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| EDITORIAL |
| Islamic teachings of bioethics in relation to the practice of medical genetics [ Abstract ] |
Mohsen A. El-Hazmi
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| REVIEW ARTICLES |
| Towards safer surgery in patients with sickle cell disease [ Abstract ] |
AbdulWahed N. Meshikhes
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| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| Effect of panaxatriol on hematogenesis and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor in radiation injured mice [ Abstract ] |
Fen Y. Liu, Jun N. Wang, Shu D. Yu, Bo Wang, Ji D. Zhang
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| Osteoarthritis models after anterior cruciate ligament resection and medial meniscectomy in rats. A histological and immunohistochemical study [ Abstract ] |
Ahmet Piskin, Mustafa Y. Gulbahar, Yilmaz Tomak, Birol Gulman, Murat Hokelek, Servet Kerimoglu, Bulent Koksal, Taner Alic, Yonca B. Kabak
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| The potential anti-inflammatory effect of tetrahydrobiopterin administration in renal mass reduction-induced chronic renal failure in rats [ Abstract ] |
Aida A. Korish, Maha M. Arafah
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| Molecular testing of human papillomavirus in cervical specimens [ Abstract ] |
FatenSalah B. Gazzaz
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| Erythrocyte sedimentation rate in healthy first year medical students [ Abstract ] |
Imran A. Siddiqui, Nadeem A. Siddiqui, Jawed Aziz, Amir Omair
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| The role of ultrasonography and computed tomography in determining the etiology of ascites [ Abstract ] |
Naile B. Topal, Selim Gurel, Ilker Ercan, Gursel Savci
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| Is abandoning routine peritoneal cultures during appendectomy justified? [ Abstract ] |
Azan S. Al-Saadi,, Ali H. Al-Wadan, Samir A. Hamarnah, Hisham Amin
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| Infliximab TNF-alpha antagonist decreases intraabdominal adhesions [ Abstract ] |
Osman Kurukahvecioglu, Hande Koksal, Ozlem Gulbahar, Ozlem Erdem, Doruk Engin, Omer Yazicioglu, Mustafa Kerem, Ferit Taneri
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| The efficacy of paracetamol in the treatment of ankle sprains in comparison with diclofenac sodium [ Abstract ] |
Cemil Kayali, Haluk Agus, Levent Surer, Ali Turgut
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| Thorax deformity, joint hypermobility, and anxiety disorders [ Abstract ] |
Murat Gulsun, Mehmet B. Yilmaz, Murat Pinar, Murat Tonbul, Cemil Celik, Barbaros Ozdemir, Kemal Dumlu, Mevlut Erbas
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| Delivery outcomes at term after one previous cesarean section [ Abstract ] |
Tarik Y. Yamani-Zamzami
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| Antibiotic resistance in children with complicated urinary tract infection [ Abstract ] |
Bilal Yildiz, Nurdan Kural, Gul Durmaz, Coskun Yarar, Ilknur Ak, Nevbahar Akcar
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| Early outcome of children with complex atrial isomerism undergoing uni-ventricular cardiac palliation [ Abstract ] |
Giridhar V. Santhanam, Hani K. Najm, Johannes P. Duplessis, Riyadh M. Abu-Sulaiman, Mohamed S. Kabbani
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| Exhaled breath condensate pH and hydrogen peroxide as non-invasive markers for asthma [ Abstract ] |
Amina H. Al-Obaidy, AbdulGhani M. Al-Samarai
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| Man-threatening viruses isolated from ticks in Saudi Arabia [ Abstract ] |
Mohammed S. Al-Khalifa, Fathy M. Diab, Galila M. Khalil
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| Prevalence of dyslipidemia in the Iraqi adult population [ Abstract ] |
WaadAllah S. Mula-Abed, Saba K. Chilmeran
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| The prevalence of abdominal obesity and its associated risk factors in married, non-pregnant women born and living in high altitude, southwestern, Saudi Arabia [ Abstract ] |
Mohammed E. Khalid
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| Regional variations in the prevalence of consanguinity in Saudi Arabia [ Abstract ] |
Mohammad I. El-Mouzan, Abdullah A. Al-Salloum, Abdullah S. Al-Herbish, Mansour M. Qurachi, Ahmad A. Al-Omar
