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Submissions from 2010

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Future prospects for the utility of interferon assays in tuberculosis diagnosis, Taimur Saleem, Madiha Syed, and Bushra Jamil

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Homozygous frame shift mutation in ECM1 gene in two siblings with lipoid proteinosis., Azam J. Samdani, Abid Azhar, Syed M. Shahid, Syeda N. . Nawab, Rozeena Shaikh, Shah A. Qader, Qaisar Mansoor, Bahram K. Khoso, and Muhammad Ismail

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Molecular studies of ichthyosis vulgaris in Pakistani families., Azam J. Samdani, Naghma Naz, and Nuzhat Ahmed

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Graphic tobacco health warnings: which genre to choose?, Z. Sobani, Sobia Nizami, Emmon Raza, N. ul Ain Baloch, and Javaid Ahmed Khan

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Risk Factors of Stroke in Pakistan: A Dedicated Stroke Clinic Experience., Fawad Taj, Rehan Zahid, Umm-e-Rubab Syeda, Muhammed Murtaza, Shahzad Ahmed, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal

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The learners' perspective on internal medicine ward rounds: a cross-sectional study, M. Tariq, Afaq Motiwala, Syed Umer Ali, Mehmood Riaz, Safia Awan, and Jaweed Akhter

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Growing burden of neurological diseases in Pakistan � need for a national health survey, Mohammad Wasay and Shaukat Ali

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Utilization and outcome of thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke in Pakistan., Mohammad Wasay, Hazim Barohi, Abdul Malik, Adnan Yousuf, Safia Awan, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal

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Associations between the Plasticity Region Genes of Helicobacter pylori and Gastroduodenal Diseases in a High-Prevalence Area., Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Shagufta Naz, Muhammad Islam, Shahab Abid, and Wasim Jafri

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Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Helicobacter pylori and triple therapy in a high-prevalence area, Javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Z. Abbas, and S. N. W. Jafri

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Emerging Parasitic Infection Mimicking Functional Bowel Disease, javed Yakoob; Wasim Jafri; Mohammad Asim Beg; Z Abbas; shagufta Naz,; Muhammad Islam; A. B. Khalid; Rustam Khan; and Zubair Ahmad

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Blastocystis hominis and Dientamoeba fragilis in patients fulfilling irritable bowel syndrome criteria., javed Yakoob; Wasim Jafri; Mohammad Asim Beg,; Z Abbas; Shagufta Naz,; Muhammad Islam; and Rustam Khan

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Irritable bowel syndrome: is it associated with genotypes of Blastocystis hominis., javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, mohammad asim beg, Z Abbas, Shagufta Naz, Muhammad Islam, and Rustam Khan

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Blastocystis hominis and Dientamoeba fragilis in patients fulfilling irritable bowel syndrome criteria, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Mohammad Asim Beg, Shagufta Naz, Muhammad Islam, and Rustam Khan

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Tracheal stenosis mimicking severe acute asthma., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Babar Dildar, Shahid Javed Husain, and Mohammad Faisal Khan

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Osseous spinal sarcoidosis: an unusual but important entity to remember., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Mughis Sheerani, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Humera Ahsan, and Kulsoom Fatima

Submissions from 2009

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Furazolidone, Co-amoxiclav, Colloidal Bismuth Subcitrate, and Esomeprazole for patients who failed to eradicate Helicobacter pylori with triple therapy, Z Abbas, Javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Muhammad Islam, Zahid Azam, and Imran Hilal

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Is Furazolidone Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Effective and Safe? Reply, Z Abbas, javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Muhammad Islam, Zahid Azam, and Imran Hilal

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Adult onset Stills disease in a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan., Naushad Abid and A. B. Khalid

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Satiety drinking tests: Effects of caloric content, drinking rate, gender, age, and body mass index, Shahab Abid, Muhammad Kashif Anis, Zahid Azam, Wasim Jafri, and Greger Lindberg

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Terlipressin vs. Octreotide in Bleeding Esophageal Varices as an Adjuvant Therapy With Endoscopic Band Ligation: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Saeed Hamid, Mohammad Salih, Zahid Azam, Khalid Mumtaz, Hasnain Ali Shah, and Zaigham Abbas

