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| REVIEW ARTICLES |
| Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn [ Abstract ] |
PMC Nair, Maria Flordeliz A. Bataclan |
| Drug-induced pulmonary fibrosis [ Abstract ] |
Mohammed H. Daba, Kamal E. El-Tahir, Mohammed N. Al-Arifi, Othman A. Gubara |
| Views of women towards cesarean section [ Abstract ] |
Lulu A. Al-Nuaim |
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| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| Sex hormones, personality characters and professional status among Saudi females [ Abstract ] |
Laila Y. Al-Ayadhi |
| Making gynecological and psychiatric sense out of premenstrual pains, tension and dysphoria [ Abstract ] |
Naseem A. Qureshi, Tariq A. Al-Habeeb |
| Placenta previa in a referral hospital in Oman [ Abstract ] |
Sangeeta M. Bhat, Ilham M. Hamdi, Sunil K. Bhat |
| Association of mobile phone radiation with fatigue, headache, dizziness, tension and sleep disturbance in Saudi population [ Abstract ] |
Thamir Al-Khlaiwi, Sultan A. Meo |
| Internet use among high school students in Ankara, Turkey [ Abstract ] |
Songul A. Vaizoglu, Dilek Aslan, Uzay Gormus, Goksenin Unluguzel, Sebnem Ozemri, Abdulkadir Akkus, Cagatay Guler |
| DNA amplification fingerprinting using 10 x polymerase chain reaction buffer with ammonium sulfate for human identification [ Abstract ] |
Aysun Baransel, Hikmet E. Dulger, Mehmet Tokdemir |
| Outcome in definite and advanced neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis [ Abstract ] |
Anita Roy, Maen Tayeb, Suzie Al-Khogeer |
| Treatment strategy of inguinal hernia in infants and children in Eastern Libya [ Abstract ] |
Amal R. Omar, Ahmad M. Omar, Abdulgader N. Shaheen, Massoud H. Geryani |
| Change of quadriceps angle values with age and activity [ Abstract ] |
Bulent Bayraktar, Ilker Yucesir, Adnan Ozturk, Aysegul K. Cakmak, Nurcan Taskara, Aysin Kale, Deniz Demiryurek, Alp Bayramoglu, Hakan Camlica |
| Comparison between arthroscopy and 3 dimensional double echo steady state 3D-DESS sequences in magnetic resonance imaging of internal derangements of the knee [ Abstract ] |
Nagwa A. Dongola, Philip Gishen |
| Bone density in rheumatoid arthritis [ Abstract ] |
Abdulsalam A. Noorwali |
| Epstein-Barr virus expression in Hodgkin s disease in Jordan [ Abstract ] |
Nidal M. Almasri, Hasan S. Khalidi |
| Pattern of skin cancer in Southwestern Saudi Arabia [ Abstract ] |
Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi, Abdulhameed S. Al-Ghamdi, Howaida A. Elhakeem |
| Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa [ Abstract ] |
Asma M. Al-Jasser, Noura A. Elkhizzi |
| Efficacy and safety of sevelamer. Comparison with calcium carbonate in the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in hemodialysis patients [ Abstract ] |
Faisal A. Shaheen, Nabeela M. Akeel, Laila S. Badawi, Muhammad Z. Souqiyyeh |
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| CASE REPORTS |
| Herpes gestationis [ Abstract ] |
Shakeel A. Faiz, Syeda I. Nainar, Mohammed H. Addar |
| Dizziness during pregnancy due to cardiac myxoma [ Abstract ] |
Ajit K. Agarwal, Poothirikovil Venugopalan |
| Tracheobronchomegaly-Mounier-Kuhn syndrome [ Abstract ] |
Hatem F. Al-Mubarak, Sabina A. Husain |
| Asymptomatic giant pulmonary artery aneurysm in an elderly male patient [ Abstract ] |
Mohamed Z. Khalil, Mansour M. Al-Nozha, Basheer A. Wani |
| Solitary fibrous tumor of the thyroid gland [ Abstract ] |
Nasrat L. Babouk |
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| CLINICAL NOTES |
| Touraine-Solente-Gole syndrome [ Abstract ] |
Manal S. Siddiqui |
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| BRIEF COMMUNICATION |
| Determination of fundal height increase in fasting and non-fasting pregnant women during Ramadan [ Abstract ] |
Tayebeh Naderi, Zahra Kamyabi |
| Achromobacter xylosoxidans isolated from the sputum of a patient with cystic fibrosis mutation I1234V with Pseudomonas aeruginosa [ Abstract ] |
Atiqa Abdul Wahab, Ibrahim A. Janahi, Sittana S. El-Shafie |
| Columnar lined esophagus. An attempt to find a useful definition and reproducible histopathological diagnostic criteria [ Abstract ] |
Ammar C. Al-Rikabi |
| Fever due to malaria in a neutropenic patient. A rare complication of blood transfusion [ Abstract ] |
Abdurrahman Isikdogan, Orhan Ayyildiz, Murat Soker, Mustafa Yakut, Ekrem Muftuoglu |
| The effect of rifampicin on serum cortisol level in patients with active tuberculosis [ Abstract ] |
Elhassan H. Elansary |
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| CORRESPONDENCE |
| H.pylori and myocardial infarction [ Abstract ] |
Abdulhalim J. Kinsara, Mansour M. Al-Nozha, Mohamed Z. Khalil, Ibrahim A. Al-Mofleh, Abdullah S. Al-Ghamdi |
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| ERRATUM |
| Intestinal parasites among presumably healthy individuals in Lebanon [ Abstract ] |
Bassem R. Saab, Umaya Musharrafieh, Nabil T. Nassar, Mustafa Khogali, George F. Araj |
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| WHO PRESS RELEASE |
| WHO EXECUTIVE BODY REAFFIRMS WHO LEADERSHIP ON KEY ISSUES FOR GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH [ Abstract ] |
| UNPRECEDENTED SPREAD OF AVIAN INFLUENZA REQUIRES BROAD COLLABORATION [ Abstract ] |
| HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO PROMOTE A NEW CODE OF CONDUCT ON TOBACCO CONTROL [ Abstract ] |
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