Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) 455 associated with Azithromycin Jannatun Nur, Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, Nazmul Ahasan HAM, Md. Billal Alam * A newborn infant with vesiculobullous skin lesions 458 S. Hosseinpour Sakha, M. Mostafa Gharehbaghi * Intra luminal gossypiboma 461 Akhilesh Kr. Agarwal, Nirjhar Bhattacharya, Ramanuj Mukherjee, A. Akash Bora * Rare presentations of neurobrucellosis 464 Sayyahfar Shirin, Karimi Abdollah, Fahimzad Alireza, Tonekaboni Hassan, Armin Shahnaz * Extra mammary tumors metastasis to the breast 468 Alireza Mozaffari, Iran Rashidi, Faramarz Paziar

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* Study of Alkaline phosphatase from human hydatidiform mole 471 Mohammad Aberomand, Faker Rahim, Seyed Ahmad Hosseini * Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) in children 475 AKM Mamunur Rashid, MA Hassan, Foiz Mohammad, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mukter Hossain * The tendency towards a coagulation disorder in surgical jaundice: 479 A retrospective analysis of some routine parameters D.O. Irabor * Sero prevalence of Hepatitis B and C in surgical patients 483 Abdul Qayoom Daudpota, Abdul Waheed Soomro

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* The effects of captopril and amlodipine on C-Reactive protein concentrations 485 in type 2 diabetic hypertensive patients Isam Hamo Mahmood * Endoscopic assessment of effacement of balloon waist during pneumatic 491 dilatation of primary achalasia cardia under topical anesthesia Qurratulain Hyder, Rakhshanda Rashid, Syed Fazle Hadi, Tabassum Qamar * Imunochromatographic strip test detection of anti-rK39 antibody for the 497 diagnosis of kala-azar in an endemic zone of Bangladesh Md. Abdus Salam * Effects of dexamethasone in primary intracerebral hemorrhage 502 Sharafadinzadeh N, Baghebanian SM, Pipelzadeh M , Moravej Ale Ali A, Ghanavati P * Impact of working status on their lives: A survey of working women at 506 a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan Waris Qidwai, Shahan Waheed, Salma Ayub, Syed Iqbal Azam * Treatment outcome of hyperprolactinaemic infertility with carbegoline 512 Adesiyun Adebiyi Gbadebo, Ameh Nkiruka, Ozed-Williams Ijeoma, Ojabo Austin, Umar Hajara * Unconfirmed reactive screening tests and their impact on donor management 517 Rahman M, Khan SA, Lodhi Y * Confusion and fever in the elderly: The necessity of lumbar puncture 520 for CSF examination Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Sasan Moogahi * The effect of excessive noise exposure on the hearing thresholds of aviation 525 workers in Karachi Imtiaz Ather Siddiqui, Riaz Ahmed Siddiqui * The effect of Epstein–Barr virus Latent Membrane Protein-1 status on outcome 531 of patients with classic Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Mohammad-Ali Rajabi, Parvin Rajabi, Amin Eftekhari, Mehdi Eftekhari, Hamid Reza Ghasemibasir, Ali-Reza Mesbah * Carbapenem Resistance in Gram-negative Bacilli Isolates in an Iranian 537 1000-bed Tertiary Hospital Mohammad Rahbar, Mohammad Kabeh-Monnavar, Kamal Khadem Vatan, Asgar Fadaei-haqi, Farshad Shakerian * In vitro activity of certain drugs in combination with plant extracts against 541 Staphylococcus aureus infections Ghaleb Mohammad Adwan, Bassam Ali Abu-Shanab, Kamel Mohammad Adwan

