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"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences"
Vol. 19 No. 1-4, January - December 2003

Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome

1. Hematological manifestations in HIV- infected persons: literature review. Haseeb-ul-Hasan M, Moinuddin: 313-21.

Actinomycosis

2. Recurrent cutaneous Actinomycosis. Mirza M, Sarwar M: 230-1.

Angiomyofibroblastoma

3. Angiomyofibroblastoma of the valvovaginal region. Firdousi FA, Sadiq S, Jaffery HF: 132-5.

Bengo(a)pyrene

4. The effect of benzo(a)pyrene on glutathione S-transferase, glutathione peroxidase in the liver and kidney mouse Mus musculas. Hanachi P, et al: 197-202.

Bioethics

5. Perceptions on bioethics among patients presenting to family physicians at Teaching Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Qidwai W, et al. 192-6.

Blood Donors

6. Safe blood begins with safe donors. Mahfooz ur Rahman, et al. 161-8.

Breast Lumps

7. Incidence of malignancy in females presenting with breast lumps in OPD: a study of 277 cases. Chaudhary IA, Qureshi SK, Shahid Rasul: 287-94.

Bronchiectasis

8. Bronchiectasis Sicca: a case report. Jan IA, et al. 128-31.

Campylobacter Jejuni

9. Antibiotic resistance in campylobactor Jejuni in Rawalpindi and Islamabad – a preliminary study. Ali AM, et al: 272-6.

Cervical Spinal Canal Stenosis

10. Midsagittal diameter of cervical spinal canal and Torg’s ratio of the cervical spine in Pakistan. Maqbool A, Athar Z, Hussain L, 203-10.

Colorectal Neoplasms

11. Diagnostic role of barium enema in carcinoma rectum. Asghar M: 144-7.

12. Diagnostic role of barium enema in carcinoma rectum. (letter) Ahmed S: 240-1.

13. Author’s response (letter). Asghar M: 241-2.

Continuing Professional Development

14. Continuing professional development and the role of specialty organization. Jawaid SA, Jafary MH, Jawaid M: 5-11.

Cord Blood

15. Serum thyroxine (T4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in cord blood of newborn in Lahore; Ghulam Abbas H, et al. 211-6.

Crimean-Congo Haemographic fever

16. A comparison of clinical diagnosis and serological diagnosis in an epidemic of Crimean – Congo haemorrhagic fever. Nadeem M, et al. 247-51.

Diabetes Mellitus

17. Training of nurses in diabetics care (editorial) Jawaid SA, Jafary MH: 67-9.

18. Is there need of specialized diabetes nurses in Pakistan? Naheed T, Akbar N, Akbar N: 75-9.

19. Diabetes mellitus sduring pregnancy: a study of fifty cases. Randhawa MS, Moin S, Shoaib F. 277-2.

20. Training of nurses in diabetic care (letter) Mannan P: 344.

Diabetes Mellitus-Non-Insulin-Dependent

21. Dyslipidemias in type II diabetes mellitus patients in a teaching hospital of Lahore, Pakistan Naheed T, et al. 283-6.

Domestic Violence

22. Is domestic violence endemic in Pakistan: perspective from Pakistani wives: Shaikh MA: 23-8.

Drug Resistance, Neoplasms

23. Mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer cells. Iqbal MP: 118-27.

Electromyography

24. Recovery of muscular paralysis in cerebral stroke patient: a case study using surface electromyography and dynamometery. Azeem MA, Samia S: 322-9.

Extended-Spectrum B-lactamases

25. Prevalence of extended – spectrum B-lactamases in nosocomial and outpatients (ambulatory). Shah AA, et al: 187-91.

Fetus in Fetu

26. Twin fetus in fetu – a very rare entity: a case report with review of literature. Badar I, et al. 306-9.

Foreign body Tracheobronchial Tree

27. Tracheobronchial foreign bodies: review and analysis during past one year at Children’s Hospital, PIMS, Islamabad. Badar I, Amjad C, Khan N: 57-60.

