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PUBLIC HEALTH ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH STATUS AMONG THIRD GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHILDREN 493 1. MOHEBI S. 2. RAMAZANI A. 3. OMIDI OSKOUEI A. 4. KARGAR M. 5. SHARIFIRAD GH. R.

MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION AMONGST POST-GRADUATE TRAINEES OF CIVIL HOSPITAL 497 1. NIAZ AHMED SHAIKH 2. AKHTAR ALI BALOCH 3. ABDUL SAMAD SIDDIQUI 4. MIRZA YOUSUF BAIG 5. MUHAMMAD ZAHID QADRI 6. HARI LAL

SKIN LESIONS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS” 502 1. HAJI KHAN KHOHARO 2. SHUAIB ANSARI 3. IMRAN ALI SHAIKH

FREQUENCY OF HEMORRHAGE OR INFARCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE STROKE PATIENTS 506 1. HUSSAIN BUX MAITLO 2. TARIQ ZAFFAR SHAIKH 3. ABDUL HALEEM SHAIKH 4. RAFI AHMED GHORI 5. MASHOOD A KHAN

FREQUENCY OF THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN MALARIAL PATIENTS 511 1. JAVED AHMED PHULPOTO 2. ALTAF HUSSAIN

RISK FACTORS AND FREQUENCY OF HEPATITIS B & C VIRUSES AT LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JAMSHORO SINDH 514 1. MOHAMMAD RAMZAN RAJPUT 2. MUZZAFAR ALI SHAIKH 3. ABDUL RAHIM SOLANGI 4. ROOHI BANO 5. ASLAM RIND 6. SALEEM RIND

DRUG RESISTANCE PATTERN OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN KARACHI 517 1) ASHOK KUMAR 2) ADIL KHAN 3) ASGHER MEHDI 4) PYAR ALI 5) MOZAFFER RAHIM HINGORJO

COMMON PRECIPITATING FACTORS OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN PATIENTS OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AT CIVIL HOSPITAL KARACHI 520 1. AKHTAR ALI BALOCH 2. NIAZ AHMED SHAIKH 3. HARI LAL 4. NASRULLAH JAKHRANI 5. MUHAMMAD MASROOR

FREQUENCY OF TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG HEPATITIS C POSITIVE PATIENTS 524 1. MUZZAFAR ALI SHAIKH 2. MOHAMMAD RAMZAN RAJPUT 3. ABDUL RAHIM SOLANGI, 4. ROOHI BANO, 5. HINA ZAIB, 6. BENISH,

FREQUENCY OF HEPATITIS D CO/ SUPER INFECTION IN HEPATITIS B PATIENTS 528 1. ALTAF HUSSAIN 2. JAVED AHMED PHULPOTO

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NEUROLOGY CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: PAIN REDUCTION AFTER MICROAMS TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION 531 1. SAIMA AMANAT 2. NAILA SHAHBAZ 3. YASMEEN HASSAN 4. MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH 5. ARIF HEREKAR

NON-COMPLIANCE TO ANTI-EPILEPTIC TREATMENT: REASONS AND FACTS. 535 1. SHAHEEN AHMED MUGHAL 2. MUHAMMED SALEEM FAIZ 3. HABIBULLAH SHAIKH 4. ABDUL QAYOOM MEMON

PSYCHIATRY STRESS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF INTERIOR SINDH 538 1. SHAHIDA SHAIKH 2. SHAIKH 3. INAYATULLAH MAGSI

GENERAL SURGERY IS MALE GENDER A RISK FACTOR FOR CHOLECYSTECTOMY? 541 1. FOAD ALI MOOSA 2. FARHA IDREES 3. NAHEED SULTAN 4. M SHAHEER ALI, 5. MASOOD HUSSAIN RAO

MANAGEMENT OF TYPHOID ILEAL PERFORATION, AN EXPERIENCE OF 120 CASES 545 1. ZAMEER HUSSAIN LAGHARI 2. QAMBAR LAGHARI, 3. AFZAL JUNEJO 4. ATIF JAWED BHATTI 5. RAJA RIZWAN 6. ADNAN MAQSOOD CHOUDHRY

PENETRATING ABDOMINAL TRAUMA: OUR EXPERIENCE 548 1. SHAHID HUSSAIN SOOMRO 2. SAIMA ATHAR SHAIKH 3. AKLEEMA ASAD ABRO 4. MUHAMMAD SALEEM SHAIKH

AN EXPERIENCE WITH TOTAL STRIPPING OF GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS. 552 1. FAISAL GHANI SIDDIQUI, 2. MUHAMMAD MUNIR MEMON, 3. FAZILA HASHMI, 4. AKMAL JAMAL, 5. TAHIR S M, 6. AMBREEN MUNIR.

THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS IN SURGICAL PATIENTS 555 1. MUHMAMMAD RAFIQUE MEMON 2. SAMINA RAFIQUE MEMON 3. AHMED ABBASI 4. SAIMA ARSHAD 5. SYED QARIB ABBAS SHAH

INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH MESH – ROLE OF STEROID IN REDUCING COMPLICATIONS 560 1. NAZIM-UD DIN JAT 2. ABDUL QAYYUM GHAURI 3. KHOKHAR PIR BUKHSH 4. ALI IMRAN 5. ZIA-UD DIN KAKEPOTO 6. INAYATULLAH SOOMRO

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF SIGMOID VOLVULUS AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL 563 1. SHAHID HUSSAIN SOOMRO 2. SAIMA ATHAR SHAIKH 3. ABDUL GHANI SHAIKH 4. MUHAMMAD SALEEM SHAIKH

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PAEDS SURGERY FACTORS AFFECTING THE SURGICAL OUTCOME IN TYPHOID INTESTINAL PERFORATION IN CHILDREN 567 1. NANDLAL KELLA 2. PREM KUMAR RATHI 3. ABDUL RAZAQUE SHAIKH 4. FARMAN LEGHARI 5. QURESHI

NEURO SURGERY TRAUMATIC POSTERIOR FOSSA EXTRADURAL HAEMATOMA, A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA 571 1. VASH DEV KHIMANI 2. MUHAMMAD HAMID ALI 3. ADNAN MAQSOOD CHOUDHRY

PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FREQUENCY OF HYPERINSULINISM AT LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 574 1. BILAL FAZAL SHAIKH 2. ABDUL RAZAK MEMON, 3. MAHESH KUMAR 4. RAHEELA BILAL SHAIKH

RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF SCALP 578 1. ABDUL RAZAK MEMON 2. MAHESH KUMAR 3. BILAL FAZAL SHAIKH 4. AWATIF QAZI

GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRIC MATERNAL HYDRONEPHROSIS IN PREGNANCY: ULTRASONIC EVALUATION AFTER 30 WEEKS OF GESTATION. 582 1. AURANGZAIB SIYAL 2. ABBASI 3. SHAZIA SHAIKH 4. FAROOQUE AHMED SHAIKH

THE OUTCOME OF SUBTOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY 586 1. FOUZIA KASHIF 2. SHAISTA TABUSUM ABRO 3. AFSHAN BHATTI 4. RAFIA BALOCH.

PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY:ITS FREQUNCY AND MATERNAL OUTCOME 590 1. SHAHIDA SHAIKH 2. SHAZIA SHAIKH 3. SALEEM AKHTER SHAIKH

OPHTHALMOLOGY PRESENTATION OF IDIOPATHIC, NON-SPECFIC, ORBITAL INFLMMATION (PSEUDOTUMOR) - STUDY OF 46 CASES. 594 1- PARTAB RAI 2- SYED IMTIAZ ALI SHAH 3- SYED AFTAB HUSSAIN SHAH 4. AZIZULLAH JALBANI 5. IMDAD ALI ANSAREE

DENTAL SURGERY FREQUENCY OF ROOT RESORPTION AFTER FIRST SIX MONTHS OF ACTIVE ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT 600 1. AMBREEN AFZAL EHSAN 2. S.A ROUF SHAH 3. SAMREEN IQTADAR

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ORIGINAL PAPERS BIOCHEMISTRY RELATIONSHIP OF NITRIC OXIDE WITH OTHER RISK FACTORS OF HYPERTENSION” 607 1. SADIA ISHAQUE 2. AZIZA KHANAM

PHYSIOLOGY INVERSE RELATIONSHIP OF CIRCULATING GHRELIN AND LEPTIN PEPTIDE HORMONES IN OBESE AND NON-OBESE SUBJECTS 612 1. MONA RANI 2. ABDUL SHAKOOR MEMON 3. BHARTA RANI 4. KHEMOMAL A. KARIRA

ASSOCIATION OF CIGARETTE SMOKING WITH 24 HOUR URINARY ALBUMIN EXCRETION AND CREATININE CLEARANCE IN NON-DIABETICS 616 1. SAFDER ALI SHAIKH 2. AKBAR KHOJA 3. MEVO KHAN ZARDARI

ANATOMY ZINC IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF SEMEN IN ALBINO RATS 619 1. MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE 2. ANJUM NAQVI 3. KALASH NANKANI

EFFECTS OF THE DICLOFENAC SODIUM (NSAID) ON GOBLET CELLS IN CAECAL MUCOSA OF ALBINO RATS. 623 1. IMTIAZ ALI WAGGAN 2. NAHEED KHAN 3. DUR MUHAMMAD SHAIKH 4. ABDUL LATIF JOKHIO

EFFECT OF DICLOFENAC SODIUM ON THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE OF KIDNEY TUBULES IN ALBINO RATS 626 1. TALAT YASMEEN 2. IMTIAZ ALI WAGGAN 3. KHALIDA PARVEEN 4. TARIQ CHISHTI

COMMUNITY MEDICINE ANALYSIS OF BLOOD DONORS AT A MAJOR TERTIARY-CARE HOSPITAL OF KARACHI AND SEROPREVALENCE OF BLOOD-BORNE HEPATITIS AND HIV. 630 1. ZULFIQAR ALI SHAIKH 2. GHULAM ALI 3. PERWAIZ AHMED MAKHDOOM

PATHALOGY FREQUENCY OF BETA THALASSEMIA TRAIT IN A MEDICAL SCHOOL OF KARACHI, PAKISTAN. 633 1. AFSHAN SUMERA 2. SULAIMAN AHMED 3. AKBAR AGHA 4. SM ADNAN ALI 5. RAFIQ KHANANI

A COMPARISON OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY WITH ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING TECHNIQUE IN DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS. 637 1. SULAIMAN AHMED 2. AFSHAN SUMERA 3. TAZEEN MUSTANSSAR 4. TALAT MIRZA 5. AKBAR AGHA 6. RAFIQ KHANANI

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