X Pak J Med Sci 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 www.pjms.com.pk * Nested PCR based diagnosis of Salmonella enterica serovar 545 Paratyphi A directly from blood samples Aamir Ali, Abdul Haque, Yasra Sarwar, Asma Haque, Mashkoor Mohsin, Amna Afzal, Tayyaba Iftikhar, Ayesha Tariq * Awareness and pattern of utilizing family planning services among women attending 550 Urban Health Care Center Azizabad Sukkur Naseem Aftab Shah, Nighat Nisar, Majid Hafeez Qadri * Influence of mode of delivery at term on the neonatal respiratory morbidity 556 Masoud Dehdashtian, Ehsan Riazi, Mohammad Hasan Aletayeb * Depression in hemodialysis patients 560 Muhammad Anees, Haris Barki, Mahrukh Masood, Muhammad Ibrahim, Asim Mumtaz * Gestational diabetes and its association with unpleasant outcomes of pregnancy 566 Mohammadbeigi Abolfazl, Tabatabaee Seyed Hamidreza, Mohammadsalehi Narges, Yazdani Maryam * Anti-HBs in Immunized Children with Cuban Hepatitis B Vaccine and Impact 571 of Booster Dose After five Years Hossein Dahifar, Aboulfazl Ghorbani, Farideh Mousavi * Diagnostic outcome of patients presenting with severe thunderclap 575 headache at Saidu Teaching hospital Aziz Ahmad, Purdil Khan, Khalid Ahmad, Anwar Syed * Conjunctival bacterial flora and antibiotic resistance pattern in patients 581 undergoing cataract surgery Mohammad Reza Ansari, Hamid Madani, Ebrahim Ghaderi * Comparision of Single and Multidose of Methotrexate in medical treatment 586 of ectopic pregnancy Mahvash Zargar, Taghi Razi, Mojgan Barati * An experience of oral acyclovir in treating children with varicella infection 590 Iqbal Ahmad Memon, Ammarah Jamal, Hamida Memon * Microbial quality of cooked meat foods in Tehran University’s Restaurants 595 Hamid Reza Tavakoli, Majid Riazipour * Earlobe crease and Coronary Artery Disease 600 Payman Salamati, Iraj Nazeri, Mehdi Alehossein, Kambiz Sotoudeh, Ahmad Rezaee CASE SERIES * Turner’s syndrome: Diagnosis and management with limited resources 604 Ogbera AO, Onyekwere C, Chinenyes S CASE REPORT * Neurovascular Injuries following Displaced Proximal Humerus Fractures: 609 Case Report and Review of Literature Mujeeeb Rohilla, Ather Siddique, Rehan Abbass Khan

Pak J Med Sci 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 www.pjms.com.pk XI * Unilateral vocal cord palsy following chemotherapy for lymphoma 612 Irfan Mohamad, Baharuddin Abdullah * Neurobrucellosis: Report of a case with CVA manifestation 614 Behzad Mohsenpour, Payam Khomand, Ebrahim Ghaderi * Tinea incognito due to epidermophyton floccosum 618 Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi, Zahra Mossavi * Spontaneous resolution of Non-immune Hydrops fetalis 621 Habiba Sharaf Ali * Unusual presentation of benign cystic Teratoma 624 Chukwunwendu A. Okonkwo, Moses I. Momoh, Victor J. Ekanem, Maxwell E. Odiegwu, Eugene M. Ikeanyi, Ekene OMO * Peutz-jeghers syndrome in a girl with chronic abdominal pain 627 Javad Ghoroubi, Farid Imanzadeh, Ali-Akbar Sayyari, Hazhir Javaherizadeh, Mehran Peyvasteh * Small bowel haemangioma: A rare cause of intestinal obstruction in infant 629 Nandlal Kella, Prem Kumar Rathi, Shankerlal Rathi, Mohammad Ali Qureshi SHORT COMMUNICATION * Pakistani teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion of students with special 632 educational needs Sonia Ijaz Haider WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

* Proceedings of Workshops on Medical Editing and Peer Review held 637 at NICH and DUHS in Karachi, Pakistan Shaukat Ali Jawaid