Gossypiboma

28. Gossypiboma – a case report. Murad M, Bari V: 138-40.

29. Gossypiboma – the forgotten swab. Jawaid M: 141-3.

Heart Diseases, Congenital

30. Pattern of congenital heart diseases in children at tertiary care centre in Peshawar. Fazlur Rahim, et al. 19-22.

Helicobacter pylori

31. Imapct of helicobacter pylori eradication on dyspeptic symptoms in the community. Abbas SZ, et al. 95-100.

Hepatitis C Antibodies

32. Frequency of hepatitis-C virus antibodies in blood donors in Combined Military Hospital, Quetta. Ali N, et al. 41-4.

Hydatidosis

33. Evaluation of dot-ELISA for the serodiagnosis of human hydatid disease. Hadighi R, Mirhadi F, Rokni MB: 268-71.

Hyperlipidemia

34. Vegetable oils and dyslipidemia. Shad MA et al. 45-51.

Hysterectomy

35. Indication and maternal outcome of emergency peripartum hysterectomy. Tahir S, Aleem M, Akram S: 182-6.

Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation

36. Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in the management of low cardiac output syndrome after coronary artery bypass surgery (letter) Riaz MN: 66.

Iodine, Deficiency

37. Prevalence study of iodine deficiency disorder among high school girls in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1996-1997. Ravanshad S, et al. 70-4.

38. Prevalence study of iodine deficiency disorders among high school girls in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1996-1997. (letter) Elahi S, et al. 239-42.

Maduromycosis

39. A case actinomycotic mycetoma in hand treated successfully with co-trimoxazole and streptomycin Shoar MG, et al: 310-2.

Malaria

40. Risk of malaria transmission through blood transfusion and its detection by serological method. Mahfooz ur Rahman, et al: 106-10.

Medical Journals

41. WHO regional confernce on medical journals: its impact on publicatiosn in generaland PJMS in particular (editorial) Jawaid SA, Jafary MH: 243-6.

42. Proceedings of first regional conference on medical journals in the WHO EMRO Region held at Egypt. Jawaid SA: 330-43.

Motor Neurons

43. NISSL study of lower motor neurons of mylohyoid muscle. Saeed M: 114-7.

Multiple choice questions

44. Would prior exposure to MCQs make a difference in scoring among medical students? Manzar S; 300-2.

Neoplasms

45. Disclosure of cancer diagnosis and stress in women physicians. (letter). Siddiqui ZS: 239.

46. The potential role of nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) in chemoprevention of cancer. Saadat, F. et al: 13-7.

47. Questionnaire based survey of general population to assess their views about disclosure of cancer diagnosis and review of literature. Jawaid M, Afsar S, Jawaid SA: 81-8.

Opioid Abstinence Syndrome

48. Calcium channel blocker Verapamil: a non opioid treatment for acute opioid abstinence syndrome. Ansari MA, Ali M: 173-7.

Osseous Metaplasia

49. Osseous metaplasia in borderline papillary serous cystadenofibroma of the ovary: a care report, Aydin G, Aydin, S, Karahan N: 303-5.

Osteoporosis

50. An alternative tool to bone densitometery in ruling out osteoporosis in postmenopausal women between the age of 50 and 65 years. Najib U, et al. 178-81.

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

51. Continuous efforts to improve quality and contents (editorial) Jawaid SA:1-4.

Pancreatic Neoplasms

52. Missed carcinoma of pancreas at open cholecystectomy. Khokhar N: 136-7.

Patients’ Record

53. Preservign patients record in hospitals (letter). Malik L: 152-5.

Peptic Ulcer Perforation

54. Non-operative management of perforated peptic ulcer. Mizanur Rahman M, Nazmul Ahsan HAM, Hossain MD: 101-5.

p53 Immunostaining

55. p53 immunostaining in benign and malignant effusions. Akhtar G, et al. 33-5.

Poisoning

56. Puffer fish poisoning: a clinical analysis. Nazmul Ahasan HAM, et al: 29-32.

Posterior Mediastinum

57. Mature teratoma of the posterior mediastinum: first case report from Nepal. Yadav CM, Shah BK: 226-7.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

58. Post-traumatic stress disorder among the survivors of a bomb blast. Izhar N, et al. 169-71.

Proteinases

59. The effect of proteinases (keratinases) in the pathogenesis of dermatophyte infection using scanning electron microscope. Samdani A, Al-Bitar Y: 264-7.

Psychiatry

60. Attitudes towards psychiatry in pre-clinical and post-clinical clerkshops in different medical colleges of Karachi. Niaz U, et al: 253-63.

