May - June, 2013 Issue
Table of Contents
Original Articles
Academic misconduct among students in Medical Colleges of Karachi, Pakistan | |
Kamran Hafeez, Muhammad Laiq uz Zaman Khan, Masood Jawaid, Saroona Haroon |
Evidence-based health care continuing education seminars improve academic staff knowledge and attitudes in Saudi Arabia | |
Saad M. Bindawas |
Educating tomorrow’s doctors: A cross sectional survey of emotional intelligence and empathy in medical students of Lahore | |
Nazish Imran, Muhammad Awais Aftab, Imran Ijaz Haider, Anam Farhat |
Identification of technical item flaws leads to improvement of the quality of single best Multiple Choice Questions | |
Humaira Fayyaz Khan, Khalid Farooq Danish, Azra Saeed Awan Saeed Awan Awan, Masood Anwar Anwar |
An investigation for public acceptance of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery | |
Dong Wang, Hong-Wei Hou, Zhen-Ling Ji |
Comparison Between Double J (DJ) Ureteral Stenting and Percutaneous Nephrostomy (PCN) in Obstructive Uropathy | |
Iftikhar Ahmad, Mudassar Saeed Pansota |
Risk assessment of patients with diabetes for foot ulcers according to risk classification consensus of international working group on diabetic foot (IWGDF) | |
Hajieh Shahbazian, Leila Yazdanpanah, Seyed Mahmuod Latifi |
Association between neurological and rheumatological manifestations in vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D levels | |
Faiza Abdulaziz Qari, Faiza A. Qari |
Are rural South African children abdominally obese? | |
Daniel Ter Goon, AL Toriola, VK Moselakgomo, BS Shaw, FC Anyanwu |
Improvement in JOA score of treatment for complex atlas-axis fractures | |
Yu Fu, Zhen-Ming Hu, Hong-jun Huo, Xuejun Yang, Ting Hao, Wan-lin Liu |
Paternal factors in spontaneous first trimester miscarriage | |
Riffat Jaleel, Ayesha Khan |
Uterine rupture revisited: Predisposing factors, clinical features, management and outcomes from a tertiary care center in Turkey | |
Abdulkadir Turgut, Ali Ozler, Mehmet Siddik Evsen, Hatice Ender Soydinc, Neval Yaman Goruk, Talip Karacor, Talip Gul |
Psoralen-ultraviolet a treatment with Psoralen-ultraviolet B therapy in the treatment of psoriasis | |
Sadaf Asim, Sitwat Ahmed, Najam us Sehar |
XPG is a novel biomarker of clinical outcome in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer | |
Yuli Yi, Sun Zhe |
Detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Comparison of phenotypic characterization methods | |
Hasan Ejaz, Ikram ul Haq, Saqib Mahmood, Aizza Zafar, Muhammad Mohsin Javed |
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody is a good indicator for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis | |
Md Mostafizur Rahman |
The role of DEK protein in hepatocellular carcinoma for progression and prognosis | |
Li-juan Lin, Li-tian Chen |
Emerging patterns in clinico-pathological spectrum of Oral Cancers | |
Saadia Aamir, Talat Mirza, M Aamir Mirza, Masood Qureshi |
Detection of SHV type extended-spectrum B-lactamase and risk factors in pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates | |
Nasrin Bahmani, Rashid Ramazanzadeh |
The impact of medical insurance policies on the hospitalization services utilization of people with schizophrenia: A case study in Changsha, China | |
Yi Feng, Xianjun Xiong, Qiuji Xue, Lan Yao, Fei Luo, Li Xiang |
Biliary bypass surgery – Analysis of indications & outcome of different procedures | |
K.Altaf Talpur, Arshad Mahmood Malik, Amir Iqbal Memon, Ahmed Khan Sangrasi, Abdul Aziz Leghari, Jawed Naeem Qureshi |
