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March Highlights ...
REVIEW ARTICLES
Sickle cell disease in pregnancy. Obstetric and anesthetic management perspectives
KHALIL E. RAJAB, JONATHAN H. SKERMAN ...
Can we reduce mortality in sepsis?
MAY S. CHEHAB ...
Natural family planning revisited
FAHAD A. AL-ATEEG ...
ARTICLES
Outcome of nonoperative management of blunt liver trauma
HAYAN A. BISMAR, MOHAMMED K. ALAM, MOHAMMED H. AL-KEELY, SALEH M. AL SALAMAH ABDULMAJEED A. MOHAMMED ...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. Can preoperative factors predict conversion?
IFTIKHAR A. KHAN, OMER E. EL-TINAY ...
Management of primary venous aneurysms
HASAN EKIM, VEYSEL KUTAY, MUSTAFA TUNCER, UNAL GULTEKIN ...
Immunohistochemical analysis of CD31, CD36, and CD44 antigens in human omentum
AYSE YILDIRIM, MURAT AKKUS, YUSUF NERGIZ, SINAN YURUKER ...
Anticardiolipin and antinuclear antibodies in the adult healthy Omani individuals
ALI A. AL JABRI, MOHAMMED S. AL BULOSHI ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding blood donation among the Saudi population
MAQBOOL ALAM, BOURHAN EL DIN MASALMEH ...
Variants and deformities of atlas vertebrae in Eastern Anatolian people
A. KAVAKLI, A. AYDINLIOGLU, H. YESILYURT, I. KUS, S. DIYARBAKIRLI, S. ERDEM, O. ANLAR ...
Health attitudes of school teachers
FAISAL A. ALNASIR ...
Microbial, nutritional and physical quality of commercial and hospital prepared tube feedings in Saudi Arabia
JALAL K. MOKHALALATI, MARY E. DRUYAN, SUSAN B. SHOTT, GAIL M. COMER ...
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Saudi Med J 2004; Vol. 25 (3) www.smj.org.sa Role of HbA1c in management of diabetes mellitus
AISHA A. AL-GHAMDI ...
Prevalence and 10-year secular trend of obesity in Oman
JAWAD A. AL-LAWATI, PEKKA J. JOUSILAHTI ...
Mycetoma of the hand
M. E. ABD EL-BAGI, O. ABDUL WAHAB, M. A. AL-THAGAFI, H. EL-SHEIKH, K. AL-SALMAN, M. K.
TAIFOOR, F. M. OSMAN ...
Bone mineral density and bone scintigraphy in adult saudi female patients with osteomalacia
MAHMOUD I. EL-DESOUKI, SALEH M. OTHMAN, MONA A. FOUDA ...
Etiological factors and clinical profile of adhesive capsulitis in patients seen at the Rheumatology clinic of a tertiary care hospital in India
MALIK A. RAUOOF, NAZIR A. LONE, BASHIR A. BHAT, SHAHIDA HABIB ...
Long term results of pyeloplasty in adults
ABDULMALIK M. TAYIB ...
CASE REPORTS
Adult sacrococcygeal teratoma
ABDUL-AZIZ AL-ESSA, TAUQEER A. MALIK, MOHAMMAD K. BAGHDADI, ALI A. EL TAYEB ...
Hepatocellular carcinoma with cutaneous metastasis
FAISAL M. AL-MASHAT ...
Concurrent papillary and medullary thyroid carcinomas with mixed metastases to lymph nodes
ABDUL-WAHED N. MESHIKHES, MUKUND TINGURA, JAMAL Y. AL-SAEED ...
Anomalies of the renal, phrenic, suprarenal arteries
MOHAMED A. BAKHEIT, MOHAMED A. MOTABAGANI ...
SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
An abnormal chest radiograph in a 6-year-old boy
TARIQ M. JABER ...
BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Elevated levels of β-human chorionic gonadotropin and human placental lactogen between 11-13 weeks’
gestation and subsequent pregnancy complications in Omani women
ANDRZEJ KROLIKOWSKI, FIKRA AL BUSAIDI, ADIL AL WAHAIBI ...
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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in school girls in the United Arab Emirates
ABDULAZIM M. MABROUK, VALSAMMA N. EAPEN ...
The role of external cephalic version on the presentation at delivery
SAAD E. DAFALLAH, SAYED M. ELHAG ...
Survey of satisfaction of patients attending pediatric orthopedic clinics at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar
IBRAHIM AL-HABDAN ...
CORRESPONDENCE
Hepatitis B viral infection in South west Saudi Arabia
SUBHASH C. ARYA, NIRMALA AGARWAL ...
Reply. AYOBANJI E. AYOOLA ...
Congratulations and cooperation
FRANCESCO MAROTTA ...
Reply. OSSAMA SHOBOKSHI ...
WHO Press Release
BRIEFING ON INFLUENZA, BIRD FLU AND FOOD SAFETY ...
UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA: VACCINE DEVELOPMENT ...
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