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5 versus 10 days of ceftriaxone for bacterial meningitis in children Reply, Elizabeth Molyneux, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, Martin Willi Weber, and Shamim Ahmad Qazi
5 versus 10 days of treatment with ceftriaxone for bacterial meningitis in children: a double-blind randomised equivalence study, Elizabeth Molyneux, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, Samir Saha, Khanh Truong Huu, Matloob Azam, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Ramadan Zaki, Martin Willi Weber, and Shamim Ahmad Qazi
60 million non-facility births: Who can deliver in community settings to reduce intrapartum-related deaths?, Gary L. Darmstadt, Anne C. C. Lee, Simon Cousens, Lynn Sibley, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, France Donnay, Dave Osrin, Abhay Bang, Vishwajeet Kumar, Steven N. Wall, Abdullah Baqui, and Joy E. Lawn
Abdominal wall hernia repair in cirrhotic patients: outcomes seen at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country, M. R. Khan, Mahwash Kassi, and Sahar Ashraf Janjua
Acanthamoeba differentiation: a two-faced drama of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Ricky Dudley, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
Acanthamoeba is an evolutionary ancestor of macrophages: A myth or reality?, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui and Naveed Ahmed Khan
A case of otogenic tetanus., Mohammad Adeel, Shaheryar Ahmed Rajput, Muhammad Sohail Awan, and Asif Arain
Accuracy of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography scan in detection of the point of transition of small bowel obstruction., Muhammad Idris, Nazia Kashif, Sidra Idris, Wasim Ahmad Memon, Ul-Haq Tanveer, and Zishan Haider
Accuracy of interim radiology resident CT reports given during on call hours in a competency based radiology training program, Stephen O. Ojwang
Accuracy of multidetector CT scans in staging of renal carcinoma., Syed M Nazim, M Hammad Ather, Kamran Hafeez, and Basit Salam
Acetabular morphometry and prevalence of hip dysplasia in the South Asian population., Masood Umer, Yasir J Sepah, Sharjeel Asif, Iqbal Azam, and Muhammad Umar Jawad
Achieving Equity in Global Health So Near and Yet So Far, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and K. Srinath Reddy
A child with acute appendicitis, Shahid Pervez and Azizun-Nisa Raza
A child with intra-orbital oculomotor nerve schwannoma without neurofibromatosis, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, Khalid Nasim Chisti, and Asad Abbas
Acinetobacter species meningitis in children: a case series from Karachi, Pakistan, Ali Faisal Saleem, Muhammad Shafaat Shah, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Fatima Mir, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
A cognitive behavioural based assessment of women with chronic pelvic pain., Philomeen T. M. Weijenborg, Moniek M. Ter Kuile, and William Stones
A comparative analysis of toluidine blue with frozen section in oral squamous cell carcinoma, Montasir Junaid, Moaz M. Choudhary, Zain A. Sobani, Ghulam Murtaza, Sadaf Qadeer, Naeem S. Ali, Mumtaz J. Khan, and Anwar Suhail
A comparative evaluation of multiple micronutrient and iron-folic acid supplementation during pregnancy in Pakistan: Impact on pregnancy outcomes, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Arjumand Rizvi, Farrukh Raza, Sunil Hotwani, Shujaat Zaidi, S. Moazzam Hossain, Sajid Soofi, and Shereen Bhutta
A comparative study of curcuminoids to measure their effect on inflammatory and apoptotic gene expression in an A beta plus ibotenic acid-infused rat model of Alzheimer's disease, Touqeer Ahmed and Anwarul-Hassan Gilani
A comparative study of the genotype MTBDRplus® assay against a standard culture method for diagnosis and drug susceptibility testing of tuberculosis, Peris W. Thamaini
A comparison of disease caused by Shigella and Campylobacter species: 24 months community based surveillance in 4 slums of Karachi, Pakistan., Sajid Bashir Soofi, Muhammad Atif Habib, Lorenz von Seidlein, Muhammad Jawed Khan, Shah Muhammad, Naveed Bhutto, Mohammad Imran Khan, Shahid Rasool, Afia Zafar, John D Clemens, Qamaruddin Nizami, and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
A comparison of fluoroquinolones versus other antibiotics for treating enteric fever: meta-analysis, Durrane Thaver, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Julia Critchley, Asma Azmatullah, Syed Ali Madni, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
A critical analysis of the current state of neurosurgery training in Pakistan., Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, M. Zubair Tahir, Saniya Siraj Godil, Rajesh Kumar, and Arshad Ali Siddiqui
Action research—a means of continuous professional development in a rural context: Possibilities and challenges, Razia Fakir Mohammad and Roshni Kumari
Action research for female science teacher development: Case Pakistan, Harcharan Pardhan
Action research: In search of an effective teacher professional development strategy, Bernadette L. Dean
Activity-guided Isolation of a Novel Protein from Croton tiglium with Antifungal and Antibacterial Activities, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Tayyab, Farah Naz, Amer Jamil, Muhammad Ashraf, and Anwar Gilani
Acute free perforation of gall bladder encountered at initial presentation in a 51 years old man: a case report., Abdul Rehman Alvi, Saad Ajmal, and Taimur Saleem
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia subsequent to temozolomide use in a 26-year-old man: a case report., Asim Jamal Shaikh and Nehal Masood
Acute mesenteric venous thrombosis: improved outcome with early diagnosis and prompt anticoagulation therapy., Abdul Rehman Alvi, Sadaf Khan, Samiullah K Niazi, M Ghulam, and Shahida Bibi
Acute puerperal uterine inversion: Case report, E. Sequeira and Y. Patel
Acute traumatic subclavian artery thrombosis and its successful repair via resection and end-to-end anastomosis., Saulat-H Fatimi, Amna Anees, Marium Muzaffar, and Hashim-M Hanif
Addressing Maternal Nutrition and Risks of Birth Asphyxia in Developing Countries, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Maqbool Qadir
Addressing severe acute malnutrition where it matters, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Addressing the Global Disease Burden of Typhoid Fever, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and John Threlfall
Adherence to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for chronic heart failure - A national survey of the cardiologists in Pakistan, Sana Shoukat, Saqib A. Gowani, Ather M. Taqui, Rameez Ul Hassan, Zain A. Bhutta, Anum I. Malik, Sajjad A. Sherjeel, Quratulanne Sheheryar, and Sajid H. Dhakam
Adiposity and Blood Pressure in South Asian Children and Adolescents in Karachi, Aysha Almas and Tazeen Jafar
Administration of misoprostol by trained traditional birth attendants to prevent postpartum haemorrhage in home births in Pakistan: randomised placebo-controlled trial., J. Durocher, J. Blum, G. Walraven, N. F. Zuberi, and N. Mobeen
Adolescent lifestyle and behaviour: a survey from a developing country., Waris Qidwai, Sidra Ishaque, Sabeen Shah, and Maheen Rahim
ADP-ribosylation factors regulate the development of CT signaling in immature human enterocytes, Lei Lu, Abdullah Khan, and W. Allan Walker
Advocacy training in neurology: scope and impact, Mohammad Wasay and Eric Hauth
A female PDT’s journey in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, Safida Begum
A hand washing day with students of Oshikhandass D. J. High School in Gilgit, Darvesh Karim
Airway management and hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation in supine and left lateral positions., Muhamad Faisal Khan, Fawzia Anis Khan, and Fawzia Nasim Minai
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Albumin precursor and Hsp70 modulate corneal wound healing in an organ culture model, Shamim Mushtaq, Zulfiqar Ali Naqvi, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, and Nikhat Ahmed
Alcohol and marijuana use while driving-an unexpected crash risk in Pakistani commercial drivers: a cross-sectional survey, Mohammed Umer Mir, Imran Khan, Bilal Ahmed, and Junaid Abdul Razzak
All “homework” and no play…, Shamsah Raheem Dhanani
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and revision 4 - 30 years after Alma-Ata: has primary health care worked in countries?, Jon Rohde, Simon Cousens, Mickey Chopra, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Robert Black, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Joy E. Lawn
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and revision 5 - Community participation: lessons for maternal, newborn, and child health, Mikey Rosato, Glenn Laverack, Lisa Howard Grabman, Prasanta Tripathy, Nirmala Nair, Charles Mwansambo, Kishwar Azad, Joanna Morrison, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Henry Perry, Susan Rifkin, and Anthony Costello
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and revision 6 - Interventions to address maternal, newborn, and child survival: what difference can integrated primary health care strategies make?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Samana Ali, Simon Cousens, Talaha M. Ali, Batool Azra Haider, Arjumand Rizvi, Pius Okong, Shereen Z. Bhutta, and Robert E. Black
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and revision 8 - Primary health care: making Alma-Ata a reality, John Walley, Joy E. Lawn, Anne Tinker, andres de Francisco, Mickey Chopra, Igor Rudan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Robert E. Black
Alteration of microRNAs regulated by c-Myc in burkitt lymphoma, Anna Onnis1, Giulia De Falco, Giuseppina Antonicelli, Monica Onorati, Cristiana Bellan, Omar Sherman, Shaheen Sayed, and Lorenzo Leoncini
Altered expression of cell cycle and apoptotic proteins in chronic hepatitis C virus infection., Saira Sarfraz, Saeed Hamid, Anwar Siddiqui, Snawar Hussain, Shahid Pervez, and Graeme Alexander
Alternate and incidental diagnoses on noncontrast-enhanced spiral computed tomography for acute flank pain., M Hammad Ather, Kulsoom Faizullah, Ilyas Achakzai, Rizwan Siwani, and Fariah Irani
Alternate pedagogy for developing transformational leadership, Zubeda Bana
