EDITORIAL

Muhammad Ayub

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Changing haematological parameters in Dengue viral infections

Tahir Jameel, Khalid Mehmood, Ghulam Mujtaba, Nakhshab Choudhry, Naeema Afzal, Rubina Faisal Paul

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Gestational trophoblastic disease

Nousheen Aziz, SajidaYousfani, Irfanullah Soomro, Firdous Mumtaz

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Maternal morbidity in emergency versus elective caesarean section at a tertiary care hospital

Asifa Ghazi, Farah Karim, Ayesha Muhammad Hussain, Tehmina Ali, Shazia Jabbar

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A ten year review of emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary care hospital

Bushra Khan, Baynazir Khan, Ruqqia Sultana, Rubina Bashir, Farhat Deeba

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Choledochorraphy (primary repair) versus T-tube drainage after open choledochotomy

Nadia Saeed, Muhammad Tauqeer Nasir, Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Ghulam Asghar Channa

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Efficacy and side effects of glyceryl trinitrate in management of chronic anal fissure

Fazila Hashmi, Muhammad Munir Memon, Abdul Mannan Khan

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Patient satisfaction for levonorgestrel intrauterine system and norethisterone for treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Taqdees Naqaish, Farwa Rizvi, Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Afzal

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Experience of laparoscopic cholecystectomy during a steep learning curve at university hospital

Syed Asad Ali, Abdul Ghani Soomro, Agha Taj Mohammad, Mohammad Jarwar, Akmal Jamal Siddique

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Frequency of unerupted mandibular third molar in mandibular angle fractures

Masroor Manshad Abbasi, Irum Abbas, Noreen Khan, Syed Majid Hussain Shah, Hifsa Hameed, Samia Shad, Kunwal Zulfiqar

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Aetiology and types of neonatal seizures presenting at Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad

Shahzad Najeeb, Azhar Munir Qureshi, Anis-ur-Rehman, Fayaz Ahmad, Sher Shah, Asfand Yar Khan, Tahir Saeed Siddiqui

Feasibility and safety of transabdominal chorionic villus sampling

Abeera Choudry, Saima Masood, Suhaib Ahmed

Early complications of elective and emergency tracheostomy

Raza Muhammad, Farida Khan, Fazal Rehman, Johar Iqbal, Munib Khan, Gohar Ullah

Death in the home: Domestic violence against women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Mian Mujahid Shah, Naveed Alam, Qudsia Hassan, Sahibdad Khan, Iftikhar Qayum, Sher Bahadur, Zahid Hussain Khalil

Dermatological manifestations of Dengue fever

Atiya Mahboob, Zafar Iqbal, Rabail Javed, Azeem Taj, Asma Munir, Munir Akhtar Saleemi, Faryal Yaqub

Effects of ciprofloxacin and zinc chloride in adult albino rat and prenatal conceptus

Muhammad Aslam Channa, Muhammad Ashfaq, Abdul Lateef Jokhio, Muhammad Zaheer Khan, Mir Muhammad Sahito

Serum homocysteine as a risk factor for coronary heart disease

Ayesha Naureen, Bibi Munazza, Robina Shaheen, Shahbaz Ali Khan, Fozia Fatima

Pattern of magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance venography changes in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Zafar A, Ali Z

Comparative analysis of type of myocardial infarction in patients with successful or unsuccessful streptokinase thrombolysis following ST elevation myocardial infarction

Sher Bahadar Khan, Rafiullah, Lubna Noor, Khurshid Ahmad, Yasir Adnan, Amber Ashraf, Asif Iqbal, Hafiz ur Rehman, Mohammad Hafizullah

Frequency of conservatively managed traumatic acute subdural haematoma changing into chronic subdural haematoma

Ehtisham Ahmed, Ahsan Aurangzeb, Shahbaz Ali Khan, Saadia Maqbool, Asghar Ali, Khalid Khan Zadran, Amir Nawaz

Surgical treatment in lumbar spondylolisthesis: experience with 45 patients

Ibrahim Farooq Pasha, Muhammed Abid Qureshi, Irfan Zafar Haider, Arsalan Sharif Malik, Muhammad Asad Qureshi, Usama Bin Tahir

Clinical audit of foetomaternal outcome in pregnancies with fibroid uterus

Iram Sarwar, Sadia Habib, Attiya Bibi, Naushaba Malik, Zahida Parveen

Medical versus surgical management of otitis media with effusion in children

Mohammad Yousaf, Inayatullah, Farida Khan

Frequency of sensory deficit in terms of two point discrimination in split thickness skin grafts and local flaps for soft tissue defects of fingers

Saeed Ashraf Cheema, Awais Ahmad

Impact of leiomyoma in pregnancy

Sarwat Navid, Shahida Arshad, Qurat-ul-Ain, Raabia Arshad Meo

Seasonal variations of vivax and falciparum malaria: an observation at a tertiary care hospital

Shahid Jamil, Muhammad Nawaz Khan

Perception of leadership among health managers working in tertiary level hospitals

Saadia Shahzad, Humaira Zareen

Reasons for discontinuation of contraceptive methods among couples with different family size and educational status

Farwa Rizvi, Ghazia Irfan

Knowledge and perceptions of diabetes in urban and semi urban population of Peshawar, Pakistan

Muhammad Zuhaid, Khalil Khan Zahir, Inayat Ullah Diju

How does self-efficacy affect performance of learner?

Farhan Vakani, Mughis Sheerani, Azam Afzal, Almas Amin

Apoptotic proteins and cancer: Many faces

Faris Q. Alenzi, Mohamed L. Salem, Fadel S. Alyaqoub, Fahad G. B. Alanazi, Wafa G. Alanazi, Mona G. Alanazi, Abdulmajeed G. Alanazi, Majed G. Alanazi, Hamdan Al-Shehri, Abdulwahab A. Abuderman, Waleed Tamimi

False positive HIV test in low prevalence region: Pakistan

Nadeem Ikram, Sajid Ahmad

Osseous metaplasia of endometrium—A rare cause of menometrorrhagia

Saadia Fawad

Primary alveolar proteinosis

Abdul Rab Khan, Aamir Sulaman, Munir Ahmad Abbasi, Muhammad Jehanzeb

An analysis of intestinal parasitic infestation in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

Irfan Ali Mirza, Syed Yousaf Kazmi, Muhammad Yasir

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