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November Highlights ...
REVIEW ARTICLES
Contributions of Muhadhdhab Al-Deen Al-Baghdadi to the progress of medicine and urology. A study and translations from his book Al-Mukhtar
RABIE E. ABDEL-HALIM ...
Rheumatoid arthritis, cytokines and hypoxia. What is the link?
AHMED K. AL-SHUKAILI, ALI A. AL-JABRI ...
ARTICLES
The ultrastructural alterations in rat corneas with experimentally-induced diabetes mellitus
GULNUR TAKE, GULTEN KARABAY, DENIZ ERDOGAN, IZZET DUYAR ...
Does Ramadan fasting affect expiratory flow rates in healthy subjects?
MIRZA M. F. SUBHAN, QAMAR A. SIDDIQUI, MOHAMMED N. KHAN, SALMAN SABIR ...
The effect of h1 calponin expression on gallstone formation in pregnancy DING YOUMING, WANG BIN, WANG WEIXING, WANG BINGHUA,
LUO RUOYU, CHENG BANGCHANG ...
Suspected acute appendicitis in female patients. Trends in diagnosis in emergency department in a University Hospital in Western region of Saudi Arabia
FATMA K. ALTHOUBAITY ...
Emergency general surgical admissions. Prospective institutional experience in non-traumatic acute abdomen:
Implications for education, training and service
ABDULMOHSEN A. AL-MULHIM ...
Presentation of choanal atresia in Saudi children
AHMED Y. AL-AMMAR ...
Does the anatomical localization of lower extremity venous diseases affect the quality of life?
GANIME SADIKOGLU, ALIS OZCAKIR, ILKER ERCAN, CANER YILDIZ, YURTKURAN SADIKOGLU Risk factors for urinary incontinence in Turkish women. A cross-sectional study
TUNCAY M. FILIZ, CEFARIYE ULUDAG, NURSAN CINAR, SULEYMAN GORPELIOGLU,
PINAR TOPSEVER ...
Inflammatory responses after laparoscopic myomectomy compared to open surgery in current clinical practice
ZDENEK HOLUB, ANTONIN JABOR, LEV KLIMENT, LUDEK ŠPRONGL ...
The significance of documenting clinical appearance of the uterine cervix in the cervical cytology form HANAN M.F. AL-KADRI, ALI H. HAJEER, NADIA S. AL-HAWASHIM, HANY H. SALEM ...
Serum malondialdehyde level in patients with cystic echinococcosis
ISMAIL S. KOLTAS, GUZIDE YUCEBILGIC, RAMAZAN BILGIN, CEM K. PARSAK,
GURHAN SAKMAN ...
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Risk factors for nosocomial candiduria
SELMA GULER, ONUR URAL, DUYGU FINDIK, UGUR ARSLAN ...
Clinical presentations and laboratory findings in suspected cases of dengue virus
ALI K. AGEEP, AML A. MALIK, MUBARAK S. ELKARSANI ...
Retrospective analysis of intestinal parasitic infections diagnosed at a University Hospital in Central, Saudi Arabia
IBRAHIM S. ALKHALIFE ...
Immunity status in children with Bacille Calmette-Guérin adenitis. A prospective study in Tehran, Iran NOORBAKHSH SAMILEH, SIADATI AHMAD, ASHTIANI FARZANEH, RIMAZ SHAHNAZ,
FEREIDONI LIDA, NIKBIN MOHAMMAD ...
Prevalence of retinopathy in hypertensive patients
MOHAMMAD R. BESHARATI, ABOLGHASEM RASTEGAR, MOHAMMAD R. SHOJA,
MAHMOOD E. MAYBODI ...
Diabetes mellitus and male osteoporosis. Is there a relationship?
ABDULMOHSEN H. AL-ELQ, MIR SADAT-ALI ...
Stage 4S neuroblastoma, a disseminated tumor with excellent outcome
NAJLA A. ELIMAM, AYAD A. ATRA, NAJWA Y. FAYEA, TAREQ G. AL-ASAAD,
TAHA M. KHATTAB, GANADEEL A. AL-SULAMI, SAMI K. FELIMBAN ...