Alzheimer disease therapeutics: perspectives from the developing world., Saad Shafqat
A meta-analysis and systematic review of computed tomography angiography as a diagnostic triage tool for patients with chest pain presenting to the emergency department, Zainab Samad, Abdul Hakeem, Syed Shad Mahmood, Karen Pieper, Manesh R. Patel, David L. Simel, and Pamela S. Douglas
Amoebic liver abscesses complicated by inferior vena cava and right atrium thrombus, Sadaf Khan and Muhammad Ameen Rauf
Amoebic liver abscess: experience in a south Asian country, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Farrukh Rizvi, Syed Faraz Kazim, Kiran Ejaz, Hasnain Zafar, Tabish Chawla, Shahida Bibi, and Zia Ur Rehman
A multicentre matched case control study of risk factors for preeclampsia in healthy women in Pakistan., Uzma Shamsi, Juanita Hatcher, Azra Shamsi, Nadeem Zuberi, Zeeshan Qadri, and Sarah Saleem
Anaesthetic management of a child with massive extracranial arteriovenous malformation., Faisal Shamim, Hameed Ullah, and Azhar Rehman
An alternative strategy for perinatal verbal autopsy coding: single versus multiple coders, C. Engmann, Imtiaz Jehan, J. Ditekemena, A. Garces, M. Phiri, M. Mazariegos, E. Chomba, Omrana Pasha, A. Tshefu, E. M. McClure, V. Thorsten, H. Chakraborty, R. L. Goldenberg, C. Bose, W. A. Carlo, and L. L. Wright
Analysis of the UK recommendations on obesity based on a proposed implementation framework, Amudha S. Poobalan, Lorna S. Aucott, Sheraz Ahmed, and W. Cairns S. Smith
An analysis of the clinical practice of emergency medicine in public emergency centres in Kenya, Benjamin W. Wachira
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma: the most common T-cell lymphoma in Pakistan., Sahr Syed, Sarwat Khalil, and Shahid Pervez
Anatomy education faces challenges in Pakistan., Ismail K. Memon
An audit of perioperative cardiac arrests in a Southeast Asian university teaching hospital over 15 years, Aliya Ahmed, M. Ali, F. A. Khan, and M. U. Khan
An autoregressive integrated moving average model for short-term prediction of hepatitis C virus seropositivity among male volunteer blood donors in Karachi, Pakistan, Saeed Akhtar and Shafquat Rozi
and they kill me, only because I am a girl'... review of sex-selective abortions in South Asia, Farina Gul Abrejo, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, and Narjis Rizvi
Anesthetic management of a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy undergoing modified radical mastectomy., Aliya Ahmed, Raza A Zaidi, Muhammad Q Hoda, and Hameed Ullah
A new approach to measure dwell position inaccuracy in HDR ring applicators - quantification and corrective QA., Abdul Qadir Jangda, Sherali Hussein, and Zaka Rehman
An FTO variant is associated with Type 2 diabetes in South Asian populations after accounting for body mass index and waist circumference, S. D. Rees, M. Islam, M. Z. I. Hydrie, B. Chaudhary, S. Bellary, S. Hashmi, J. P. O'Hare, S. Kumar, D. K. Sanghera, N. Chaturvedi, A. H. Barnett, A. S. Shera, M. N. Weedon, A. Basit, T. M. Frayling, M. A. Kelly, and T. H. Jafar
An insight into the suspected HbA2' cases detected by high performance liquid chromatography in Pakistan., Maliha Nusrat, Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, and Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi
An Integrated Scientific Framework for Child Survival and Early Childhood Development, Jack P. Shonkoff, Linda Richter, Jacques van der Gaag, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
An interactive approach to using checklists for materials evaluation, Fauzia Shamim
An in vitro evaluation of microleakage in class V preparations restored with Hybrid versus Silorane composites., Fahad Umer, Farah Naz, and Farhan Raza Khan
A novel in vivo model to study bacterial pathogenesis and screen potential therapeutic targets., Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Khadijo Osman, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
A novel method of surgical site infection surveillance after cardiac surgery by active participation of stake holders, Fatima Noman, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Shaheen Asif, Noureen Rahim, Ghufranullah Khan, and Bashir Hanif
Anthropometric correlates of blood pressure in normotensive Pakistani subjects, Asmatullah Khan, Faheem U. Haq, Mohammad B. PerveZ, Danish Saleheen, Philippe M. Frossard, Mohammad Ishaq, Abdul Hakeem, Harnza T. Sheikh, and Usman Ahmad
Antibiotic resistance among Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A in Pakistan (2001-2006)., Rumina Hasan, Afia Zafar, Zohair Abbas, Vikram Mahraj, Faisal Malik, and Anita Zaidi
Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Helicobacter pylori and triple therapy in a high-prevalence area, Javed Yakoob, S. Abid, Z. Abbas, and S. N. W. Jafri
Anticoagulants for Acute Ischemic Stroke, Peter Sandercock, Carl Counsell, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Anticonvulsant, analgesic and antipyretic activities of Taxus wallichiana Zucc., Muhammad Nisar, Inamullah Khan, Shabana Usman Simjee, Anwar Gilani, Obaidullah, and Humera Perveen
Antidiarrhoeal and bronchodilatory potential of Valeriana wallichii., Arif-Ullah Khan and Anwar Gilani
Antidiarrhoeal and Spasmolytic Activities of the Methanolic Crude Extract of Alstonia scholaris L. are mediated through Calcium Channel Blockade, Abdul Jabbar Shah, Saqib Ali Gowani, Akber Jalil Zuberi, Muhammad Nabeel Ghayur, and Anwar Gilani
Antifungal and nematicidal activity of selected legumes of Pakistan, Shakeel Ahmad, Mussarat Akhter, M. Zia-Ul-Haq, Mehjabeen, and Sagheer Ahmed
Antihepatotoxic Activity of Saussurea lappa Extract on D-galactosamine and Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Hepatitis in Mice, Sheikh Yaeesh, Qamar Jamal, Abdul Jabbar Shah, and Anwar Gilani
Antihypertensive, antidyslipidemic and endothelial modulating activities of Orchis mascula, Nauman Aziz, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Hasan Salman Siddiqi, Saf-ur-Rehman Mandukhail, Fatima Sadiq, Wajiha Maan, and Anwar Gilani
Antihypertensive, antioxidant, antidyslipidemic and endothelial modulating activities of a polyherbal formulation (POL-10), Nauman Aziz, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Safur Rehman Mandukhal, Samra Bashir, Sidra Raoof, and Anwar Gilani
Anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective effects of selected Pakistani medicinal plants in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric epithelial cells, Syed Faisal Zaidi, Jibran Sualeh Muhammad, Saeeda Shahryar, Khan Usmanghani, Anwar Gilani, Wasim Jafri, and Toshiro Sugiyama
Antimicrobial Resistance Among Neonatal Pathogens in Developing Countries, Durrane Thaver, Syed Asad Ali, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Antinociceptive Activity of Aerial Parts of Polygonatum verticillatum: Attenuation of Both Peripheral and Central Pain Mediators, Haroon Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Anwar Gilani, Murad Ali Khan, Inamullah Khan, and Nadeem Ashraf
Antiretroviral therapy dose adjustments based on calculated creatinine clearance, J. Shavadia, G. Tesfaldet, and M. Twahir
Antispasmodic and Antidiarrheal Activities of Valeriana hardwickii Wall. Rhizome Are Putatively Mediated through Calcium Channel Blockade, Samra Bashir, Raafia Memon, and Anwar Gilani
Antispasmodic and bronchodilator activities of Artemisia vulgaris are mediated through dual blockade of muscarinic receptors and calcium influx, Arif-ullah Khan and Anwarul Hassan Gilani
Antispasmodic and vasodilator activities of Morinda citrifolia root extract are mediated through blockade of voltage dependent calcium channels, Anwarul Hassan Gilani, Saf-ur-Rehman Mandukhail, Javeid Iqbal, Masoom Yasinzai, Nauman Aziz, Aslam Khan, and Najeeb-ur-Rehman
Antispasmodic, Bronchodilator and Blood Pressure Lowering Properties of Hypericum oblongifolium - Possible Mechanism of Action, Arif-ullah Khan, Munasib Khan, Fazal Subhan, and Anwar Gilani
Antiurolithic activity of Origanum vulgare is mediated through multiple pathways, Aslam Khan, Samra Bashir, Saeed R. Khan, and Anwar H. Gilani
Antiurolithic effect of berberine is mediated through multiple pathways, Samra Bashir and Anwar H. Gilani
Antiurolithic effect of Bergenia ligulata rhizome: An explanation of the underlying mechanisms, Samra Bashir and Anwar Gilani
An unusual abdominal mass: case report, H. Saidi, U. Mohammed, and M. Machoki
An unusual urinary tract infection!, S. Shakoor and Mohammad Asim Beg
Anxiety and depression among outpatients with type 2 diabetes: A multi-centre study of prevalence and associated factors., Ali Khan Khuwaja, Saima Lalani, Raheem Dhanani, Iqbal Syed Azam, Ghazala Rafique, and Franklin White
APACHE II scores as predictors of cardio pulmonary resuscitation outcome: Evidence from a tertiary care institute in a low-income country., Muhammad Junaid Patel, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Muhammad Furqan, Safia Awan, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Waqar Kashif, Ayesha L Sorathia, Syed Ather Hussain, and Mohammed Umer Mir
A paradigm shift in imaging for renal colic - Is it time to say good bye to an old trusted friend?, Farhan Ahmed, Abdul Mueed Zafar, Nadir Khan, Zishan Haider, and M. Hammad Ather
Appendicitis in pregnancy: experience of thirty-eight patients diagnosed and managed at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi., Syed Faraz Kazim and K. M. Inam Pal
Applying community-based participatory research methods to improve maternal and child health in Karachi, Pakistan., Rozina Karmaliani, Judith McFarlane, Nargis Asad, Farhana Madhani, Saima Hirani, Shireen Shehzad, and Anita Zaidi
Appropriate length of epidural catheter in the epidural space for postoperative analgesia: evaluation by epidurography, G. Afshan, U. Chohan, F. A. Khan, N. Chaudhry, Z. E. Khan, and A. A. Khan
A probit- log- skew-normal mixture model for repeated measures data with excess zeros, with application to a cohort study of paediatric respiratory symptoms, Sadia Mahmud, W. Y. Wendy Lou, and Neil W. Johnston
A prospective characterization of postpartum changes in uterine fibroid volume among black African women, Christine W. Murungi
