A1 CONTENTS
HIGHLIGHTS ...
EDITORIAL ...
EDITORIAL MESSAGE ...
REVIEW ARTICLE Tuberculosis vaccine
MOHAMMED A. SARHAN ...
ARTICLES
Expression of sonic hedgehog signaling pathways in a rat model of chronic pancreatitis
HU WEI-GUO, LIAO XI-WANG, LU QI-PING ...
Antimicrobial activity of tigecycline against bacterial isolates from intensive care units in a teaching hospital in Central Saudi Arabia
ALI M. SOMILY, ABDULAZIZ S. AL-KHATTAF, ABDELMAGEED M. KAMBAL ...
Effect of opium smoking cessation on the nasopharyngeal microbial flora
ALI GOLSHIRI, ZIBA SHABANI, MOHAMMAD R. MOKHTAREE, AHMAD R. SAYADI, HADI FAEZI ...
A comparison of the effects of sufentanil and fentanyl on intraocular pressure changes due to easy and difficult tracheal intubations
RUDIN Q. DOMI ...
Anti-double stranded antibody. Association with titers and fluorescence patterns of anti-nuclear antibody in systemic lupus erythematosus
ADEL ALMOGREN ...
Rupture of liver hydatid cysts into the peritoneal cavity. A challenge in endemic regions
HALUK R. UNALP, YELIZ YILMAZ, EVREN DURAK, ERDINC KAMER, ERCUMENT TARCAN ...
Blunt abdominal trauma requiring laparotomy in poly-traumatized patients
ASHRAF A. MOHAMED, KHALED M. MAHRAN, MOHAMED M. ZAAZOU ...
Clubfoot management by the Ponseti technique in Saudi patients
AYMAN H. JAWADI ...
Outcomes of giant inguinoscrotal hernia repair with local lidocaine anesthesia
OSARUMWENSE D. OSIFO, TAIWU I. AMUSAN ...
Is long-term hunger (Ramadan model) a risk factor for acute appendicitis?
BARLAS SULU, YUSUF GUNERHAN, BARIS OZTURK, HASAN ARSLAN ...
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A2
The importance of HIV antenatal screening programs for pregnant women
ALI A. AL-JABRI, ZAKARYIA K. AL-MUHARRAMI, ABDULLAH A. BALKHAIR, SHYAM S. GANGULY ..
Outcome of children with Hodgkin’s disease. A 10-year experience from a single institution in Kuwait
RAKESH MITTAL, NISREEN M. KHALIFA, SAHAR O. KHALIFA, AHMED M. RAGHEB, JUZER ALI ..
Vitamin D status in health care professionals in Qatar
S. M. MAHDY, S. A. AL-EMADI, I. A. KHANJAR, M. M. HAMMOUDEH, H. A. SARAKBI, A. M. SIAM, M. ABDELRAHMAN ...
Prevalence of rubella IgG antibodies among Syrian females of childbearing age
FARAJ A. BARAH, AMER G. CHEHADA ...
CASE REPORT
Efficacy of Infliximab on the acute attack of uveitis
FAHDAH ALOKAILY, SULAIMAN ALSALEH, MARYSEON AL-BALAWI, SEHAM AL-RASHIDI ...
BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Characteristics of women attending a urogynecology clinic in Riyadh
AHMED H. AL-BADR, ANEELA G. KAMIL, EHAB F. WAHBAH, VALERIE A. ZIMMERMAN,
MOHAMAD A. AL-TANNIR ...
Magnetic resonance venography and venous ultrasonography for diagnosing deep venous thrombosis
SHAD S. AKHTAR, ZAHID NABI, KHALIDA P. SALIM, AHMAD S. BALAH, KAMEL ADLI ...
Survival analysis of dialysis patients and its associated factors in Zahedan, Iran
MASOUD ROUDBARI, FORUGH FORUZANDEH, SOUDEH ROUDBARI ...
CORRESPONDENCE
Incidence of developmental dysplasia of the hip in Dubai
MAHMOOD D. AL-MENDALAWI ...
Reply: Nooruddin K. Moosa, Pradeep T. Kumar, Seyed M. Mahmoodi ...
Inflammatory bowel disease in Western Saudi Arabia
MAHMOOD D. AL-MENDALAWI ...
Reply: No Reply from the Author
The investigation of congenital toxoplasmosis in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey
MAHMOOD D. AL-MENDALAWI ...
Reply: No Reply from the Author
ABSTRACT FROM THE COCHRANE LIBRARY
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for thermal burns ...
Steroids for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss ...
Double gloving to reduce surgical cross-infection ...
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A3 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS SECTION ...
WHO NEWS RELEASE
Largest-ever yellow fever vaccination campaign targets nearly 12 million people ...
Eight-year trend shows new HIV infections down by 17% - most progress seen in sub-Saharan Africa ...
Symposia, Conference & Announcement ...
Appointments ...
Instruction to Authors ...
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