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Molecular confirmation of the causes of inherited visual impairment in Northern Pakistan., Mehreen Adhi, Yasmin Rashid, Syed Hussain Jafr, Chris F. Inglehearn, and Martin Mc Kibbin

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Experiences from an International Tele-Epilepsy Collaboration, S. Nizam Ahmed, Carly Mann, Fowzia Siddiqui, Mughis Sheerani, Nadir Ali Syed, Thomas Snyder, S. Ather Enam, and Warren Boling

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Diffusion weighted image (DWI) findings in methanol intoxication., Humera Ahsan,; Muhammad Akbar; and Aamir Hameed

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Optimization of Topical Photodynamic Therapy With 3,7-bis(di-n-butylamino)Phenothiazin-5-ium Bromide for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Oleg E. Akilov, Wajeeha Yousaf, Sebastian X. Lukjan, Sarika Verma, and Tayyaba Hasan

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Rapidly progressive cryptogenic organising pneumonia presenting as a lung mass., Saeed Akram, Muhammad Irfan, and Kanwal Aftab

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Congenital absence of left circumflex artery with a dominant right coronary artery., Fariha Sadiq Ali, Sohail Abrar Khan, Javed Majid Tai, Saulat Husnain Fatimi, and Sajid Hameed Dhakam

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Evaluating Ischemic Stroke Subtypes: Does the Retinal Microvasculature Hold Clues to What Lies Beneath?, Zarmeneh Aly, Fawad Taj, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal

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Political riots in Pakistan and stress-induced cardiomyopathy: a case report., Sadia Arshad and Sajid Hameed Dhakam

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Glucose levels compared with diabetes history in the risk assessment of patients with acute myocardial infarction, Abhinav Goyal, Shamir R. Mehta, Hertzel C. Gerstein, Rafael Diaz, Rizwan Alzal, Denis Xavier, Jun Zhu, Prem Pais, Liu Lisheng, K. Kazmi, Mohanunad Zubaid, Leopoldo S. Piegas, Petr Widimsky, andrzej Budaj, Alvaro Avezum, and Salim Yusuf

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Early and long term outcome of rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (R-PCI): experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Abdul Hakeem, Sajid H. Dhakam, Javed Tai, Humayun Bakhtawar, Muhammad Haris Nazim, Shehzad Raza, and Sabha Bhatti

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Recurrent episodes of upper airway blockage associated with Ascaris lumbricoides causing cardiopulmonary arrest in a young patient., Shahid Javed Husain, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Nabeel Sultan, Muhammad Asim Beg, and Vikram Mehraj

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Global childhood unintentional injury surveillance in four cities in developing countries: a pilot study, Adnan A. Hyder, David E. Sugerman, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, Junaid Razzak, Hesham El-Sayed, andres Isaza, Fazlur Rahman, and Margie Peden

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H. pylori Infection in Children: Population-Based Age-Specific Prevalence and Risk Factors in a Developing Country, Wasim Jafri, javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, S Siddiqui, Nasim Jafri, Safia Awan, and Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami

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Early ischemic stroke presentation in Pakistan., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Bhojo A Khealani, Sajjad Ahmed Ansari, Maria Afridi, and Nadir A. Syed

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The Karachi intracranial stenosis study (KISS) Protocol: an urban multicenter case-control investigation reporting the clinical, radiologic and biochemical associations of intracranial stenosis in Pakistan., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal; Fawad Taj,; Babar Junaidi; Asif Rasheed; Moazzam Zaidi; Muhammed Murtaza; Naved Iqbal; Fahad Hashmat; Syed Vaqas Alam; Uzma Saleem; Shahan Waheed; Lajpat Bansari; Nabi Shah; Maria Samuel; Madiha Yameen; Sobia Naz; Farrukh Shahab Khan; Naveeduddin Ahmed; Khalid Mahmood; Niaz Sheikh; Karim Ullah Makki; Muhammad Masroor Ahmed; Abdul Rauf Memon; Mohammad Wasay; Nadir Ali Syed; Bhojo A Khealani; Philippe M. Frossard; and Danish Saleheen

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Epidemic Spread of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 3a and Relation to High Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Pakistan, Anis Khan, Yasuhito Tanaka, Zahid Azam, Zaigham Abbas, Fuat Kurbanov, Uzma Saleem, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri, and Masashi Mizokami