Aqueous-methanolic extract of sweet flag (Acorus calamus) possesses cardiac depressant and endothelial-derived hyperpolarizing factor-mediated coronary vasodilator effects., Abdul Jabbar Shah and Anwar Gilani
A randomized clinical trial of lidocaine jelly for prevention of inadvertent retrograde stone migration during pneumatic lithotripsy of ureteral stone, Ali A. Zehri, M Hammad Ather, Khurram M. Siddiqui, and M. Nasir Sulaiman
A randomized-controlled trial of steroid injection in the management of plantar fasciitis at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Abdi H. Mohamed
A randomized controlled trial of the effect of additional ultrasound therapy to analgesia treatment protocol for acute low back pain at AKUH (N), Shamshudin Mohammedali
A randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of an HIV/AIDS symptom management manual, Dean J. Wantland, William L. Holzemer, Shahnaz Moezzi, Suzanne S. Willard, John Arudo, Kenn M. Kirksey, Carmen J. Portillo, Inge B. Corless, Marı´a E. Rosa, Linda L. Robinson, Patrice K. Nicholas, Mary Jane Hamilton, Elizabeth F. Sefcik, Sarie Human, Marta M. Rivero, Mary Maryland, and Emily Huang
Area 51: How do Acanthamoeba invade the central nervous system?, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Richard Emes, Hany Eisheikha, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
A review of cardiogenic shock in acute myocardial infarction., L. Khalid and Sajid H. Dhakam
A review of electroencephalograms done at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, J. O. Jowi, Z. P Kidiga, and M. G. Gitau
A review of electroencephalograms done at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, J. O. Jowi, Z. P Kidiga, and M. G. Gitau
Artist's Statement: Fifteen Words by a 13th-Century Philosopher Saint, Jamsheer Talati
A Semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire is a valid indicator of the usual intake of phytoestrogens by South Asian women in the UK relative to multiple 24-h dietary recalls and multiple plasma samples, Dee Bhakta, Isabel dos Santos Silva, Craig Higgins, Leena Sevak, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, Punam Mangtani, Herman Adlercreutz, and Anthony McMichael
Asghar Ali engineer, Jan-e-Alam Khaki
A simple method to reduce infection of ventriculoperitoneal shunts Clinical article, Atiq-ur Rehman, Tausif-ur Rehman, Hassaan H. Bashir, and Vikas Gupta
A simple micro method for determination of plasma levels of alpha tocopherol (Vitamin E) in Pakistani normal adults., Naseema Mehbooali and Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
A source of strength and empowerment? An exploration of the influence of disabled children on the lives of their mothers in Karachi, Pakistan, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, Zia Farrukh, and Kausar Khan
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
Assessing reasons for school/college dropout among young adults and implications for awareness about STDs and HIV/AIDS: findings from a population-based study in Karachi, Pakistan., Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain and Gunilla Krantz
Assessing Renal Parenchymal Volume on Unenhanced CT as a Marker for Predicting Renal Function in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, Supriya Gupta, Anand H. Singh, Amna Shabbir, Peter F. Hahn, Gordon Harris, and Dushyant Sahani
Assessment of quality of care for the management of type 2 diabetes: a multicentre study from a developing country., Iqbal Syed Azam, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Ghazala Rafique, and Franklin White
Assisted reproduction services provision in a developing country: time to act?, Alfred Murage, Murwa C. Muteshi, and Francis Githae
Assisting cytopathology training in medically under-resourced countries: defining the problems and establishing solutions, A. S. Field, W. Geddie, M. Zarka, S. Sayed, A. Kalebi, C. A. Wright, A. Banjo, M. Desai, and E. Kaaya
Association between antipsychotics and weight gain among psychiatric outpatients in Pakistan: a retrospective cohort study., Syed Ahmer, Rashid A. M Khan, and Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal
Association Between Helicopter vs Ground Emergency Medical Services and Survival for Adults With Major Trauma, Samuel M. Jr. Galvagno; Elliott R. Haut; S. Nabeel Zafar; Michael G. Millin; David T. Efron; George J., Jr. Koenig; Susan P. Baker; Stephen M. Bowman; Peter J. Pronovost; and Adil H. Haider
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
Association of blood lead (Pb) and plasma homocysteine: a cross sectional survey in Karachi, Pakistan., Mohsin Yakub and Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
Association of depression with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes among adults aged between 25 to 60 years in Karachi, Pakistan., Shazia Perveen, Muhammad S Otho, Muhammad N Siddiqi, Juanita Hatcher, and Ghazala Rafique
Association of depression with treatment outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A cross-sectional study from Karachi, Pakistan, Saman I. Zuberi, Ehsan U. Syed, and Junaid A. Bhatti
Association of self-reported nasal blockage with sleep-disordered breathing and excessive daytime sleepiness in Pakistani employed adults, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Yona Keich Cloonan, Mohammad H. Rahbar, and Muhammad Islam
Association of sociodemographic factors with depression in women of reproductive age., Faridah Amir Ali and Rukhsana W. Zuberi
Association of Socioeconomic Position With Under- and Overnutrition in Pakistan, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Romaina Iqbal, and Bushra Mahmood
Association of various reproductive rights, domestic violence and marital rape with depression among Pakistani women, Faridah A. Ali, Syed M. Israr, Badar S. Ali, and Naveed Z. Janjua
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
Association study of two interleukin-1 gene loci with essential hypertension in a Pakistani Pathan population, M. R. Khawaja, F. Taj, D. Saleheen, U. Ahmad, M. O. Chohan, T. Jafar, and P. M. Frossard
A static-image telepathology system for dermatopathology consultation in East Africa: The Massachusetts General Hospital experience., Devon C. Gimbel, Aliyah R. Sohani, Satya Vara Prasad Busarla, Jesca Muthoni Kirimi, Shahin Sayed, Patricia Okiro, and Rosalynn M. Nazarian
Asthma in children: management issues for family doctors., Shakeel Ahmed, Rehan Ali, Maqbool Qadir, and Khadija Humayun
A strong foundation, Khush Funer Murtaza
A study of cross-national collaborative research: Reflecting on experience in Pakistan, Alan J. Penny, Mehru Ahmed Ali, Iffat Farah, Sissel Ostberg, and Robert L. Smith
A study of genotypes, mutants and nucleotide sequence of hepatitis B virus in Pakistan: HBV genotypes in pakistan., Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, Shahid Ahmed, Tariq Moatter, Shamim Mushtaq, Anis Khan, Masashi Mizokami, and Wasim Jafri
A study of school supervision: A case of one district in Sindh, Muhammad Memon
A study of the decisive factors affecting curriculum changes in Pakistan, Muhammad Memon
A study of typhoid fever in five Asian countries: disease burden and implications for controls, R. Leon Ochiai, Camilo J. Acosta, M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Dong Baiqing, Sujit K. Lhattacharya, Magdarina D. Agtini, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Do Gia Canh, Mohammad Ali, Seonghye Shin, John Wain, Anne-Laure Page, M. John Albert, Jeremy Farrari, Remon Abu-Elyazeed, Tikki Pang, Claudia M. Galindo, Lorenz von Seidlein, and John D. Clemens
A systematic review of the use of telehealth in Asian countries, Hammad Durrani and Shariq Khoja
A ten-year review of neonatal bloodstream infections in a tertiary private hospital in Kenya, Ruchika Kohli-Kochhar, Geoffrey Omuse, and Gunturu Revathi
Attitudes and perceptions about prenatal diagnosis and induced abortion among adults of Pakistani population, Muhammad Osman Arif, Zafar Fatmi, Bhisham Pardeep, Tuba Ali, Hameed Iqbal, Haider Khan Bangash, Rushna Pervaiz, Hira Altaf, and Javed Ali Baba
Attitudes of pakistani medical students towards psychiatry as a prospective career: a survey., Ehsan Ullah Syed, Mohammad Naim Siddiqi, Imtiaz Dogar, Mohammad Munir Hamrani, Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, and Saman Zuberi
Attitudes toward suicide bombing in Pakistan., Syed Faraz Kazim, Zarmeneh Aly, Haider Khan Bangash, Bhisham Pardeep Harchandani, Affan Bin Irfan, Syed Muhammad Javed, Rana Khalil-ur-Rehman, Haider Naqvi, and Murad Moosa Khan
Atypical focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver., Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Taimur Saleem, Tanveer Ul Haq, and Kanwal Aftab
Authentic assessment: An instructional tool to enhance students learning, Sher Azim and Mohammad Khan
Auto/biographical research in the South: A lived experience, Ayesha Bashiruddin
Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Disease Evolution, Staging, Response Assessment, and CT Features That Predict Response to Corticosteroid Therapy, Dushyant V. Sahani, Nisha I. Sainani, Vikram Deshpande, Mehrine S. Shaikh, Dmitry L. Frinkelberg, and Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo
Average out-of-pocket healthcare and work-loss costs of traffic injuries in Karachi, Pakistan., J. Razzak, Junaid A Bhatti, Maria Ali, Uzma R Khan, and Rashid Jooma
Avoiding unnecessary fine-needle aspiration cytology by accuractely predicting the benign nature of thyroid nodules using ultrasound., Sudhir Vinayak and Joyce A Sande
Awareness and use of Benzodiazepines in healthy volunteers and ambulatory patients visiting a tertiary care hospital: a cross sectional survey., Mustafa Raoof, Haq Nawaz, Rabeeya Nusrat, Aqueel Hussain Pabaney, Ali Raza Randhawa, Rabeea Rehman, Nida Butool Rizvi, and Haider Naqvi
Awareness during anesthesia--an update., Muhammad Faisal Khan, Khalid Samad, Faisal Shamim, and Hameed Ullah
Azurophilic inclusions in plasma cells, N. Ali and B. Moiz
Barriers in initiating insulin therapy in a South Asian Muslim community, U. S. Ahmed, B. Junaidi, A. W. Ali, O. Akhter, M. Salahuddin, and J. Akhter
Barriers to Accessing Surgical Care in Pakistan: Healthcare Barrier Model and Quantitative Systematic Review, Furqan B. Irfan, Bismah B. Irfan, and David A. Spiegel
