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Editorial

Disaster, mental health and rescuing medical professionals

Amin  A. Gadit

Original Articles

Flow cytometric and demographic analysis of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Pakistani population

MR Khawaja, SS Allana, AN Akbarali, SN Adil, M. Khurshid, S Pervez

Frequency of irritable bowel syndrome in college students

Wasim Jafri, Javed Yakoob, Nadim Jafri, Muhammad Islam, Qazi Masroor Ali

Efficacy and adverse effects of oral iron chelator deferiprone (L1, 1,2- dimethyl-3-hydroxypyrid-4-one) in patients with beta thalassaemia major in Pakistan

Muhammad Ayyub, Waqar Ali, Masood Anwar, Amin Waqar, M. Naeem Khan, Aamir Ijaz, Tassawar Hussain, Shujaat Hussain

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) lymphadenitis- Changing trends and management

Zafar Nazir, Saqib Hamid Qazi

Dermatophyte growth and degradation of human stratum corneum in vitro (pathogenesis of dermatophytosis)

Azam Jah Samdani

Outcome of endoscopic therapeutic interventions: are they different among various non malignant esophageal diseases?

Rustam Khan, Shahab Abid, Saeed Hamid, Zaigham Abbas, Hasnain Shah, Wasim Jafri

Assessing the effects of training on knowledge and skills of health personnel: a case study from the family health project in Sindh, Pakistan

Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain, Syed Muhammad Israr, Saleem Jessani

Effect of providing free sputum microscopy service to private practitioners on case notification to national tuberculosis control program

Javaid Ahmad Khan, Farooq Akbani, Amyn Malik, Ghulam Nabi Kazi, Fawad Aslam,  Syed Fayyaz Hussain

Aggressive revascularization in patients with critical lower limbs ischemia

Eitezaz Ahmed Bashir

Comparison of metoclopramide, prochlorperazine and placebo in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) following tonsillectomy in young adults

Muhammad Jamil, Syed Mushtaq Gilani, Shamsher Ali Khan

Comparison of plasma viscosity and fibrinogen concentration in hypertensive and normotensive diabetics

Taj Muhammad Khan, Mumtaz Ali Marwat, Habibur Rehman

Clinicopathological features of childhood visceral leishmaniasis in Azad Jammu & Kashmir Pakistan

Chauhdry Altaf, Parvez Ahmed, Tanveer Ashraf, Masood Anwar, Irfan Ahmed

Clinical Presentation and Management of Visceral Leishmaniasis

Zardad Muhammad Tanoli, Manzoor Elahi Rai, Abdus Salam Khan Gandapur.

Role of metformin in correcting hyperinsulinemia, menstrual irregularity and anovulation in polycystic ovary syndrome

Shamsa Zafar

Anticholinergic premedication for prevention of oculocardiac reflex during squint surgery

Syed Mushtaq Gilani, Muhammad Jamil, Farhat Akbar, Roomana Jehangir

Secretion of calcium in the saliva of long-term tobacco users

Ghulam Jillani Khan, Rashid Mehmood, Salah-ud-Din, Fida Muhammad Marwat, Ihtesham-ul-Haq, Jamil-ur-Rehman

Release of vasopressin during suppression of oestrous cycle in rat by zoladex and hypovolemic challenge

Salma Aslam Kundi, Saleem Wazir, Saleem Afzal, Naeema Afzal, Iftikhar Qayum, Mary L. Forsling

Temporomandibular joint ankylosis: experience with interpositional gap arthroplasty at Ayub Medical College Abbottabad

Iram Abbas, Muhammad Jamil, Muhammad Jehanzeb, Shah M Ghous

Frequency and risk factors for wound dehiscence/ burst abdomen in midline laparotomies

SH Waqar, Zafar Iqbal Malik, Asma Razzaq, M Tariq Abdullah, Aliya Shaima, MA Zahid

Case Reports

Congenital LQTS – an electrocardiographic and genotype correlation

Naveed Akhtar, Waqas Ahmed, Mehnaz Mehboob

Spontaneous fecal fistula: a rare presentation of inguinal hernia

Abdul Samad, Gul Muhammad Sheikh

Typhoid fever and viral hepatitis in a G6PD deficient individual

Imran Ahmad, H. Muhammad Ashraf, Shahzad Ashraf

Review Article

Pre-operative pulmonary evaluation

Muhammad Aslam Khan, Syed Fayyaz Hussain

Letter to Editor

Correlates of self-reported arthritis in adult Pakistani population

Irshad Ali Shaikh, Masood Ali Shaikh