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 |