Battling polio in Pakistan: Breaking new ground, Omer Afzal and Mohammad A. Rai
Becoming a school science teacher in Pakistan: A female narrative, Nelofer Halai
Becoming a teacher educator: A female perspective, Ayesha Bashiruddin
Beginning teachers’ professional socialization in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan: The challenges and coping strategies, Duishon Alievich Shamatov
Behavioral problems among children living in orphanage facilities of Karachi, Pakistan: comparison of children in an SOS Village with those in conventional orphanages, Zohra S. Lassi, Sadia Mahmud, Ehsan U. Syed, and Naveed Z. Janjua
Benign metastasizing leiomyoma., Saira Fatima, Zubair Ahmed, and Mohammad Azam
Benzodiazepine use among adults residing in the urban settlements of Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study., Saleem P. Iqbal, Syed Ahmer, Salima Farooq, Yasmin Parpio, Ambreen Tharani, Rashid A. M Khan, and Mohammad Zaman
Berberis vulgaris Root Bark Extract Prevents Hyperoxaluria Induced Urolithiasis in Rats, Samra Bashir, Anwar Gilani, Anwar A. Siddiqui, Shahid Pervez, Saeed R. Khan, Noor Jehan Sarfaraz, and Abdul Jabbar Shahs
Beta2-adrenoceptor agonists for dysmenorrhoea, Zbys Fedorowicz, Mona Nasser, Vanitha A. Jagannath, Jessica H. Beaman, Kiran Ejaz, and Esther J. van Zuuren
Bilateral Giant Cavernous Carotid Artery Aneurysms in a Child With Juvenile Paget's Disease, Tausif Rehman, Rushna Ali, Christopher Taylor, and Howard Yonas
Biliary tract obstruction in chronic pancreatitis, Abdul A. Abdallah, Jake E. J. Krige, and Philippus C. Bornman
Bilingual education in Central Asia, Stephen Bahry, Sarfaroz Niyozov, and Duishon Alievich Shamatov
Biological Activities of Indian Celery, Seseli diffusum (Roxb. ex Sm.) Sant. & Wagh, Ahmed Abbaskhan, Muhammed Iqbal Choudhary, Mohammed Nabeel Ghayur, Zeba Parween, Farzana Shaheen, Anwar Gilani, Takuro Maruyama, Kiran Iqbal, and Yoshisuke Tsuda
Biological diversity and resilience: lessons from the recovery of cichlid species in Lake Victoria, Alex Awiti
Biology and pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba., Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui and Naveed Ahmed Khan
Biomarker changes associated with Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) conversion: a two-year longitudinal follow-up study in exposed household contacts., Rabia Hussain, Najeeha Talat, Firdaus Shahid, and Ghaffar Dawood
Birth attendants as perinatal verbal autopsy respondents in low- and middle-income countries: a viable alternative?, C. Engmann, A. Garces, Imtiaz Jehan, J. Ditekemena, M. Phiri, V. Thorsten, M. Mazariegos, E. Chomba, Omrana Pasha, A. Tshefu, D. Wallace, E. M. McClure, R. L. Goldenberg, W. A. Carlo, L. L. Wright, and C. Bose
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
Blocked D phenomenon, Bushra Moiz, Muhammad Salman, Nausheen Kamran, and Naseem Shamsuddin
Blood Pressure-lowering and Vascular Modulator Effects of Acorus calamus Extract Are Mediated Through Multiple Pathways, Abdul Jabbar-Shah and Anwar Gilani
Blood Pressure Lowering and Vasomodulator Effects of Piperine, Syed Intasar Husain Taqvi, Abdul Jabbar Shah, and Anwar Gilani
Blood Pressure Lowering, Cardiovascular Inhibitory and Bronchodilatory Actions of Achillea millefolium, Arif-ullah Khan and Anwar Gilani
Blood Pressure Lowering Effect of the Extract of Aerial Parts of Capparis aphylla is Mediated Through Endothelium-Dependent and Independent Mechanisms, Abdul Jabbar Shah and Anwarul Hassan Gilani
Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Gender differences and prevalence in a Pakistani medical student population, Ather M. Taqui, Mehrine Shaikh, Saqib A. Gowani, Fatima Shahid, Asmatullah Khan, Syed M. Tayyeb, Minahil Satti, Talha Vaqar, Saman Shahid, Afreen Shamsi, Hammad A. Ganatra, and Haider A. Naqvi
Bond failure with a no-mix adhesive system, Aneel Bherwani, Mubassar Fida, and Iqbal Azam
Bone marrow examination findings at aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, N. A. Okinda and M. S. Riyat
Botulinum Toxin Type A With Oral Baclofen Versus Oral Tizanidine: A Nonrandomized Pilot Comparison in Patients With Cerebral Palsy and Spastic Equinus Foot Deformity, Alper I. Dai, Mohammad Wasay, and Safia Awan
Boundary violations and the "curtain of culture"., Murad Khan
Boys are better mathematicians! gender issues in mathematics classrooms in Pakistan, Anjum Halai
Brain Calcinosis and Seizures in an Adolescent Boy, Anwar-ul-Haq, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Shamshad Gulab, Taimur Saleem, and Sidra Ishaque
Brain calcinosis and seizures in an adolescent boy., Anwar-ul-Haq, Shahnaz Ibrahim, Shamshad Gulab, Taimur Saleem, and Sidra Ishaque
Brain Research to Ameliorate Impaired Neurodevelopment - Home-based Intervention Trial (BRAIN-HIT), Jan L. Wallander, Elizabeth McClure, Fred Biasini, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Omrana Pasha, Elwyn Chomba, Darlene Shearer, Linda Wright, Vanessa Thorsten, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Niranjana S. Mahantshetti, Roopa M. Bellad, Zahid Abbasi, and Waldemar Carlo
Breast carcinoma grading, estimation of tumor size, axillary lymph node status, staging, and nottingham prognostic index scoring on mastectomy specimens., Zubair Ahmad, Amna Khurshid, Asim Qureshi, Romana Idress, Nasira Asghar, and Naila Kayani
Bridging the divide between the surgeon and the interventional radiologist: cooperation or/and competition?, Taimur Saleem
Bronchodilatory effect of Acorus calamus (Linn.) is mediated through multiple pathways., Abdul Jabbar Shah and Anwar Gilani
Bronchoscopic study on aetiology of chronic cough in HIV-infected adults with negative sputum smears for Mycobacterium tuberculosis at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, A. M. Siika, J. M. Chakaya, G. Revathi, S. S. Mohamed, and K.M .. Bhatt
Bullying of medical students in Pakistan: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey., Syed Ahmer, Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Naila Bhutto, Sumira Alam, Amanullah Khan Sarangzai, and Arshad Iqbal
Bullying of trainee psychiatrists in Pakistan: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey., Syed Ahmer, Abdul-Wahab Yousafzai, Mohammad Siddiqi, Rafey Faruqui, Rashid Khan, and Saman Zuberi
Burden and factors associated with highway work-zone crashes, on a section of the Karachi-Hala Road, Pakistan, Junaid Ahmad Bhatti, J. Razzak, Emmanuel Lagarde, and L. Rachid Salmi
Burden of Neonatal Infections in Developing Countries A Review of Evidence From Community-Based Studies, Durrane Thaver and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Burden of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized infants and young children in Amman, Jordan, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, John V. Williams, Asem A. Shehabi, Samir Faouri, Ehsan Al Jundi, Omar Abushariah, Qingxia Chen, Syed Asad Ali, Sten Vermund, and Natasha B. Halasa
Caesarian section rates and perinatal outcome at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, S. Wanyonyi, E. Sequeira, and T. Obura
Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor in association with hyaline vascular type Castleman's disease., Muhammad Azam, Yousuf A Husen, and Shahid Pervez
Calcium Channel Blocking Activity of Mentha longifolia L. Explains its Medicinal Use in Diarrhoea and Gut Spasm, Abdul Jabbar Shah, Nizar Noorali Bhulani, Sara Haroon Khan, Najeeb Ur Rehman, and Anwar Gilani
Calcium oxalate crystals in the bone marrow., Raihan Sajid, Bushra Moiz, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Canadian progress in early child development - putting science into action., J. Fraser Mustard
Cancer of the penis: case report, D. K. Kiptoon, P. M. Ngugi, and F. S. Rana
Can computer assisted diagnosis (CAD) be used as a screening tool in the detection of pulmonary nodules when using 64-slice multidetector computed tomography?, Zishan Haider, Muhammad Idris, W. Memon, Nazia Kashif, Sidra Idris, Zafar Sajjad, and Saeed Akram
Capacity building for climate change risk management in Africa: Encouraging and enabling research for informed decision-making, C. Seipt, J. Padgham, J. Kulkarni, and Alex Awiti
Capacity development for community health nurses in Pakistan: the assistant manager role., S. A. Gulzar, R Mistry, and M. J. Upvall
Carbon markets are intangible for Africa's smallholder farmers, Alex Awiti
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: outcome and its predictors among hospitalized adult patients in Pakistan., Nadeem Ullah Khan, J. Razzak, Humaid Ahmed, Muhammad Furqan, Ali Faisal Saleem, Hammad Alam, Anwar ul Huda, Uzma Rahim Khan, and Rifat Rehmani
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in HIV infected patients, Karen E. Rogstad, Reena Shah, G. Tesfaladet, Mohammed Abdullah, and Imtyaz Ahmed-Jushuf
Cardiovascular Disease-Related Lifestyle Factors among People with Type 2 Diabetes in Pakistan: A Multicentre Study for the Prevalence, Clustering, and Associated Sociodemographic Determinants., Ali Khan Khuwaja, Saima Lalani, Iqbal Syed Azam, Badar Sabir Ali, Abdual Jabbar, and Raheem Dhanani
Cardiovascular Effects of Juniperus excelsa Are Mediated Through Multiple Pathways, Munasib Khan, Arif-ullah Khan, Najeeb-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Abdullah Zafar, Ali Hazrat, and Anwarul-Hassan Gilani
Cardiovascular inhibitory effects of Hyoscyamus niger, A. -U. Khan and Anwar Gilani
Care during labor and birth for the prevention of intrapartum-related neonatal deaths: a systematic review and Delphi estimation of mortality effect, Anne C. C. Lee, Simon Cousens, Gary L. Darmstadt, Hannah Blencowe, Robert Pattinson, Neil F. Moran, G. Justus Hofmeyr, Rachel A. Haws, Shereen Zulfiqar Bhutta, and Joy E. Lawn
Caring for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in children., Mubashira Hashmi and Mohammad Wasay
Case-control study of risk factors associated with hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in hospitals of Karachi-Pakistan, Uzma R. Khan, Naveed Z. Janjua, Saeed Akhtar, and Juanita Hatcher
Case-control study of suicide in Karachi, Pakistan, Murad M. Khan Dr., Sadia Mahmud, Mehtab S. Karim, Mohammad Zaman, and Martin Prince
Case report: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Pakistan, Mohammad A. Rai, Mohammad R. Khanani, Haider J. Warraich, Abbas Hayat, and Syed H. Ali
