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September Highlights ...
EDITORIAL
The Gulf Cooperation Countries genetic services. Understanding individuals, families, and community needs ANNA A. RAJAB, MOHSEN A. EL-HAZMI ...
REVIEW ARTICLES
Updated overview of pediatric headache and migraine
MOHAMMED M. JAN ...
Current treatment strategy for hepatocellular carcinoma
KELVIN K. NG, RONNIE T. POON ...
ARTICLES
Measurement of the total antioxidant potential in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases with a novel automated method
ERKAN CEYLAN, MEHMET GENCER, ELMAS UZER, HAKIM CELIK ...
The value of endothelium dependent vasodilatation in diagnosing coronary artery disease and its comparison with the results of routine diagnostic tests
SAMAD GHAFFARI, MEHRNOOSH TOUFAN ...
The measurement of serum fibrinogen levels in patients with acute coronary syndrome
MOHAMMAD T. OMRAN, SIMIN ASADOLLAHI ...
Relaxation therapy in the background of standard antihypertensive drug treatment is effective in management of moderate to severe essential hypertension
FATEMEH RANJBAR, FARIBORZ AKBARZADEH, BABAK KAZEMI, ABDOLRASOUL SAFAEIYAN ...
Effect of hypotensive anesthesia on cognitive functions. A comparison of esmolol and remifentanil during tympanoplasty
N. CELEBI, F. ARTUKOGLU, D. DAL, F. SARICAOGLU, V. CELIKER, U. AYPAR ...
Intraventricular hemorrhage in very low birth weight infants. Associated risk factors in Isfahan, Iran
ZOHREH BADIEE ...
A prospective study of congenital malformations among live born neonates at University Hospital in Western Saudi Arabia
NADIA M. FIDA, JUMANA AL-AAMA, WAFAA NICHOLS, MOHAMED ALqAHTANI ...
Impact of c-erb2 status on survival after high dose chemotherapy in high-risk breast cancer patients
O. KUZHAN, A. OZET, C. ULUTIN, B. KURT, S. KOMURCU, B. OZTURK, S. ATAERGIN, O. GUNHAN ...
Humphrey visual field analysis, visual field defects, and ophthalmic findings in patients with macro pituitary adenoma
S. GEDIK, S. GUR, B. ATALAY, M. COLAK, N. ALTINORS, Y. A. AKOVA ...
Risk factors identification for ocular trauma in patients who presented in a suburban tertiary care hospital in Nigeria
MALACHI E. ENOCK, AFEKHIDE E. OMOTI, ANITA A. ALIKAH ...
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A57 A comparison of the effect of donor-recipient trephine size disparity on refractive error in keratoconus
MOHAMMAD R. SHOJA, MOHAMMAD R. BESHARATI ...
Rapid sequence induction and intubation with 1 mg/kg rocuronium bromide in cesarean section, comparison with suxamethonium
S. A. ABU-HALWEH, I. M. MASSAD, H. M. ABU-ALI, I. Z. BADRAN, B. A. BARAZANGI, M. A. RAMSAY Effects of silibinin hemisuccinate on the intraocular pressure in normotensive rabbits
HAIDER M. MOHAMMED, MUNAF H. ABDULRAZZAq, SAAD A. HUSSAIN ...
Short-term efficacy and safety of valproate sustained-release formulation in newly diagnosed partial epilepsy (VIPe-study). A multicenter observational open-label study
DIRK DELEU, HASSAN AL-HAIL, BOULENOUAR MESRAOUA, HISHAM A. MAHMOUD,
ON BEHALF OF THE GULF VIPE STUDY GROUP ...
Enterocutaneous fistula. Causes and management
RAAFAT R. AHMAD, CABS, SHAWqI Y. FAWZY ...
Assessment of quality of life in Saudi patients with vitiligo in a medical school in Qassim province, Saudi Arabia
AHMAD A. AL ROBAEE ...
Topical zinc sulphate solution for treatment of viral warts
KHALIFA E. SHARqUIE, ALAA A. KHORSHEED, ADIL A. AL-NUAIMY ...
Antibacterial activity of Eurycoma longifolia Jack. A Malaysian medicinal plant
ABD-ELAZIEM FAROUK, ASMA BENAFRI ...
Bone metabolism and mineral density in patients with beta-thalassemia major
U. DUNDAR, A. KUPESIZ, S. OZDEM, E. GILGIL, T. TUNCER, A. YESILIPEK, M. GULTEKIN ...
The knowledge and attitudes of the primary care physicians on developmental dysplasia of the hip
MURAT UZEL, GUNEY U. ERGUN, HASAN C. EKERBICER ...
CASE REPORTS
Pleuropulmonary and soft tissue Nocardia cyriacigeorgici infection in a patient with Behcet’s disease
UGUR ARSLAN, INCI TUNCER, ELIF B. UYSAL, RAMAZAN INCI ...
Dracunculiasis. An incidental diagnosis in a Saudi female
FAYAZ A. HAKIM, NADRA N. KHAN ...
Isolated nail lichen planus with primary sclerosing cholangitis in a child
NEJOUD AL-AJROUSH, SULTAN AL-KHENAIZAN ...
Pleuropulmonary blastoma. A rare childhood malignancy
Y. M. ALJEHANI, A. M. ELBAZ, K. M. MOGHAZY, A. A. ALARDI, A. A. MONTASER,
Y. F. EL-GHONEIMY ...
Fucosidosis and anesthesia
ALIREZA E. SOLTANI, REZA S. MOHARARI, REZA GHAFFARI, HAMID ZAHEDI, MOJGAN
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Terminal ileum schistosomiasis with perianal fistula mimicking Crohn’s disease
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Effects of pharmacological concentration of melatonin on reperfusion injury in rats
AYSE S. ILHAN, ESER O. OYAR, DENIZ ERBAS, OZLEM SIVASLI ...
A comparison of sensitivities of the conventional and the real-time polymerase chain reaction methods for detection of Treponema denticola in periapical abscesses
AHMET OZBEK, SELCUK M. OZBEK, ELVAN OZBEK ...
Motor vehicle accidents during pregnancy. A review of maternal and fetal outcomes in Saudi Arabian population HAYFAA A. WAHABI, AHMED T. SALEH, ABDELMONIM A. ABDELRAHMAN ...
Epidemiology of atrial fibrillation among Qatari patients admitted with various cardiovascular disorder. A population-based study
W. A. DABDOOB, A. BENER, D. AL-MOHANNADI, M. T. NUMAN, H. A. AL-BINALI, J. AL-SUWAIDI Reducing the medical costs of urinary tract infections investigation in infants
CHRISTOS N. KARAKOS, KONSTANTINOS N. STAMATIOU ...
CLINICAL QUIZ
An elderly man with shortness of breath and abnormal chest x-ray
MOHAMMED A. YASSIN ...
CORRESPONDENCE
Correlation does not always show a causal relationship
HAKAN BUYUKHATIPOGLU, YAVUZ PEHLIVAN, RAMAZAN GEYIK, CELALETTIN CAMCI ...
Reply: FATEMEH H. SHANDIZ ...
Osteoarthritis of knees and obesity
OMAR M. FAROOqUI, ALI S. JAWAD ...
Pre-hospital period in patients with myocardial infarction in Turkey. Methodological and statistical pitfalls MUSTAFA M. AFIFI ...
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WHO PRESS RELEASE
Pandemic influenza vaccine: WHO and international community make progress towards ensuring access of developing countries ...
Global tuberculosis epidemic levelling off: New report ...
WHO adds four TB drugs to its list of prequalified medicines ...
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