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| Prescribing pattern of general practitioners for osteoarthritis in primary care settings in Bolu, Turkey [ Abstract ] |
Mehtap Kartal, Isil Maral, Ozlem Coskun
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| Serum resistin levels in Syrian obese patients with diabetes mellitus type II [ Abstract ] |
Ismail E. Al-Sari, Faizah A. Al-Quobaili, Younes M. Kabalan
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| CASE REPORTS |
| Urofacial syndrome [ Abstract ] |
Hamdan H. Al-Hazmi, Ayman A. Hammad, Roman Jednak, Mohamed T. El-Sherbiny
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| Gastrosplenic fistula in Hodgkin’s lymphoma treated successfully by laparoscopic surgery and chemotherapy [ Abstract ] |
Hamad I. Al-Ashgar, Mohammed Q. Khan, Abduallah M. Ghamdi, Fahad Y. Bamehriz, Irfan Maghfoor
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| Minimally invasive retroperitoneal adrenalectomy [ Abstract ] |
Hussam M. BinYousef, Mohammed A. Al-Zaben, Essam M. Murshid, Mona A. Al-Shahid
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| Metastatic synovial sarcoma to the left atrium. A management dilemma [ Abstract ] |
Atif W. Qubbany, Abdulhalim J. Kinsara
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| Multiple schwannomas of cauda equina in the absence of von Recklinghausen’s disease [ Abstract ] |
Cetin R. Kayaoglu, Goksin Sengul, Ismail H. Aydin
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| CLINICAL NOTES |
| Pelvi-perineal myolipoma [ Abstract ] |
Gurhan Sakman, Cem K. Parsak, Tolga Akcam, Omer Alabaz
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| BRIEF COMMUNICATION |
| Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis. Experience from eastern Turkey [ Abstract ] |
Cihangir Aliagaoglu, Mustafa Atasoy, Ali I. Gulec, Sevki Ozdemir, Teoman Erdem, Ali Karakuzu, Akin Aktas, Handan Timur, Ragip I. Engin
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| Echocardiographic approach of left ventricular dysfunctions in essential hypertension [ Abstract ] |
Huseyin Surucu, Ali Degirmenci, Ersan Tatli, Gultac Ozbay
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| Constrictive pericarditis presenting as recurrent ascites for 10 years [ Abstract ] |
Nazir A. Lone, Hilal A. Rather, S. Jalal, Khurshid A. Khan, Mohammed S. Alai, Viqar M. Jan, Kaiser H. Hakeem, Pawan K. Suri, Dharminder K. Angurana
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| Ultrastructure study of postmenopausal endometria of tibolone, conjugated estrogen + medroxyprogesterone acetate and tamoxifen users [ Abstract ] |
Tuncay Nas, Mustafa F. Sargon, Hamdi H. Celik, Pinar O. Keskin, Rifat H. Gursoy, Kutay Biberoglu
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| Metformin discontinuation rate among patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus in Basrah, Iraq [ Abstract ] |
Abbas A. Mansour, Omran S. Habib
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| CORRESPONDENCE |
| Study of the bacterial agents of blood stream infection in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [ Abstract ] |
Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq
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| ERRATUM |
| Standard surgical versus percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in intensive care patients [ Abstract ] |
| Congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries with ischemic symptoms in middle age [ Abstract ] |
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| BOOK REVIEWS |
| Explaining unexplained illnesses disease. Paradigm for chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivity, fibromyalgia, post-traumatic stress disorder, Gulf War syndrome and others [ Abstract ] |
Monir M. Madkour
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| WHO PRESS RELEASE |
| WHO uses web-based approach to revise global disease standards [ Abstract ] |
| New open access database to spur development of medicines for infectious diseases of the developing world [ Abstract ] |
| Global stockpile of H5N1 vaccine “feasible” [ Abstract ] |
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| CLINICAL QUIZ |
| Beaus lines [ Abstract ] |
Mohammed A. Yassin, Ibrahim A. Alhijji, Hanadi R. Elayoubi, Kamal R. Abbodi
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