CCL2/MCP-I genotype-phenotype relationship in latent tuberculosis infection., Rabia Hussain, Ambreen Ansari, Najeeha Talat, Zahra Hasan, and Ghaffar Dawood
CD151 Regulates Tumorigenesis by Modulating the Communication between Tumor Cells and Endothelium, Rafal Sadej, Hanna Romanska, Gouri Baldwin, Katerina Gkirtzimanaki, Vera Novitskaya, andrew D. Filer, Zuzana Krcova, Renata Kusinska, Jiri Ehrmann, Christopher D. Buckley, Radzislaw Kordek, Piotr Potemski, Aristides G. Eliopoulos, El-Nasir Lalani, and Fedor Berditchevski
CD20 positivity in classical Hodgkin's lymphoma: Diagnostic challenge or targeting opportunity., Muhammad Abrar Barakzai and Shahid Ahmed
Celebrating teachers’ voices, Ayesha Bashiruddin
Central nervous system lesions: correlation of intraoperative and final diagnoses, six year experience at a referral centre in a developing country, Pakistan., Nasir Ud Din, Aisha Memon, Romana Idress, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema Hasan
Cerebral fungal infection with mycotic aneurysm of basilar artery and subarachnoid haemorrhage, H. Ahsan, F. Ajmal, M. F. Saleem, and A. B. Sonawala
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Children: A Multicenter Cohort From the United States, Mohammad Wasay, Alper I. Dai, Mohsin Ansari, Zubair Shaikh, and E. S. Roach
Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: An institutional perspective from Pakistan., Muhammad Zubair Tahir, Muhammad Babar Khan, Muhammad Umair Bashir, Shabbir Akhtar, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
Cervical cancer vaccine in Pakistan: let's start thinking, Ali Jawaid
Cervical esophagotomy for an impacted denture: A case report, Sardar Zakariya Imam, Mubasher Ikram, Saulat Fatimi, and Moghira Iqbal
Challenges and learning opportunities involved in the professional development of mathematics teachers within the government sector, Sardar Ahmed Khan and Nadeem Asghar Kirmani
Challenges in defining and classifying the preterm birth syndrome, Michael S. Kramer, Aris Papageorghiou, Jennifer Culhane, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Robert L. Goldenberg, Michael Gravett, Jay D. Iams, Agustin Conde-Agudelo, Sarah Waller, Fernando Barros, Hannah Knight, and Jose Villar
Challenges of school improvement: A study of a headteacher from the Northern Areas of Pakistan, Mola Dad Shafa
Chamberlain mediastinotomy for diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma of trachea., Saulat H. Fatimi, Rubina A Sajwani, Nadeem Rizvi, Muhammad A Javed, Asmatullah Khan, and Usman Ahmad
Change agents’ orientations to change, Mir Afzal Tajik
Changes in smile parameters as perceived by orthodontists, dentists, artists, and laypeople., Gul-e-Erum and Mubassar Fida
Changes in the patterns, presentation and management of penetrating chest trauma patients at a level II trauma centre in southern Pakistan over the last two decades., Umer Muhammad Tariq, Ahmad Faruque, Hamza Ansari, Mansoor Ahmad, Umar Rashid, Shazia Perveen, and Hasanat Sharif
Characteristics of patients using psychoactive drugs in Karachi, Pakistan, Niloufer Sultan Ali, Ali Khan Khuwaja, and Abdul Moeed Zafar
Characteristics of TIA and its management in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan., Ayeesha Kamal, Farhad Khimani, Rushna Raza, Sahar Zafar, Salman Bandeali, and Sayeedullah Jan
Characterization of genetic lesions in apoptosis-regulating and proliferation control genes in diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma., Shahid Pervez, Muhammd I Nasir, Tariq Moatter, Adeeb Ahsan, Amna Haq, and Tariq Siddiqui
Characterization of Mutations Conferring Extensive Drug Resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Pakistan, Asho Ali, Rumina Hasan, Kauser Jabeen, Nusrat Jabeen, Ejaz Qadeer, and Zahra Hasan
Characterizing Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Karachi, Pakistan: drug resistance and genotypes, Afsheen Ayaz, Zahra Hasan, Sana Jafri, Raunaq Inayat, Rafique Mangi, Abid Ali Channa, Faisal Riaz Malik, Asho Ali, Yasraba Rafiq, and Rumina Hasan
Cheilitis glandularis progressing to squamous cell carcinoma in an HIV-infected patient: case report, F. M. A. Butt, M. L. Chindia, F. S. Rana, and A. Ashani
Chemical composition and mechanisms underlying the spasmolytic and bronchodilatory properties of the essential oil of Nepeta cataria L., Anwar Gilani, Abdul J. Shah, Amina Zubair, Sana Khalid, Jawad Kiani, Amir Ahmed, Munawwer Rasheed, and Viqar U. Ahmad
Chemical inducers of heat shock proteins derived from medicinal plants and cytoprotective genes response, Kanwal Ahmed, Yukihiro Furusawa, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Heba F. Emam, Jin-Lan Piao, Mariame Ali Hassan, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takashi Kondo, and Makoto Kadowaki
Chewing areca nut, betel quid, oral snuff, cigarette smoking and the risk of oesophageal squamous-cell carcinoma in South Asians: A multicentre case-control study, Saeed Akhtar, Adnan A. Sheikh, and Hammad U. Qureshi
Child Development 2 Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries, Patrice L. Engle, Lia C. H. Fernald, Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman, Chloe O'Gara, Aisha Yousafzai, Meena Cabral de Mello, Melissa Hidrobo, Nurper Ulkuer, Ilgi Ertem, and Selim Iltus
Childhood Injuries in Pakistan: Results from Two Communities, Seema Lasi, Ghazala Rafique, and Habib Peermohamed
Children, Obesity, and High Blood Pressure: Asian Populations at High Risk, Tazeen H. Jafar
Child with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: a case report from pakistan with multiple ethical and moral issues., Shela Akbar Ali Hirani and Arshalooz Rahman
Chlorhexidine Vaginal and Infant Wipes to Reduce Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity A Randomized Controlled Trial, Sarah Saleem, Dwight J. Rouse, Elizabeth M. McClure, Anita Zaidi, Tahira Reza, Y. Yahya, I. A. Memon, N. H. Khan, G. Memon, N. Soomro, Omrana Pasha, Linda L. Wright, Janet Moore, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Chromatographic analysis of Hb S for the diagnosis of various sickle cell disorders in Pakistan, Nazish Khalid Hashmi, Bushra Moiz, Maliha Nusrat, and Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi
Chronic cough secondary to post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta., Saulat H. Fatimi, Asmatullah Khan, Fahad Shuja, Muhammad A Javed, and Usman Ahmad
Chronic Diseases: Chronic Diseases and Development 1 Raising the priority of preventing chronic diseases: a political process, Robert Geneau, David Stuckler, Sylie Stachenko, Martin McKee, Shah Ebrahim, Sanjay Basu, Arun Chockalingham, Modi Mwatsama, Rozmin Jamal, Ala Alwan, and Robert Beaglehole
Chronic kidney disease in Pakistan: an under-recognized public health problem, Zeb I. Saeed and Syed A. Hussain
Ciguatera fish poisoning with elevated muscle enzymes and abnormal spinal MRI., Mohammad Wasay, Amanullah Sarangzai, Ather Siddiqi, and Qamaruddin Nizami
Cilostazol versus aspirin for secondary prevention of vascular events after stroke of arterial origin., Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Imama Naqvi, Muhammad R Husain, and Bhojo A Khealani
Classification and clinical features of headache disorders in Pakistan: a retrospective review of clinical data., Muhammed Murtaza, Mehreen Kisat, Haroon Daniel, and Aziz B Sonawalla
Clinical audit of inherited bleeding disorders in a developing country., Raihan Sajid, Safoorah Khalid, Nazish Mazari, Waleed Bin Azhar, and Mohammad Khurshid
Clinical diagnostic reasoning and the curriculum: a medical student's perspective, Ali Amjad
Clinical factors associated with mortality in dengue infection at a tertiary care center, Aysha Almas, Om Parkash, and Jaweed Akhter
Clinical profile and treatment of infantile spasms using vigabatrin and ACTH - a developing country perspective, S. H. Ibrahim, Shamshad Gulab, Sidra Ishaque, and Taimur Saleem
Clinical profile, outcomes and improvement in symptoms and productivity in rhinitic patients in Karachi, Pakistan., Taimur Saleem, Umair Khalid, Ubaid Ur Rehman Sherwani, and Shehzad Ghaffar
Clinical signs that predict severe illness in children underage 2 months: a multicentre study, John B. Carlin, Gary L. Darmstadt, Davidson H. Hamer, Martin W. Weber, Azad Chowdhury, Samir Saha, Ashok Deorari, Vinod Paul, Praveen Kumar, Anil Narang, Anita Zaidi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Prakash Jeena, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Emmanuel Ado Yobo, andres Bartos, Eduardo Mazzi, and Rajiv Bahl
Clinical spectrum and outcomes of neonatal candidiasis in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Shabina Ariff, Ali Faisal Saleem, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and Reema Sajjad
Clinical trials: the challenge of recruitment and retention of participants., Raisa B Gul and Parveen A Ali
Clinical utility of folate-containing oral contraceptives., Zohra S Lassi and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Clinicopathologic spectrum of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia: a single center experience., Raihan Sajid, Sarah Hasan Siddiqui, Usman Shaikh, and Salman Adil
CNS neoplasms in Pakistan, a pathological perspective., Zubair Ahmad, Huma Arshad, Sheema H Hasan, Saira Fatima, Romana Idrees, Kanwal Aftab, M. Abrar Barakzai, Arsalan Ahmed, Rashida Ahmed, Shahid Pervez, and Naila Kayani
Co-circulations of two genotypes of dengue virus in 2006 out-break of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Karachi, Pakistan, E. Khan, R. Hasan, V. Mehraj, A. Nasir, J. Siddiqui, and R. Hewson
Cockroaches and locusts: physicians' answer to infectious diseases, Simon Lee, Ian Duce, Helen Atkins, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
Cohort analysis of directly observed treatment outcomes for tuberculosis patients in urban Pakistan, S. Akhtar, Shafquat Rozi, F. White, and R. Hasan
Colonial legacy: Understanding the historical roots of female illiteracy in Pakistan, Rashida Qureshi
Combined treatment for multiple cardiac defects with interventional techniques, Mehnaz Atiq, Sohail Abraar Khan, Fateh Ali Tipu, and Zahid Amin
Commentary: When the cameras disappear: acute stress and suicide, Murad M. Khan Dr.