Symptoms and quality of life before and after stem cell transplantation in Cancer | |
Özlem Ovayolu, Nimet Ovayolu, Emine Kaplan, Mustafa Pehlivan, Gülendam Karadağ |
25-Hydroxyvitamin D is closely related with the function of the pancreatic islet β cells | |
Jingjing Guo, Zhengda Xiao, Xia Xue, Xin Liu, Yong Lu, Xiao Yin, Kun Ma |
Pattern of presentation of cervical carcinoma at Nuclear Institute of Medicine and Radiotherapy, Pakistan | |
Nousheen Aziz Memon, Sajida Yousfani |
Urinary incontinence in women: prevalence rates,risk factors and impact on quality of life | |
Nazli Sensoy, Nurhan Dogan, Burcu Ozek, Leyla Karaaslan |
Effect of Xeroderma pigmentosum complementationgroup F polymorphisms and H.pylori infection on the risk of gastric cancer | |
Zhang Li-li, Fang Yang, Ting-min Chang, Shu-ping Dong, Ying-ying Fan, Ting Lu |
Pre dialysis care and types of vascular access employed in incident hemodialysis patients: A study from Pakistan | |
Sumbal Nasir Mahmood, Kunwer Naveed Mukhtar, Nousheen Iqbal, Syed Farrukh Umair |
Evaluation of unintentional injuries sustained by children:A hospital based study from Ankara-Turkey | |
Birgul Piyal |
Efficacy of linezolid on gram-positive bacterial infection in elderly patients and the risk factors associated with thrombocytopenia | |
Li-Qing Bi, Jing Zhou, Ming Huang, Su-Ming Zhou |
Socio-demographic risk factors of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus | |
Radhia Khan, Khurshid Ali, Zakkia Khan |
Efficacy of treatment with glucosamine sulfate in patients with knee effusion due to osteoarthritis | |
Murat Korkmaz, Fatih Karasalan, Yalçın Erdoğan, Esef Bolat, Seyhan Karaçavuş, Hafize Kızılkaya, İlhan Günaydın |
Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of aerobic microbial isolates in a clinical laboratory in Karachi - Pakistan | |
Rubina Sabir |
Clinical Case Series
Case series of syphilis and HIV co-infections | |
Md Mostafizur Rahman, Asrul Abdul Wahab, Marlyn Mohammad, Salasawati Hussin |
Case Reports
Encephalitis followed by optic neuritis: A case report and review of literature | |
Shariful Hasan, Hamidon Bin Basri, Lim Poh Hin, Johnson Stanslas |
Migration of fully deployed stent after intracoronary glyceryl trinitrate administration: An unusual percutaneous coronary intervention complication | |
Murat Celik, Uygar Cagdas Yuksel, Yalcin Gokoglan |
Omphalomesenteric duct cyst in an omphalocele: A rare association | |
Yousuf Aziz Khan, Mumtaz Ahmed Qureshi, Jamshed Akhtar |
Occluded middle cerebral artery vascular stump mimicking aneurysm: Case report and review of literature | |
Jinlu Yu, Yang Zhang, Honglei Wang |
Short Communication
Anaplastic solitary plasmacytoma of mandible, masquerading as sarcoma | |
Negar Azarpira, Mohamad Javad Ashraf, Bijan Khademi |
Lumbar hernia associated with chronic obstructivepulmonary disease (COPD) | |
Tao Xu, Shuwei Zhang, Huaying Wang, Wanjun Yu |
Review Article
The fiery landscape of depression: A review of the inflammatory hypothesis | |
Ali Madeeh Hashmi, Muhammad Awais Aftab, Nauman Mazhar, Muhammad Umair, Zeeshan Butt |
A meta-analysis on the EBV DNA and VCA-IgA in diagnosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | |
Shujuan Yang, Changxin Song |
Platelet receptors: An instrumental of platelet physiology | |
Muhammad Saboor, Qamar Ayub, Samina Ilyas, . Moinuddin |
Correspondence
The problem with peripherally inserted central catheters in China | |
Zhoupeng Wu, Jichun Zhao |