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Clinical presentation and outcomes of patients with biliary malignancies: the Aga Khan University experience., Shiyam Kumar, Nehal Masood, ASIM JAMAL SHAIKH DR, Azmina T. Valimuhammad, Ghulam H, Amar Lal, and Najeeb Niamatullah

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ADP-ribosylation factors regulate the development of CT signaling in immature human enterocytes, Lei Lu, Abdullah Khan, and W. Allan Walker

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Factors determining the clinical outcome of acute variceal bleed in cirrhotic patients., Shahid Majid, Zahid Azam, Hasnain Ali Shah, Mohammad Salih, Saeed Hamid, Shahab Abid, and Wasim Jafri

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PO10.19 clinical spectrum of pseudo seizures at a tertiary care hospital Karachi: a video EEG based study, Nadeem Ahmed Memon, Bhojo A. Khealani, Fazal Karim, Mustafa Khan, Nadir Ali Syed, and Saad Shafqat

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Role of N-acetylcysteine in adults with non-acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure in a center without the facility of liver transplantation., Khalid Mumtaz; Zahid Azam; Saeed Hamid; Shahab Abid; Sadik Memon,; Syed H Shah; and Wasim Jafri

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Hepatic cystic echinococcosis: clinical characteristics and outcomes in Pakistan, Khalid Mumtaz, Lubna Kamani, Tabish Chawla, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri

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Classification and clinical features of headache disorders in Pakistan: a retrospective review of clinical data, Muhammed Murtaza, Mehreen Kisat, Haroon Daniel, and Aziz Sonawalla

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Survival analysis and prognostic indicators of systemic lupus erythematosus in Pakistani patients, M. A. Rabbani, H. B. Habib, M. Islam, Bilal Ahmed, S. Majid, W. Saeed, S. M. A. Shah, and A. Ahmad

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Middle aged male with pulmonary tuberculosis and refractory hypercalcemia at a tertiary care centre in South East Asia: a case report., Azra Rizwan and Najmul Islam

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Primary IgA and IgG subclass deficiency in a 17-year-old Pakistani girl: a case report., Taimur Saleem, Madiha Rabbani, and Bushra Jamil

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PO5.53 critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy: experience at a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Ghulam Shabbir, Ali Mehmood Raufi, Mustafa Khan, Nawal Salahuddin, and Saad Shafqat

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Demographics, pathologic patterns and long-term survival in operable colon cancers: local experience in Pakistan., Asim Jamal Shaikh, Sajjad Raza, Altaf Ahmed Shaikh, Romana Idress, Shiyam Kumar, Yasmin Abdul Rasheed, Amar Lal, and Nehal Masood

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Moyamoya disease: a clinical spectrum, literature review and case series from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan., Sana Shoukat, Ahmed Itrat, Ather M. Taqui, Moazzam Zaidi, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal

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Impact of prior antibiotic use in culture-negative endocarditis: review of 86 cases from southern Pakistan, Bilal Karim Siddiqui; M. Tariq; Atif Jadoon; Mahboob Alam; Ghulam Murtaza; Bilal Abid; Muhammad Jawad Sethi; Mehnaz Atiq; Sohail Abrar; and Raymond A., Jr. Smego

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Risk for sleep apnea syndrome in Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey utilizing the Berlin questionnaire, Fawad Taj, Zarmeneh Aly, Osman Arif, Bhojo Khealani, and Mansoor Ahmed

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Does admission hyperglycemia predict intracranial and extracranial vasculopathy?, Ather Mohammed Taqui, Saqib Ali Gowani, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Shafquat Rozi, and Bhojo A Khealani

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Medical mortality in Pakistan: experience at a tertiary care hospital, M. Tariq, W. Jafri, T. Ansari, S. Awan, F. Ali, M. Shah, S. Jamil, M Riaz, and Saad Shafqat

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Massive fluid requirements and an unusual BUN/creatinine ratio for pre-renal failure in patients with cholera, M. Tariq; Murtaza Memon; Asif Jafferani; Sana Shoukat; Saqib Ali Gowani; Rabeeya Nusrat; Mehmood Riaz; Junaid Patel; Bushra Jamil; and Raymond A., Jr Smego