Communicable disease among displaced Afghans: refuge without shelter, Alefiyah Rajabali, Omer Moin, Amna S. Ansari, Mohammad R. Khanani, and Syed H. Ali
Communities, birth attendants and health facilities: a continuum of emergency maternal and newborn care (the global network's EmONC trial), Omrana Pasha, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Fernando Althabe, Archana Patel, Fabian Esamai, Ana Garces, Elwyn Chomba, Manolo Mazariegos, Bhala Kodkany, Jose M. Belizan, Richard J. Derman, Patricia L. Hibberd, Waldemar A. Carlo, Edward A. Liechty, K. Michael Hambidge, Pierre Buekens, Dennis Wallace, Lisa Howard-Grabman, Suzanne Stalls, Marion Koso-Thomas, Alan H. Jobe, and Linda L. Wright
Community-based approaches to combating malnutrition and poor education among girls in resource-poor settings: report of a large scale intervention in Pakistan., G Pappas, A. Agha, G. N. Rafique, K. S. Khan, S. H. Badruddin, and H. Peermohamed
Community-based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes, Zohra S. Lassi, Batool A. Haider, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Community-Based Interventions to Promote Blood Pressure Control in a Developing Country A Cluster Randomized Trial, Tazeen H. Jafar, Juanita Hatcher, Neil Poulter, Muhammad Islam, Shiraz Hashmi, Zeeshan Qadri, Rasool Bux, Ayesha Khan, Fahim H. Jafary, Aamir Hameed, Ata Khan, Salma H. Badruddin, and Nish Chaturvedi
Community-based newborn care: are we there yet?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Sajid Soofi
Community-based Treatment of Serious Bacterial Infections in Newborns and Young Infants A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing Three Antibiotic Regimens, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Shiyam Sundar Tikmani, Haider J. Warraich, Gary L. Darmstadt, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Shazia Sultana, and Durrane Thaver
Comparative features and outcomes of malaria at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Mohammad Asim Beg; N. Sani; V. Mehraj; W. Jafri; M. A. Khan; A. Malik; E. Menezes; R. Hussain; and R., Jr. Smego
Comparing modelled predictions of neonatal mortality impacts using LIST with observed results of community-based intervention trials in South Asia, Ingrid K. Friberg, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Gary L. Darmstadt, Abhay Bang, Simon Cousens, Abdullah H. Baqui, Vishwajeet Kumar, Neff Walker, and Joy E. Lawn
Comparison of analgesic effect of tramadol alone and a combination of tramadol and paracetamol in day-care laparoscopic surgery, Mohammad Ali and Fauzia A. Khan
Comparison of doppler studies in obstetrics with fetal outcome, Sheila Waa
Comparison of ER, PR and HER-2/neu (C-erb B 2) reactivity pattern with histologic grade, tumor size and lymph node status in breast cancer., Azizun-Nisa, Yasmin Bhurgri, Farrukh Raza, and Naila Kayani
Comparison of estimates of under-nutrition for pre-school rural Pakistani children based on the WHO standard and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference, Rozina Nuruddin, Meng Kin Lim, Wilbur C. Hadden, and Iqbal Azam
Comparison of exhaled carbon monoxide levels among commuters and roadside vendors in an urban and a suburban population in Pakistan, Saniya R. Sabzwari and Zafar Fatmi
Comparison of high performance liquid chromatography, radio immunoassay and electrochemiluminescence immunoassay for quantification of serum 25 hydroxy vitamin D, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Anwar A. Siddiqui, Shamim Mushtaq, Romaina Iqbal, Farooq Ghani, and Imran Siddiqui
Comparison of Highway Crash Reporting in Pakistan With the World Health Organization Injury Surveillance Guidelines, Ajmal Khan Khoso, Diana Stark Ekman, and Junaid A. Bhatti
Comparison of Risk Prediction Using the CKD-EPI Equation and the MDRD Study Equation for Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, Kunihiro Matsushita, Bakhtawar K. Mahmoodi, Mark Woodward, Jonathan R. Emberson, Tazeen Jafar, Sun Ha Jee, Kevan R. Polkinghorne, Anoop Shankar, David H. Smith, Marcello Tonelli, David G. Warnock, Chi-Pang Wen, Josef Coresh, Ron T. Gansevoort, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, and andrew S. Levey
Comparison of stereotactic core breast biopsy and open surgical biopsy results at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan., Imrana Masroor, Shaista Afzal, Gulnaz Shafqat, and Yasir Jamil Khattak
Comparison of wavelet compressed MRI cineloop images versus originally acquired non-modified MRI images for detection of brain lesions, Patrice K. Anangwe
Compensation for vertical dysplasia and its clinical application, Nabila Anwar and Mubassar Fida
Complementary feeding: a Global Network cluster randomized controlled trial, Nancy F. Krebs, K. Michael Hambidge, Manolo Mazariegos, Jamie Westcott, Norman Goco, Linda L. Wright, Marion Koso-Thomas, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl Bose, Omrana Pasha, Robert Goldenberg, Elwyn Chomba, Waldemar Carlo, Mark Kindem, Abhik Das, Ty Hartwell, and Elizabeth McClure
Complications and interventions associated with epidural analgesia for postoperative pain relief in a tertiary care hospital., Faraz Shafiq, Mohammad Hamid, and Khalid Samad
Concentrated epidemics of HIV, HCV, and HBV among Afghan refugees, Muhammad Rafiq Khanani, Amna S. Ansari, Saeed Khan, Mehreen Somani, Shahana Urooj Kazmi, and Syed H. Ali
Conceptualising gender equality in research on education quality, Sheila Aikman, Anjum Halai, and Jolly Rubagiza
Conceptual issues related to the construction of prescriptive standards for the evaluation of postnatal growth of preterm infants, J. Villar, H. E. Knight, M. de Onis, E. Bertino, G. Gilli, A. T. Papageorghiou, L. Cheikh Ismail, F. C. Barros, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Concordance Between Road Mortality Indicators in High-Income and Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Junaid Ahmad Bhatti, L. Rachid Salmi, Emmanuel Lagarde, and J. Razzak
Concurrent intracranial and spinal arteriovenous malformations: Report of two pediatric cases and literature review., Hussain Shallwani, Muhammad Z Tahir, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, and Tanveer-Ul-Haq
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
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation: case report, K. C. Wafula and S. Waa
Connecting Aga Khan University's nine campus libraries across three continents through a shared library system, Ashraf Sharif and Normand Demers
Conscientious objection and reproductive health service delivery in sub-Saharan Africa, V. M. Lema
Consequences of population change for retail/wholesale sector employment in the non-metropolitan great plains: 1950-1996, Donald J. Adamchak, Leonard E. Bloomquist, Kent Bausman, and Rashida Qureshi
Constrictive pericarditis presenting as chylothorax, M. Naeem, Z. A. Sobani, A. Zubairi, S. Fatmi, and J. A. Khan
Content audit of drug advertisements in Pakistan., Farhan Vakani, Kashif Naqv, and Almas Amin
Continuation of Metformin Reduces Early Pregnancy Loss in Obese Pakistani Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Fauzia Haq Nawaz and Javed Rizvi
Continuous teacher professional development in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, Rahat Joldoshalieva
Contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention., Sajid H. Dhakam, Saqib A Gowani, Asif Jafferani, and Sajid H Dhakam
Controlled Evaluation of Bactec Peds Plus/F and Bactec Lytic/10 Anaerobic/F Media for Isolation of Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A from Blood, Megan E. Reller, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Shazia Sultana, Shazia Azeem, Beenish Hanif, Shahida Qureshi, Rumina Hasan, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Rehana Akhter, and Donald A. Goldmann
Control of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease: How Low to Go?, Anadil Faqah and Tazeen H. Jafar
Controversies of treatment modalities for cerebral venous thrombosis., Maria Khan, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, and Mohammad Wasay
Cooperative learning in classrooms, Bernadette L. Dean
Coriander fruit exhibits gut modulatory, blood pressure lowering and diuretic activities, Qaiser Jabeen, Samra Bashir, Badiaa Lyoussi, and Anwar Gilani
Coronary artery bypass grafting: quality of life of patients in Karachi., Rozina Barolia, Fauziya Ali, and Salma Jaffar
Coronary artery disease epidemic in Pakistan: more electrocardiographic evidence of ischaemia in women than in men, Tazeen Jafar, Z. Qadri, and N. Chaturvedi
Correlation between laparoscopic and histopathologic diagnosis of endometriosis, Sikolia Z. Wanyonyi, Evan Sequeira, and Samuel G. Mukono
Correlation, chronologic age, skeletal maturity, dental age, Rashna H Sukhia and Mubassar Fida
Correlation of hepatitis C RNA and serum alanine aminotransferase in hepatitis B and C seronegative healthy blood donors., Natasha Ali, Bushra Moiz, Tariq Moatter, Shiraz Ahmed, Salman Naseem Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Correlation of intra-operative frozen section consultation with the final diagnosis at a referral center in Karachi, Pakistan., Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Abrar Barakzai, Romana Idrees, and Yasmin Bhurgri
Cost analysis of care for children admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital with rotavirus gastroenteritis, Boniface Ombaba Osano, Joseph K. Wang’ombe, Rose Kamenwa, and Dalton Wamalwa
Cost-effectiveness of clipping vs coiling of intracranial aneurysms after subarachnoid hemorrhage in a developing country-a prospective study, Muhammad Zubair Tahir, S. Ather Enam, Rushna Pervez Ali, Atta Bhatti, and Tanveer ul Haq
Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Strategies for Blood Pressure Control in a Low-Income Developing Country Findings From a Cluster-Randomized, Factorial-Controlled Trial, Tazeen H. Jafar, Muhammad Islam, Rasool Bux, Neil Poulter, Juanita Hatcher, Nish Chaturvedi, Shah Ebrahim, and Peter Cosgrove