Breast cancer. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of breast self examination among women in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia
SAULAT JAHAN, ABDULLAH M. AL-SAIGUL, MUZAMIL H. ABDELGADIR ...
Osteoarthritis of knees and obesity in Eastern Saudi Arabia
ABDULLAH I. ISMAIL, AHMED H. AL-ABDULWAHAB, ABDULRAHMAN S. AL-MULHIM ...
CASE REPORTS
Bilateral multicystic renal dysplasia with potter sequence. A case with penile agenesis
AHMET DURSUN, BAHRI ERMIS, VARIM NUMANOGLU, BURAK BAHADIR, ILKER SECKINER ...
The use of oxygen in Fournier’s gangrene
MICHAEL C. SAFIOLEAS, MICHAEL C. STAMATAKOS, AHMAD I. DIAB,
PANAGIOTIS M. SAFIOLEAS ...
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a neonate with cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita BEHZAD ELAHI, ASGHAR RAMYAR ...
A fatal case of Behçet’s disease with rare complications
MEHMET SAHIN, CAGATAY ARSLAN, SEVKET E. TUNC, TURHAN YAVUZ, SEMA S. GOKSU ...
Septal graft in laryngeal reconstruction
ABDULRAHMAN BAHANNAN, ALES SLAVÍCEK, MILOS TAUDY, MARTIN CHOVANEC ...
Black (samsum) ant induced anaphylaxis in Saudi Arabia
MOHAMMED AL-SHAHWAN, SULTAN AL-KHENAIZAN, MOHAMMED AL-KHALIFA ...
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CLINICAL NOTES Large cyst in the clitoris
FATEMEH DAVARI-TANHA, FARZANEH M. AGHAEE, MARZIEH K. KHEZRI, ZEINAB M. FAR, SAHAR EFTEKHARI, MAHBOD KAVEH ...
Uterus didelphus
RAMACHANDRAN MUTHUKISHNAN, GEORGE K. OYAKHIRE, UMADEVI K. RAMACHANDRAN ...
BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Werner syndrome associated with renal involvement
GONENC KOCABAY, SUKRU OZTURK, TEVFIK ECDER ...
Pregnancy outcomes and complications in advanced maternal age
SEDDIGHEH AYATY, FATEMEH VAHIDROUDSARI, MOHAMMAD T. SHAKERI, ZOHREH YOUSEFI ...
Prehospital delay among cohort of Jordanian patients with acute myocardial infarction
ABDALLAH F. OMEISH ...
Computers and daily bedside rounds in the neonatal intensive care unit
SHABIH MANZAR ...
Utilization of complement testing in clinical medicine
KHALIL ABDUL-AZIZ, ABDUL-AZIZ FAIZAL ...
CLINICAL QUIZ
A 31-year-old diabetic woman with light brown patches on her lower limbs
FAHMI Y. KHAN ...
CORRESPONDENCE
General practice is still an inferior medical specialty in Greece
CONSTANTINOS C. MIHAS, ALEVIZOS ALEVIZOS, MOHAMED NATZAR,
ANARGIROS D. MARIOLIS ...
Reply. No reply received from the author.
Efficacy of endorectal ultrasonography in preoperative staging of rectal carcinoma
ALAA A. JABBAR ...
Reply. No reply received from the author.
Epidemiology of travel–related malaria in a non-malarious areas in Saudi Arabia
JAFFAR A. AL-TAWFIQ ...
BOOK REVIEW
A clinician’s handbook of child and adolescent psychiatry
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FROM THE COCHRANE LIBRARY ...
WHO PRESS RELEASE
Global disease burden from solar ultraviolet radiation ...
Health consequences of excessive solar UV radiation. New WHO report shows breakdown of disease caused by UV radiation ...
Reducing the health risks for children from ozone layer depletion. New ozone education pack targets primary schools ...
Symposia, Conference & Announcement ...
Appointments ...
Abbreviated Instruction to Authors ...
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