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Frequency and Outcome of Carotid Atheromatous Disease in Patients With Stroke in Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Muhammad Azeemuddin, Imrana Masroor, Zafar Sajjad, Rasheed Ahmed, Bhojo A. Khealani, Muhammad Ashar Malik, Maria Babar Afridi, and Ayeesha Kamal

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Fight against chronic diseases (High blood pressure, Stroke, Diabetes and Cancer) in Pakistan; cost-effective interventions, Mohammad Wasay and Abdul Jabbar

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Asian Cerebral venous thrombosis registry: study protocolV, Mohammad Wasay, Ayeesha Kamal, and Bhojo Khealani

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Associations of the Plasticity Region ofh. pyloriin Patients with Gastroduodenal Diseases, javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, shagufta Naz, Shahab Abid, and Wasim Jafri

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Distribution of Helicobacter pylori virulence markers in patients with gastroduodenal diseases in Pakistan., javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Zubair Ahmad, Rashida Ahmed, and Muhammad Islam

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Low prevalence of the intact cag pathogenicity island in clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori in Karachi, Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Shahab Abid, R. Khan, N. Jafri, and Z. Ahmad

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Clinical characteristics, management and outcome of major pulmonary embolism: an experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Kulsoom Fatima, Muhammad Atif, and Muhammad Ammad Saeed

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Wegener's granulomatosis: a diagnostic challenge., Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Hammad Bin Liaquat, Shahid Javed Husain, and Kulsoom Fatima

Submissions from 2008

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Cost saving by reloading the multiband ligator in endoscopic esophageal variceal ligation: A proposal for developing countries, Zaigham Abbas, Lubna Rizvi, Umair Syed Ahmed, Khalid Mumtaz, and Wasim Jafri

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High Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infections By Multiple Strains in Patients with Dyspepsia from a Developing Country, Shahab Abid, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Khalid Mumtaz, Nida Jafri, Z Abbas, Syed H Shah, Saeed Hamid, and Rashida Ahmed

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Range for normal body temperature in the general population of Pakistan., Mehreen Adhi, Rabia Hasan, Fatima Noman, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Anwar Naqvi, and Adib-ul-Hasan Rizv

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Knowledge of coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors and coronary intervention among university students., Aysha Almas, Aamir Hameed, and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan

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Analysis of Sustained Virological Response to Pegylated Interferon & Ribavirin Treatment in Compensated Cirrhosis Due to Hepatitis C Virus, Genotype 3 Infection, Amna Subhan Butt, Wasim Jafri, Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, Shahab Abid, Syed H Shah, Nida Jafri, javed Yakoob, and Zubair Ahmad

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Health-care delivery system and reimbursement policies in Pakistan., Aamir Hameed

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Variations in levels of blood pressure: Of prognostic value or not?, Tazeen H. Jafar and Shah B. J. Ebrahim

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Coronary artery disease epidemic in Pakistan: more electrocardiographic evidence of ischaemia in women than in men, Tazeen Jafar, Z. Qadri, and N. Chaturvedi

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Hepatitis C in Pakistan: magnitude, genotype, disease characteristics and therapeutic response., Wasim Jafri and Amna Subhan

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An assessment of mantoux test in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in a BCG-vaccinated, tuberculosis-endemic area, Bushra Jamil, Salima Qamruddin, Arif R Sarwari, and Rumina Hasan

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Impact of Afghan refugees on the infectious disease profile of Pakistan: beyond economy., Ali Jawaid, Abdul lMueed Zafar, and Syed Faisal Mahmood

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Impact of Afghan refugees on the infectious disease profile of Pakistan: beyond economy, Ali Jawaid, Abdul Mueed Zafar, and Syed Faisal Mahmood

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Perinatal outcomes in pregnancy with asthma., Rashid Jooma, Rashid Zaheer Syed, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Muhammad Ahsan Zafar, and Rahat Qureshi

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Granulomatous gastritis: a diagnostic dilemma?, L. Kamani, K. Mumtaz, N. S. Azad, and W. Jafri

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Outcomes in culture positive and culture negative ascitic fluid infection in patients with viral cirrhosis: cohort study, Lubna Kamani, Khalid Mumtaz, Umair S. Ahmed, Ailia W. Ali, and Wasim Jafri

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A review of cardiogenic shock in acute myocardial infarction., L. Khalid and Sajid H. Dhakam