Publication

61. Criteria for credit for Publication of research (letter). Siddiqui Z. 344.

Rabies

62. Guidelines for prophylaxis of rabies in Pakistan. Ali NS: 61-5.

Sickle Cell Disease

63. Vitamin D status and serum level of some elements in children with sickle cell disease in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Khan JAJ: 295-9.

Spiritual Healers

64. Use of the services of spiritual healers among patients presenting to family physicians at a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan Qidwai W: 52-6.

65. Use of the services of spiritual healers among patients presenting to family physicians at a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan (letter). Rehan N: 151-2.

66. Author’s response (letter) Qidwai W: 152.

Stress

67. Stress in women physicians in Pakistan. Niaz U, Hassan S, Ali S: 89-94.

Surgical Diagnosis, Atlas

68. A colour Atlas of surgical diagnosis by Prof. Asif Zafar produced by biographics, 132 p (book review). Jawaid SA: 149-50.

Swiss Albino Mice

69. The effect of magnetic field on the biochemical parameters of mice blood. Kumosari TA, Qari MH: 36-40.

Syringocystadenoma papilliferum

70. Syringocystadenoma papilliferum as a cutaneous mass in an unusual location: a case report. Aydin G, Aydin S: 220-5.

Temperature

71. Comparison of body temperature recordings using mercury and liquid crystal forehead thermometers. Qureshi F, et al. 111-3.

Terror and Medicine

72: Terror and medicine: medical aspects of biological, chemical and radiological terrorisim edited by Joshua Shemer, Yehuda Shoenfeld. 564. Price 30 Euro/US$ (book review) Jawaid SA: 148-9.

Venlafaxine

73. Lower doses Venlafaxine- associated toxic hepatitis in a patient with chronic hepatitis. Sencan I, Sahin I, Ozcetins A: 228-9.

Vitamins

74. Importance of vitaminand mineral supplementation in HIV/AIDS patients to improve their nutritional and immunological status. Oguntibeju OO et al. 217-9.

Writing

75. Proceeding of a workshop on manuscript writing held at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, Jawaid SA: 233-8.

76. Criteria for determination of credit for publication of research and the need to encourage writers. Jawaid SA: 157-9.

"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences"
Vol. 19 No. 1-4, January - December 2003

Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome
1, 74

Actinomycosis 2

Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi 75

Angioyofibroblastoma 3

Barium enema 11

Benzo (a) pyrene 4

Bioethics 5

Blood donors 6, 32

Blood safety 6

Bomb blast 58

Bone densitometry 50

Bronchiectasis 8

Breast lumps 7

Borderline papillary serous cystadenofibroma 49

Calcium channel blocker 48

Campylobacter Jejuni 9

Cardiac output, low 36

Cervical spinal canal stenosis 10

Children’s Hospital PIMS, Islamabad 27

Cholesterol 69

Cholecystectomy 52

Cerebral stroke 24

Clinical Diagnosis 16

Colorectal Neoplasms 11,12,13

Comparative study 16

Congress 41,42

Combined Military Hospital Quetta 32

Continuing professional development 14

Cord blood 15

Coronary artery bypass 36

Co-trimoxazole 39

Crimean-congo haemorrhage fever 16

Cytology 55

Data collection 47

Dermatophyte infection 59

Diabetes mellitus 17,1819,20

Diabetes mellitus –non-insulin-dependent 21

Diagnosis, Laboratory 16

Domestic Violence 22

Dot-Elisa 33

Drug resistance, microbial 9

Drug resistance, neoplasm 23

Dynamometery 24

Dyslipidemias
21, 34

Dyspepsia 31

Diarrhoea 9

Education, medical 60

Electromyography 24

Enterobacteriaceae
25

Eradication
31

Extend spectrum b lactamases 25

Faith healers 64,65,66

Fetus in Fetu 26

Foreign body trachesbronchial tree 27

Glucose and total protein 69

Glutathione S-transferases 4

Glutathione peroxidase s4

Gossypiboma
28, 29

Guidelines 62

Heart Diseases, Congenital 30

Helicobacter pylori 31

Hepatitis C antibodies 32

High school girls, Shiraz IR Iran
37, 38

HIV infection 1,74

Hospitals 53

Hepatitis 73

Hydroxy vitamin D 63

Hyperlipidemia 34

Hysterectomy 35

Hyodatidosis 33

Incidence 7

Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation 36

Iodine, deficiency
37, 38

Islamabad 9

Immunological status 74

Klebisella pneumoniae 25

Liquid crystal forehead thermometers 71

Lahore 15

Maduromycosis 39

Malaria 40

Malignant effusions 55

Manuscript writing 75

Medical Colleges, Karachi 60

Maternal Mortality 35

Medical Journals
41, 42

Mature Teratoma 57

Mechanism 23

Mercury Thermameters 71

Mental Health 67

Midsagital Diameter 10

Mineral supplementation 74

Morbidity 35

Motor Neurons 43

Mouse Kidney 4

Mouse liver 4

Mouse Mus musculus 4

Multiple choice question 44

Muscular paralysis 24

Mycetoma 39

Mylohyoid muscle 43

Neonatology 15

Neoplasms 45, 46, 47

Nepal 57

Non-operative management 54

Nonsteroidal anti0inflamatory drugs 46

Nurses
17, 18, 20

Nutritional status 74

Opioid Abstinence syndrome 48

Osseous Metaplasia 49

Osteoporosis 50

Ovarian Neoplasms 49

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences 51

Pancreatic Neoplasms 52

Patient’s record 53

Pediatrics 30,63

P53 Immunostaining 55

Peptic ulcer perforation 54

Periodicals
41, 42, 51

Physicians, Family
5, 64, 65

Poisoning 56

Post-clinical clerkshop 60

Posterior Mediastinums 57

Postmenopausal women 50

Posttest 44

Post-traumatic stress disorders 58

Pregnancy 19

Prevalence 25,37,38,58

Pre-clinical clerkship 60

Pretest 44

Proteinases 59

Psychiatry 60

Publications 61, 76

Puffer Fish 56

Rabies 62

Rawalpindi 9

Recurrence 2

Research
76, 61

Risk factors 40

Scanning electron microscope 59

Serodiagnosis 33

Serum Thyroxine (T4) 15

Sieca 8

Sickle Cell Disease 63

Spiritual healers 64,65,66

Streptomycin 39

Stress 58,67

Students 44

Surgical diagnosis 68

Swiss Albino Mice 69

Syringocystadenoma papilliferum 70

Teaching Hospital, Karachi
64, 65

Teaching hospital Lahore 21

Temperature 71

Terror and Medicine 72

Thyroid stimulating hormones levels 15

Tertiary Care Centre, Peshawar 30

Torg’s Ratio 10

Training 17,20

Tuberculosis 8

Unusual location 70

Vegetable oils 34

Venlafaxine 73

Verapamil 48

Vitamin D 63

Vitamins 74

Vulvovaginal 3

Women
7, 22

Women physicians 67

Workshop 75

World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt
41, 42

Writing
75, 76

Author Index

"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences"
Vol. 19 No. 1-4, January - December 2003

Abbas AB 31

Abbas ZA

Abdul Hameed

Abdul Hayee

Afsar S

Afsharfard

Ahmed S

12,25

Akbar N

Akhtar G

50,55,6

Akhtar N

Akram J

Akram S

Alam M 5

Al-Bitar Y

Aleem M

Ali AM

Ali M

48,8

Ali N

32,16

Ali NS

Ali S

Ali SS

Al Mamun A

Amjad C

Anjum

Ansari MA

Anwar M

16,8

Anwar ul Haq

Arshad JH

Asghar M

11,13

Athar Z

Aydin G

49,70

Aydin S

49, 70

Azam SI

Azeem MA

Badar I

27,26

Bala CS

Bari V

Bhatti MR

Bilal Bin Yunus

Chaudhary IA

Chaudhary MA

Chaudhary NA

Chawla JA

Crawshaw A

Dalton HR

Ejaz A

Elahi S

38,15

English J

Fazlur Rahim

Firdousi FA

Gandapur AJ

Ghulam Abbas H

Habibur Rasul C

Hadighi R

Hafiz M

Hanachi P

Hasan F

Haseeb us Hassan M

Hassan S

60, 67

Heaver WM JV

Hossain MD

Hussain H

Hussain I

Hussain L

Hussain S

Hussain T

Iqbal MP &nbs