CONTENTS

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Synergistic interaction of epinephrine and calcium ionophore in platelet aggregation      

Idrees Farooq Butt, Sheikh Arshad Saeed, Saima N Waqar, Muhammad Aslam

Comparison of Mantoux’s test with diagnostic BCG in pediatric patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Anis-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Idris

Occupational injuries in welders – results from a six month follow-up study

Masood Ali Shaikh, Irshad Ali Shaikh

Life style related risk factors for cardiovascular disease among patients at a teaching hospital in Karachi

Waris Qidwai, Ali Raza Mangi, Rasool Bux

Differences between male and female students in cardiovascular and endocrine responses to examination stress

Mohammad Khaksari, Mehdi Mahmoodi, Mohammad E. Rezvani, Mohammad A. Sajjadi, Gholamreza Asadi Karam, Sohrab Hajizadeh

Frequency and treatment of urinary tract infection in children subjected to urine culture, in Sana'a, Yemen

Mabrook Aidah Bin Mohanna, Yahia Ahmed Raja’a

Psychiatric morbidity among Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan

Farooq Naeem, Khalid A Mufti ,  Mohammad Ayub , Asad Haroon ,Farida Saifi , Saima Mahmood Qureshi , Ali Ihsan, Haroon Rasheed Chaudry, Saif ur Rehman Dagarwal, David Kingdon

A study of reasons of Non-Compliance to psychiatric treatment              

Rizwan Taj, Saleem Khan

An index of depression in patients with chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain

Naeema Afzal, Nasir Ali, Abdus Shakoor, Tafazzul-e-Haque Mahmud, S Shah Jahan

Comparison of percutaneous pinning with casting in supracondylar humeral fractures in children

Mohammad Shoaib Khan, Shahid Sultan, Mian Amjad Ali, Alamzeb Khan, Mohammad Younis

A comparison between presenatation time and delay in surgery in simple and advanced appendicitis

Fraz Fahim, Sharoon Shirjeel

Evaluation of emergency revascularisation in vascular trauma

Mohammad Iqbal Khan, Najam Khan, Shafquat Ali Abbasi, Mohammad Tariq Baqai, Bashir ur Rehman, Abdul Wayne

Out come of plating, bone grafting and shortening of non-union humeral diaphyseal fracture

Mohammad Shoaib Khan, Ahmed Sohail Sahibzada, Mohammad Ayaz Khan, Shahid Sultan, Mohammed  Younas, Alam Zeb Khan

A two years audit of complications of hysterectomy at Ayub teaching hospital Abbottabad

Rubina Bashir, Zahida Parveen, Ruqqia Sultana, Bushra Khan

Presentation of polycystic ovary syndrome and its management with clomiphene alone and in combination with metformin

Ayisha Raja, Shoaib Naiyar Hashmi,  Nadra Sultana,  Haroon Rashid

Screening of pregnant women for gestational diabetes mellitus

Aisha Hassan

Presentation and management outcome of eclampsia at Ayub teaching hospital, Abbottabad

Ruqqia Sultana, Rubina Bashir, Bushra Khan

Glycemic control, hypertension and chronic complications in type 2 diabetic subjects attending a tertiary care centre

Abdul Basit, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Hydrie, Rubina Hakeem, Mohammad Yakoob Ahmedani, Mohiuddin Waseem

Comparison of effects of extract of myristica fragrans and verapamil on the volume and acidity of carbachol induced gastric secretion in fasting rabbits

Muhammad Jan, Farah Faqir, Hamida, Muhammad Azhar Mughal

Effect of nigella sativa (kalonji) on serum cholesterol of albino rats

Amir Hamzo Dahri, Atta Muhammad Chandio1, Ali Akbar Rahoo, Rafique Ahmed Memon

An audit of serological tests carried out at clinical laboratory of Ayub teaching hospital, Abbottabad

Sirajuddin Hassan Ally, Ayesha Ahmed, Ruhila Hanif

Clinical presentation of urinary tract infection among children at Ayub teaching hospital, Abbottabad

Azhar Munir Qureshi

Case Report

Diagnostic and Therapeutic implications of ST-segment elevation in lead aVR of 12 Lead ECG during chest pain

Naveed Akhtar, Uzma Bashir, Waqas Ahmed, Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah

Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome

Javeria, Samiullah, Neelofar, Maryam

Isolated appendicular tuberculosis

S H Waqar, Zafar I Malik, M A Zahid

Short Communication

Is the high frequency of diabetes type 2 in chronic hepatitis C virus infection due to strong family history?

Fawad Qureshi, Faisal Qureshi, Qudsia Anjum Fasih And Sarwar Zuberi

Letter To Editor

Correlates of consulting health professionals for mental health in Canada and United States

Masood Ali Shaikh and Irshad Ali Shaikh

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