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Cardiac tamponade after removal of temporary pace maker in multidiscipinary intensive care unit., Muhammad Faisal Khan and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi

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Predictive factors for early aspiration in liver abscess, Rustam Khan, Saeed Hamid, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Mohammed Islam, Hasnain Shah, and Shaalan Beg

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Cerebral venous thrombosis: a descriptive multicenter study of patients in Pakistan and Middle East, Bhojo A Khealani, Mohammad Wasay, Mohammed Saadah, Erum Sultana, Shahid Mustafa, Farrukh Shohab Khan, and Ayeesha K. Kamal

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Cerebral venous thrombosis: a descriptive multicenter study of patients in Pakistan and Middle East., Bhojo A Khealani, Mohammad Wasay, Mohammed Saadah, Erum Sultana, Shahid Mustafa, Farrukh Shohab Khan, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal

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Lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins as risk markers of myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): a case-control study, Matthew J. McQueen, Steven Hawken, Xingyu Wang, Stephanie Ounpuu, Allan Sniderman, Jeffrey Probstfield, Krisela Steyn, John E. Sanderson, Mohammad Hasani, Emilia Volkova, K. Kazmi, and Salim Yusuf

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Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene dimorphisms with severity of lupus disease., Malik Anas Rabbani, M. Saeed Mahmood, Sabeen Fatima Mekan, and Philippe M Frossard

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Metabolic risk factors, insulin-resistance and lifestyle in children of type 2 diabetes patients in Karachi, Pakistan, A. Sheikh Rashid, A. Jabbar, R. P. J. Michels, and J. H. DeVries

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Assessing emergency medical care in low income countries: a pilot study from Pakistan., Junaid A. Razzak, Adnan A Hyder, Tasleem Akhtar, Mubashir Khan, and Uzma R. Khan

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Precipitating factors and the outcome of hepatic encephalopathy in liver cirrhosis., Dileep K. Rohra, jaipal, Ameer A. Khowaja, Khalid Mahmood, and Kanya Lal Ahuja

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Prevalence of Hepatitis D in Hbsag Positive Patients Visiting the Liver Clinics in Pakistan, Naresh Seetlani, Z Abbas, S Naqvi, javed Yakoob, and Wasim Jafri

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Reasons for migration among medical students from Karachi, Nadir Ali Syed, Farhad Khimani, Marie andrades, Syeda Kausar Ali, and Rose Paul

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Identifying people at high risk for developing sleep apnea syndrome (SAS): a cross-sectional study in a Pakistani population, Fawad Taj, Zarmeneh Aly, Mahwash Kassi, and Mansoor Ahmed

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Cerebral venous thrombosis: analysis of a multicenter cohort from the United States, Mohammad Wasay, Rohit Bakshi, George Bobustuc, Suleman Kojan, Zubair Sheikh, Alper Dai, and Zahid Cheema

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Changing patterns and outcome of Dengue infection; report from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Roomasa Channa, Maliha Jumani, and Afia Zafar

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Anticoagulation in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: are we treating ourselves?, Mohammad Wasay and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal

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A non-randomized study of safety and efficacy of heparin for DVT prophylaxis in intracerebral haemorrhage, Mohammad Wasay, Saqibuddin Khan, Khawaja S. Zaki, Bhojo A. Khealani, Ayeesha Kamal, Iqbal Azam, and Ismail A. Khatri

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Tetanus and rabies eradication in Pakistan; a mission not impossible, Mohammad Wasay, Ismail A. Khatri, and Naseem Salahuddin

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Is Eradication of Heliobacter pylori Related to Its Genotypes and Density in Dyspeptics?, javed Yakoob and Wasim Jafri

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Increased Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori 23s rRNA Gene Mutations in, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Z Abbas, Shahab Abid, Rustam Khan, Nida Jafri, and Zubair Ahmad

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Gastric juice for the diagnosis of H pylori infection in patients on proton pump inhibitors, Javed Yakoob, Shahid Rasool, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Shahab Abid, Muhammad Islam, and Zubair Ahmad

Submissions from 2007

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Quadruple therapy using esomeprazole, furazolidone, amoxicillin-clavulanate, and colloidal bismuth subcitrate in patients who failed to eradicate H-pylori with triple therapy, Z Abbas, javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, and Wasim Jafri