Cost of illness due to typhoid fever in five Asian countries, Christine Poulos, Arthorn Riewpaiboon, John F. Stewart, John Clemens, Soyeon Guh, Magdarina Agtini, Dang Duc Anh, Dong Baiqing, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Dipika Sur, and Dale Whittington
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
Cough-assisted maintenance of perfusion during asystole., Fahim H. Jafary
Countdown to 2015 decade report (2000-10): taking stock of maternal, newborn, and child survival, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Mickey Chopra, Henrik Axelson, Peter Berman, Ties Boerma, Jennifer Bryce, Flavia Bustreo, Eleonora Cavagnero, Giorgio Cometto, Bernadette Daelmans, andres de Francisco, Helga Fogstad, Neeru Gupta, Laura Laski, Joy Lawn, Blerta Maliqi, Elizabeth Mason, Catherine Pitt, Jennifer Requejo, Ann Starrs, Cesar G. Victora, and Tessa Wardlaw
Cranial Reconstruction After Decompressive Craniectomy: Prediction of Complications Using Fuzzy Logic, Saniya Siraj Godil, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Syed Ather Enam, Uvais Qidwai, Mohsin Qadeer, and Zain A. Sobani
Craniocerebral gunshot injuries in preschoolers, Furqan B. Irfan, Rameez Ul Hassan, Rajesh Kumar, Zain Ali Bhutta, and Ehsan Bari
Cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy: An institutional audit and analysis of factors related to complications., Zain A. Sobani, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Mohsin Qadeer, Najiha Bilal, Syed Ghulam Murtaza, Syed Anther Enam, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
Creating subjects for gender apartheid: A critical study of an english languge Pakistani textbook, Bernadette L. Dean
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in a dengue-endemic region: Lessons for the future., Farheen Ali, Taimur Saleem, Umair Khalid, Syed Faisal Mehmood, and Bushra Jamil
Criteria for assessing teachers’ teaching quality, Muhammad Memon
Critical appraisal of apparently evidence-based written advertising in Pakistan, Dileep Kumar, Muhammad Umair Bashir, Ummey Aymen Khwaja, and Muhammad Ressam Nazir
Cumulative incidence of post dural puncture headache following caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia at The Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Ednah K. Gisore
Curcuminoids enhance memory in an amyloid-infused rat model of Alzheimer's disease, T. Ahmed, S. A. Enam, and Anwar Gilani
Curcuminoids Rescue Long-Term Potentiation Impaired by Amyloid Peptide in Rat Hippocampal Slices, Touqeer Ahmed, Anwar Gilani, Narges Hosseinmardi, Saeed Semnanian, Syed Ather Enam, and Yaghoub Fathollahi
Current management of advanced and metastatic renal cell carcinoma., M Hammad Ather, Nehal Masood, and Tahmeena Siddiqui
Curriculum as practiced in Pakistan, Nilofar Vazir
Curriculum change in Pakistan: An alternative model of change, Muhammad Memon
Curriculum reform in science education in Pakistan, Nelofer Halai
Cystic artery pseudo-aneurysm: a complication of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis, I. Ahmed, U. H. Tanveer, Z. Sajjad, B. Munazza, and U. D. Azeem
Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to acute cholecystitis as cause of haemobilia., Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui, Tabish Chawla, and Mehwash Nadeem
Cystic fibrosis: defining a disease under-diagnosed in Pakistan, Uzma Shah, Phillipe Frossard, and tariq moatter
Cytokine gene polymorphisms across tuberculosis clinical spectrum in Pakistani patients., Ambreen Ansari, Najeeha Talat, Bushra Jamil, Zahra Hasan, Tashmeem Razzaki, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Cytological diagnosis of typical carcinoid on bronchoscopic brush smears in an HIV-positive patient, Neeta Kumar, Shahin Sayed, and Swati Das
Dating gestational age by last menstrual period, symphysis-fundal height, and ultrasound in urban Pakistan, Imtiaz Jehan, Shahida Zaidi, Sameera Rizvi, Naushaba Mobeen, Elizabeth M. McClure, Breda Munoz, Omrana Pasha, Linda L. Wright, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Day care surgery at a new university teaching hospital: a review out of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Edwin Mogere
Day care surgery at a new university teaching hospital: a review out of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Edwin Mogere
Debunking the Experience versus Expertise Debate in Surgical Specialties, Taimur Saleem
Decline in neonatal mortality in large poor populations Reply, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Sajid B. Soofi, Zohra Lassi, and Shah Muhammad
Deep hypothermic total circulatory arrest for internal carotid artery aneurysm extending into the cranium: experience from a developing country, Syed Shahabuddin, Abid Jabbar, Ijaz Hidayat, Ziad Sophie, and Saulat Fatimi
Default during TB diagnosis: quantifying the problem, Mishal S. Khan, Shoaib Khan, and Peter Godfrey-Faussett
Deliberate self-harm and suicide: a review from Pakistan., Muhammad Shahid and Adnan A Hyder
Deliberate self-harm: characteristics of patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan., Nida Zakiullah, Sadia Saleem, Sameea Sadiq, Nadia Sani, Munira Shahpurwala, Afroz Shamim, Atif Yousuf, Murad M Khan, and Parvez Nayani
Deliberate self-harm in the emergency department: experience from Karachi, Pakistan., Muhammad Shahid, Murad M Khan, Muhammad Saleem Khan, Yasir Jamal, Aaref Badshah, and Rifat Rehmani
Delivering interventions to reduce the global burden of stillbirths: improving service supply and community demand., Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Gary L Darmstadt, Rachel A Haws, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, and Joy E Lawn
Demographic and clinical features of dengue fever in Pakistan from 2003-2007: a retrospective cross-sectional study., E. Khan, Mehreen Kisat, Nabil Khan, Amna Nasir, Salma Ayub, and Rumina Hasan
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
Dengue Fever (DF) in Pakistan., Fridous Jahan
Dental age table for a sample of Pakistani children, Rashna H. Sukhia, Mubassar Fida, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Desensitisation of medical students towards the dying, Zain A. Sobani, Nayla Ahmed, Amyn Bhamani, Hasanat Sharif, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Determinants of low birth weight in urban Pakistan, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Elizabeth Delzell, Rodney R. Larson, Sreelatha Meleth, Sibylle Kristensen, Edmond Kabagambe, and Nalini Sathiakumar
Determinants of marital fertility in Pakistan: The impact of education, work and family planning, Rashida Qureshi and Donald J. Adamchak
Determinants of third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) completion among children who received DTP1 at rural immunization centres in Pakistan: a cohort study, Hussain R. Usman, Sibylle Kristensen, M. Hossein Rahbar, Sten H. Vermund, Faiza Habib, and Eric Chamot
Developing a citizen education program for Pakistan: Drawing on progressive interpretations of concepts in the Islamic tradition, Bernadette L. Dean
Developing a nursing database system in Kenya, Patricia L. Riley, Stephen M. Vindigni, John Arudo, Agnes N. Waudo, Andrew Kamenju, Japheth Ngoya, Elizabeth O. Oywer, Chris P. Rakuom, Marla E. Salmon, Maureen Kelley, Martha Rogers, Michael E. St. Louis, and Lawrence H. Marum
Developing research and scholarship at AKU-IED: Possibilities and challenges, Anjum Halai
Developing researchers in education through a doctoral programme: A challenge in the context of Pakistan, Nelofer Halai
Developing teachers’ skills in Thar desert area, Sindh, Pakistan, Saeed Nasim and Parvez Pirzado
Developmental dysplasia of the hip., Shahryar Noordin, Masood Umer, Kamran Hafeez, and Haq Nawaz
Development of an economic skill building intervention to promote women's safety and child development in Karachi, Pakistan., Saima Shams Hirani, Rozina Karmaliani, Judith McFarlane, Nargis Asad, Farhana Madhani, Shireen Shehzad, and Nazbano Ahmed Ali
Development of an interview administered food-frequency questionnaire for use amongst women of South Asian ethnic origin in Britain, T. Kassam-Khamis, K. Nanchahal, P. Mangtani, I. dos Santos Silva, A. McMichael, and A. Anderson
Development of a prediction equation for the estimation of mandibular canine and premolar widths from mandibular first permanent molar and incisor widths, Sarwat Memon and Mubassar Fida
Development of a prediction equation for the mixed dentition in a Pakistani sample, Aneel K. Bherwani and Mubassar Fida
Development of a stress scale for pregnant women in the South Asian context: the A-Z Stress Scale., Ambreen Kazi, Zafar Fatmi, J Hatcher, U Niaz, and A Aziz
Diabetic osteopathy and the IGF system in the Goto-Kakizaki rat, Tashfeen Ahmad, Anna Ugarph-Morawski, Moira S. Lewitt, Jian Li, Maria Saaf, and Kerstin Brismar
Diagnosis of Burkitt lymphoma using an algorithmic approach - applicable in both resource-poor and resource-rich countries, Kikkeri N. Naresh, Hazem A. H. Ibrahim, Stefano Lazzi, Patricia Rince, Monica Onorati, Maria R. Ambrosio, Chryste`le Bilhou-Nabera, Furrat Amen, Alistair Reid, Michael Mawanda, Valeria Calbi, Martin Ogwang, Emily Rogena, Bessie Byakika, Shahin Sayed, Emma Moshi, Amos Mwakigonja, Martine Raphael, Ian Magrath, and Lorenzo Leoncini
Diagnosis of enteric fever in the emergency department: a retrospective study from Pakistan., Uzma Rahim Khan, J. Razzak, Ali Faisal Saleem, Adnan Ahmed, and Sabeena Jalal
Diagnosis of hepatoma using grayscale and Doppler ultrasound in patients with chronic liver disease., W. Memon, Zishan Haider, Mirza Amanullah Beg, Muhammad Idris, Tanveer-Ul-Haq Waseem Akhtar, and Sidra Idris
Diagnostic accuracy of a commercial cross priming amplification diagnostic kit in smear negative sputum, Paul M. Makau
Diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination in cervical spine injuries in awake and alert blunt trauma patients., Manzar Hussain and Gohar Javed
Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in parotid lesions., Naeem Sultan Ali, Shabbir Akhtar, Montasir Junaid, Sohail Awan, and Kanwal Aftab
Diagnostic efficacy of 0, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 min growth hormone samples in insulin tolerance test: utility of growth hormone measurement at different time-points and a cost-effective analysis, Jawaid Jabbar, Farooq Ghani, Imran Siddiqui, and Amir Omair