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EDITORIAL * Importance, relevance of local studies and National, Regional Databases 643 Shaukat Ali Jawaid, Masood Jawaid ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Cerebrospinal fluid analysis acute bacterial versus viral meningitis 645 Ali Hassan Abro, Ahmed Saleh Abdou, Hakim Ali, Abdulla Mahmood Ustadi, Aly Abdel Halim Hasab * Presentation and outcome of diabetic foot at a tertiary care unit 651 Syed Mansoor Ali, Abdul Basit, Asher Fawwad, Muhammad Yakoob Ahmedani, Zahid Miyan, Rayaz A Malik * Plain Radiography for Identification of Limb Foreign Bodies: How successful is it? 657 Fakoor Mohammad, Askari Mehdi, Dasht Bozorg Ahmad, Pipelzadeh Mohammad Hassan * Neuroprotective effects of aqueous date fruit extract on focal 661 cerebral ischemia in rats Asadi Shekaari Majid, Panahi Marzieh, Dabiri Shahriar, Safi Khani Zahed , K.Taj Pari * Knowledge and risk assessment of diabetes mellitus at primary care level: 667 A preventive approach required for combating the disease in a developing country. Nighat Nisar, Iftikhar Ahmad Khan, Majid Hafeez Qadri, Syed Azam Sher * Determination of visual status of Iranian Veterans 17-25 years after injury 673 Mohammad Ghassemi-Broumand, Zohreh Amiri * Comparing the effect of Fire-fighting protective clothes and usual work 678 clothes on aerobic capacity (Vo2max) Majid Najafi Kalyani, Abbas Ebadi, Soheil Najafi Mehri, Nahid Jamshidi * In vivo efficacy and safety of quinine-doxycycline combination 684 in acute plasmodium falciparum malaria Abdul Rasheed, Shahzad Saeed * Antioxidants, oxidative stress status and waist/hip ratio in 689 normolipidaemic AMI patients Arun Kumar, Ramiah Sivakanesan, Susil Gunasekera * Leptin and interleukin-6 in end-stage renal disease 694 Nasrin Dashti, Nahid Einollahi, Fariba Nabatchian * Results of fracture union in closed reamed interlocking 698 nail in fractures of femur Muhammad Kamran Shafi, Naeem Ahmed, Arif Hassan Khan, Amer Aziz * Evaluation of the frequency of complications of working with computers 702 in a group of young adult computer users Mohammad Ghassemi- Broumand, Mona Ayatollahi * Role of antibiotic in the outcome of bronchiolitis 707 CH Rasul, ARML Kabir, AKMM Rashid, AA Mahboob, MA Hassan

Pak J Med Sci 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 www.pjms.com.pk XIII * Evaluation of hematological and biochemical parameters in 712 snakebite patients referred to Razi Hospital, Ahwaz, Iran S. Jalal Emam, Abdolrahim Nikzamir * Study of methicillin resistance in staphylococcus aureus and species of 719 coagulase negative staphylococci isolated from various clinical specimens Manijeh Mehdinejad, Ahmad Farajzadeh Sheikh, Abbas Jolodar * Efficacy comparison of splint and oral steroid therapy in nerve conduction 725 velocity and latency median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome Nastaran Madjdinasab, Naser Sharafaddin Zadeh, Farhad Assarzadegan, Armaghan Moravej Ale Ali, Mohammad Pipelzadeh * Urinary tract complications in patients with spinal dysraphisms 729 Mostafa Sharifian, Navid Anvaripour, Alireza Zali * Study of benzodiazepine like effects of Matricaria recutita on morphine 735 withdrawal syndrome in adult male rats Kesmati M, Abbasi Zadeh Z, Fathi Moghaddam H * The effects of problem-based learning and lecturing on the development 740 of Iranian nursing students’ critical thinking Ali Hassanpour Dehkordi, M. Saeed Heydarnejad * Hypotonia in infants and young children: An etiological analysis 744 Amirsalari S, Kavehmanesh Z, Khalili Matinzadeh Z, Afsharpayman S, Torkaman M, Javadipour M, Kakoie Shourkaie J, Ghazavi Y * Prevalence of obesity and dietary practices in Jondi-Shapour University 748 female personnel, Ahvaz, Iran Reza Amani, Fereshteh Boustani CASE REPORT * Huge uterine fibroid complicating early pregnancy: 753 Myomectomy and live birth at term Aziken ME, Osemwenkha AP, Orhue AAE, Afinotan LU, Osughe OM, Irihogbe I * Biliary-bronchial fistula as a late complication of hepatic resection 757 Adnan Al-Suleihat * Intramuscular hydatid cyst of the superior rectus muscle 762 Mohammed Etaiwi, Loai Mabreh * Congenital Malaria 765 Siddiqui Emad, Lone Saira, Hashmi Seema, Hanif Shahina CORRESPONDENCE * Inflammatory bowel disease: Role of stressful events and psychological consults 768 Sima Besharat, Taghi Amiriani

