EDITORIAL

Fatty Liver: Yet another silent killer

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

 Protective effects of beclomethasone against insulin induced airway hyper-reactivity in guinea pig and      exploration of its mechanism of action

 Mahjabeen Sharif, Bushra Tayyaba Khan, Mubashir Sharif

 Effect of ascorbic acid and alpha tocopherol supplementation on acute restraint stress induced changes in  testosterone, corticosterone and nor epinephrine levels in male Sprague Dawley rats

 Ghulam Mustafa Lodhi, Rabia Latif, Muhammad Mazhar Hussain, Abdul Khaliq Naveed, Muhammad Aslam

 Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in acute appendicitis

 Sajjad Hussain, Asif Rahman, Tariq Abbasi, Tariq Aziz

 Effect of monosodium glutamate on the serum estrogen and progesterone levels in female rat and prevention of    this effect with diltiazem

 Muhammad Sarwar Zia, Khadija Qamar, Ruhila Hanif, Moazzam Khalil

 Lectures in medical educaton: what students think?

 Tajammal Mustafa, Zerwa Farooq, Zunaira Asad, Rabbia Amjad, Iffat Badar, Abdul Majeed Chaudhry, Mohammad Amer Zaman Khan, Farida Rafique

 Association between carotid intima-media thickness and physical activity scores in middle aged Pakistani adults–a  hospital based study

 Salma Umbreen, Nasir Khan, Ghayyur Khan

 Comparing the efficacy of intravenous adenosine and verapamil in termination of acute paroxysmal  supraventricular tachycardia

 Badar Ul Ahad Gill, Syed Naseem Iqbal Bukhari, Munir Ahmed Rashid, Muhammad Sohail Saleemi, Muhammad Zubair Zaffar

 Role of C-reactive protein as a marker for microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetics

 Saira Bashir, Iffat Shabbir, Misbah-ul-Islam Khan, Muhammad Aasim

 Frequency of diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic, normotensive type-2 diabetic patients

 Fawad Ahmad Randhawa, Malik Tayyab Hussnain, Shaista Nazir, Faisal Masud

 Transurethral resection of prostate: early versus delayed removal of catheter

 Saadia Nawaz Durrani, Sarhad Khan, Ata ur Rehman

 Effect of size on the surgical management of pulmonary hydatid cyst

Manzoor Ahmad, Shahbaz Ali Khan, Syed Zahid Shah, Hassan Shahzad Nazar, Aamir Bilal, Muhammad Abid Khan, Bahauddin, Hamid Fazeel

 Skin manifestations in diabetes mellitus

 Saira Furqan, Lubna Kamani, Abdul Jabbar

 Frequency of parasitic infestation in faecal specimens

 Arif Maqsood Ali, Tariq Masud, Shazia Arif

 Validity of the fast scan for diagnosis of intraabdominal injury in blunt abdominal trauma

 Yasmeen Iqbal, Muhammad Naeem Taj, Anis Ahmed, Zia Ur Rehman, Zakia Akbar

 Frequency of diabetes mellitus in patients with acute coronary syndrome

 Nasir Ahmed, Sumaira Kazmi, Haq Nawaz, Muhammad Javed, Syed Abbas Anwar, Muhammad Adeel Alam

 Diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients in a tertiary care hospital of Lahore

Rabia Arshed Usmani, Muhammad Ijaz Nasir, Salim Wazir, Zarabia Pervaiz, Taskeen Zahra, Mehwish Akhtar

 Comparison of oral azithromycin with oral doxycycline in the treatment of acne vulgaris

 Are school children ready to donate blood?

 Danyal Hasan Thaver, Nazish Masud, Mariam Ashraf

 Outcome of pyeloplasty in children

 Muhammad Siddique, Mudassar Saeed Pansota, Muhammad Shahzad Saleem, Attique-ur-Rehman

 Use of computed tomographic pulmonary angiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism; are we  overdoing it?

 Shahid Kalim, Muhammad Shakil Akhtar

 Efficacy of ondansetron alone and ondansetron plus dexamethasone in preventing nausea and vomiting after  middle ear surgery

 Fazal Wadood, Raza Muhammad, Mohammad Jamil, Waqar un Nisa

 Hepatitis C – a risk factor for gallstone disease

 Syed Inamullah Shah, Sajida Shah, Abdul Hannan

 Comparison of the efficacy of single volar subcutaneous digital block and the dorsal two injections block

 Riaz Ahmed Khan Afridi, Tariq Masood, Ehtisham Ahmed, Abdul Majeed Jaffar, Obaidullah, Hamid Fazeel Alvi

 Clinico-radiographic study of odontogenic cysts at a tertiary care center

 Kamran Ali, Faisal Munir, Abdur Rehman, Iram Abbas, Nofil Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Akhtar

 Statistical concepts in biology and health sciences

 Huma Zahir, Aisha Javaid, Rehana Rehman, Zahir Hussain

CASE REPORTS

 Central retinal artery occlusion secondary to dengue fever

 Naqaish Sadiq, Taqdees Naqaish, Khadija Mohammad, Abdusalam Arif, Mubashar Jalis

 Umbilical pilonidal sinus

 Ghulam Mustafa, Ghulam Akber, Junaid Khan Lodhi, Muhammad Mutahir, Asim Malik

 Who is responsible for the consequences? A case of stent thrombosis subsequent to noncompliance with post  angioplasty treatment regimen

 Salma Abdul Aziz Sajwani, Saleema Allana

 Rare case with megaloblastic anaemia

 Munnaza Saleem, Syed Sajid Hussain Shah, Tahir Mehmood

 Sturge Weber syndrome-unusual presentation

 N.S. Neki

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