Vol. 16, No. 4 October - December 2010 MEDICAL CHANNEL CONTENTS ORIGINAL PAPERS 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 KARACHI 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 PAKISTAN 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 iii Vol. 16, No. 4 October - December 2010 MEDICAL CHANNEL CONTENTS OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2010 ORIGINAL PAPERS NEUROLOGY CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: PAIN REDUCTION AFTER MICROAMS TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION 531 1. SAIMA AMANAT 2. 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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 v Vol. 16, No. 4 October - December 2010 MEDICAL CHANNEL CONTENTS OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2010 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. 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