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EDITORIAL * Lessons learnt at Eastern Mediterranean Medical Journals Conference 769 (EMMJ4) at Bahrain Shaukat Ali Jawaid SPECIAL COMMUNICATION * The free will drove Sandra Meyer to the target 772 H.R. Ahmad ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and influence factors among newly 774 diagnosed diabetics in rural and urban areas of Pakistan: Data analysis from the Pakistan National Blindness & Visual Impairment Survey 2003 Aurangzeb Shaikh, Faheemullah Shaikh, Ziauddin Ahmed Shaikh, Jamshed Ahmed * Pulmonary tuberculosis in household contact of patients 780 with active tuberculosis Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Fatemeh Mohammadi Farahmand * Study on ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) 786 in diabetic and non-diabetic patients M. Javed Iqbal, M. Azhar, M. Tariq Javed, Ifaat Tahira * Emotional disorders among Turkish undergraduate medical students 792 Naim Nur, Selma Cetinkaya, Vedat Sabanciogullari, Sefa Levent Ozsahin4, Onder Kavakci * Second opinion in pathology of lymphoid lesions – an audit 798 Syed Naeem Raza Hamdani, Muhammad Ashraf Sharif, Sajid Mushtaq, Nadira Mamoon, Muhammad Tahir Khadim * Vaginal child birth and cesarean frequencies in Imam Khomeini 803 Hospital in seven years interval (2000, 2006) Karami K, Najafian M * Ocular volume determination in Nigerians 808 Osesogie Usuale Ogbeide, Afekhide Ernest Omoti * The protective effect of Cetirizine against Bleomycine induced 813 pulmonary fibrosis in rats Ali Asghar Hemmati, Peyman Mikaili, Mohammad Javad Khodayar, Mehri Ghafurian, Iran Rashidi * Prevalence of Pseudo exfoliation at a Tertiary Eye Care Centre: 821 A hospital based study Sameen Afzal Junejo, Shafi Muhammad Jatoi, Nisar Ahmed Khan, Manzoor Ahmed Qureshi * Investigation of Cross-Contamination in a Mycobacterium tuberculosis 827 laboratory using epidemiological data and spoligotyping Fawzia Al-Otaibi, Malak M El-Hazmi

Pak J Med Sci 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 www.pjms.com.pk XV * Immunogenicity & economic evaluation of different recombinant hepatitis–B 833 Vaccines in different dosages, schedules, and routes of administration Babar Mumtaz, Masood Siddiq * A population-based survey of HIV/AIDS knowledge and 838 attitudes in general public Salehi Leili, Shakibazadeh Elham, Salehi Farkhondeh * Pilonidal sinus: Following the aristotelian middle! 845 Sheeraz Shakoor Siddiqui, Mehmood Ahmed Khan * Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcer in cirrhotic patients 849 Monireh Rahimkhani, Hadi Ghofrani * Multicentre based study on stratification of modifiable risk factors in stroke 853 Arif Herekar, Saima Hilal * Survey of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Iran 857 Gholamreza M, Jafar M, Allahbedasht M, Nikkhooy A, Mahammad KA, Rokni MB * Study of anxiety and depression during pregnancy 861 Fareeha Hamid, Aftab Asif, Imran Ijaz Haider * Comparison between Cephalothin and Ampicillin + Gentamicin in treatment 865 of pyelonephritis in pregnancy Moramezi F, Barati M, Masihi S CASE REPORT * Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence / sequence acephalus acardiac fetus 869 Shahida Perveen, Huma Quddusi, Shakeel Ahmed Faiz * Laparoscopic fundoplication with mesh repair of a large type III hiatal hernia 872 Chinnusamy Palanivelu, Muthukumaran Rangarajan, Gokul Kruba Shanker, Madhupalayam Velusamy Madankumar * Hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma 876 Heshmatalah Soufi Majidpour, Vahid Yousefinejad, Mohammad Gharib Salehi * Heart involvement in Kala Azar 879 Armin S, Gharib A, Khalaj E * Cervical ectopic pregnancy: Successful treatment with methotrexate 883 Nasrolahi SH, Pilevari SH, Neghab N BRIEF COMMUNICATION * Incidence of thyroid cancer in Golestan province of Iran: Some initial observations 887 Abdoljalal Marjani, Mohammad Javad Kabir REVIEW ARTICLE * Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in South Asia 891 Syed Hassaan Masood, M. Perwaiz Iqbal * A review of manipulations in plasmodium – mosquito interactions 898 Adedotun A Adedolapo, Morenikeji Olajumoke A

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