Diagnostic value of clot examination for malignant cells in serous effusions, R. Jalal, K. Aftab, S. H. Hasan, and Shahid Pervez
Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in 52 Countries Results of the INTERHEART Study, Romaina Iqbal, Sonia Anand, Stephanie Ounpuu, Shofiqul Islam, Xiaohe Zhang, Sumathy Rangarajan, Jephat Chifamba, Ali Al-Hinai, Matyas Keltai, and Salim Yusuf
Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Hyperhomocysteinemia in an Urban Pakistani Population, Mohsin Yakub, Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal, and Romaina Iqbal
Differential combination of cytokine and interferon- gamma +874 T/A polymorphisms determines disease severity in pulmonary tuberculosis., Ambreen Ansari, Zahra Hasan, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Diffuse ganglioneuromatosis of intestine in a 15-year-old girl., Zubair Ahmad, Abrar Barakzai, Arsalan Ahmed, Asim Qureshi, and Rahil Khan
Directing Diarrhoeal Disease Research towards Disease-burden Reduction, Margaret Kosek, Claudio F. Lanata, Robert E. Black, Damian G. Walker, John D. Snyder, Mohammed Abdus Salam, Dilip Mahalanabis, Olivier Fontaine, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Shinjini Bhatnagar, and Igor Rudan
Direct Observation of Procedural Skills in Radiology, Vaqar Bari
Disappearance of pituitary macro adenoma with combination of ketoconazole and cabergoline treatment: an unusual case of Cushing's syndrome with interesting findings., Asma Ahmed, Saira Furqan, and Najmul Islam
Discriminant value of Rome III questionnaire in dyspeptic patients., Shahab Abid, Shaheryar Siddiqui, and Wasim Jafri
Disease mongering: the role of medical journals, Tauseef Ur Rehman and Ali Jawaid
Disproportionately high risk of left ventricular hypertrophy in Indo-Asian women: A call for more studies, Fahim H. Jafary and Tazeen Jafar
Distribution of Helicobacter pylori virulence markers in patients with gastroduodenal diseases in Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Zaigham Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Zubair Ahmad, Rashida Ahmed, and Muhammad Islam
Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes and its response to treatment in Pakistani patients, Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed S. Hamid, Tariq Moatter, Shahab Abid, Hasnain A. Shah, and Wasim Jafri
DNA photolyase of enterococci: possible explanation for its low sunlight inactivation rate, Mushtaq Hussain, Syeda Qamarunnissa, Saboohi Raza, Javed Qureshi, Abdul Wajid, and Sheikh A. Rasool
Does asymptomatic mean without symptoms for those living with HIV infection?, Suzanne Willard, William L. Holzemer, Dean J. Wantland, Yvette P. Cuca, Kenn M. Kirksey, Carmen J. Portillo, Inge B. Corless, Marta Rivero-Méndez, María E. Rosa, Patrice K. Nicholas, Mary Jane Hamilton, Elizabeth Sefcik, Jeanne Kemppainen, Gladys Canaval, Linda Robinson, Shahnaz Moezzi, Sarie Human, John Arudo, Lucille Sanzero Eller, Eli Bunch, Pamela J. Dole, Christopher Coleman, Kathleen Nokes, Nancy R. Reynolds, Yun-Fang Tsai, Mary Maryland, Joachim Voss, and Teri Lindgren
Does child gender determine household decision for health care in rural Thatta, Pakistan?, R. Nuruddin, W. C. Hadden, M. R. Petersen, and M. K. Lim
Does continuous use of metformin throughout pregnancy improve pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome?, Fauzia Haq Nawaz, Roha Khalid, Tahira Naru, and Javed Rizvi
Does improving maternal knowledge of vaccines impact infant immunization rates? A community-based randomized-controlled trial in Karachi, Pakistan, Aatekah Owais, Beenish Hanif, Amna R. Siddiqui, Ajmal Agha, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Does the Type of Lithotripter Affect Outcomes in Children with Upper Tract Urolithiasis?, Syed Johar Raza and M Hammad Ather
Does Ureteral Stenting prior to Shock Wave Lithotripsy Influence the Need for Intervention in Steinstrasse and Related Complications?, M Hammad Ather, B. Shrestha, and A. Mehmood
Does vitamin E have a role in treatment and prevention of anemia?, Tanveer Jilani and Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
Domestic violence prior to and during pregnancy among Pakistani women, Rozina Karmaliani, Farhana Irfan, Carla M. Bann, Elizabeth M. Mcclure, Nancy Moss, Omrana Pasha, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Do teachers learn in school contexts? Some perspectives from Pakistan, Ayesha Bashiruddin
Drug abuse, Darvesh Karim
Drug-prescribing patterns during pregnancy in the tertiary care hospitals of Pakistan: a cross sectional study., Dileep K Rohra, Nirmal Das, Syed I Azam, Nazir A Solangi, Zahida Memon, Abdul M Shaikh, and Nusrat H Khan
Dynamic Changes in Biomarker Profiles Associated with Clinical and Subclinical Tuberculosis in a High Transmission Setting: A Four-Year Follow-Up Study, N. Talat, F. Shahid, G. Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Dynamics of topsoil carbon and nitrogen along a tropical forest–cropland chronosequence: Evidence from stable isotope analysis and spectroscopy, Alex Awiti, Markus G. Walsh, and Jenesio Kinyamario
Earlier surgical intervention in congenital heart disease results in better outcome and resource utilization, Roheena Z. Panni, Awais Ashfaq, and Muhammad M. Amanullah
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
Early complications after biliary enteric anastomosis for benign diseases: A retrospective analysis, Syed Nabeel Zafar, M. R. Khan, Rushna Raza, Muhammad N. Khan, Mahwash Kasi, Ammar Rafiq, and Omer H. Jamy
Early experience with intravitreal bevacizumab combined with laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity., Ayesha E Ahmed, Roomasa Channa, Jibran Durrani, Azam Ali, and Khabir Ahmad
Early Ischemic Stroke Presentation in Pakistan, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Bhojo Astumal Khealani, Sajjad Ahmed Ansari, Maria Afridi, and Nadir Ali Syed
Early outcome of three cases of melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy, F. M. A. Butt, S. W. Guthua, M. L. Chindia, and F. Rana
Early postoperative outcome after curative colorectal cancer surgery, M. R. Khan, H. Bari, and S. A. Raza
Early renal damage assessed by the SLICC/ACR damage index is predictor of severe outcome in lupus patients in Pakistan, M. A. Rabbani, H. B. Habib, M. Islam, Bilal Ahmed, S. M. A. Shah, S. Tahir, D. Merchant, and A. Ahmad
Early versus late pre-intensive care unit admission broad spectrum antibiotics for severe sepsis in adults, Shahla Siddiqui and Junaid Razzak
Educating and informing patients receiving psychopharmacological medications: are family physicians in Pakistan up to the task?, Hammad Ashraf Ganatra, Hadi Bhurgri, Roomasa Channa, Fauzia Ahmad Bawany, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Rafia Ishfaq Chaudhry, Syeda Hina Batool, Abdul Basit, Mehmood Asghar, Sarah Saleem, and Haider Naqvi
Educating for democratic citizenship in Pakistani schools, Bernadette L. Dean
Educating girls in Pakistan: Tensions between economics and culture, Iffat Farah and Kazim Bacchus
Educating girls: Pakistan’s human resource challenge, Rozina Sewani
Educating the power: HIV/AIDS and parliamentarians of Pakistan., Mohammad A Rai, Alefiyah Rajabali, Muhammad N Khan, Mohammad A Khan, and Syed H Ali
Educational development projects at IED: Towards school improvement, Khalid Mahmood and Nilofar Vazir
Educational financing in Pakistan: Trends and practices, Amima Sayeed
Educational governance in Pakistan: A historical policy perspective, Sajid Ali and Muhammad Babur
Educational Intervention among Barbers about Liver Cancer-Inducing Viruses: A Pilot Study from a Developing Country, Mukesh Kumar Krishanani, Waris Qidwai, Badar Sabir Ali, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Educational leadership in Pakistan : Ideals and realities, Jan-e-Alam Khaki and Qamar Safdar
Educational models and strategies in health education. Introduction., Shazia Sadaf, Syeda K Ali, and Rukhsana W Zuberi
Education and risk for acute myocardial infarction in 52 high, middle and low-income countries: INTERHEART case-control study, A. Rosengren, S. V. Subramanian, S. Islam, C. K. Chow, A. Avezum, K. Kazmi, K. Sliwa, M. Zubaid, S. Rangarajan, and S. Yusuf
Education in Pakistan : Learning from research partnerships, Ayesha Bashiruddin, Zubeda Bana, and Arbab Khan Afridi
Education of health professionals for the 21st century: a global independent Commission, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Lincoln Chen, Jordan Cohen, Nigel Crisp, Tim Evans, Harvey Fineberg, Julio Frenk, Patricia Garcia, Richard Horton, Yang Ke, Patrick Kelley, Barry Kistnasamy, Afaf Meleis, David Naylor, Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Srinath Reddy, Susan Scrimshaw, Jaime Sepulveda, David Serwadda, and Huda Zurayk
Education policy borrowing in Pakistan: Public-private partnerships, Sajid Ali
Effectiveness of community case management of severe pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in children aged 2-59 months in Matiari district, rural Pakistan: a cluster-randomised controlled trial, Sajid Soofi, Sheraz Ahmed, Matthew P. Fox, William B. MacLeod, Donald M. Thea, Shamim A. Qazi, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effectiveness of counseling for anxiety and depression in mothers of children ages 0-30 months by community workers in Karachi, Pakistan: a quasi experimental study, Niloufer S. Ali, Badar S. Ali, Iqbal S. Azam, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Effectiveness of interventions to screen and manage infections during pregnancy on reducing stillbirths: a review, Sidra Ishaque, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Aamer Imdad, Robert L. Goldenberg, Thomas P. Eisele, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effectiveness of premature epidural catheter termination as a quality indicator in a developing country, Mohammad Hamid, Muhammad Qamar ul Hoda, and Khalid Samad
Effectiveness, Safety, and Tolerability of Powdered Nigella sativa (Kalonji) Seed in Capsules on Serum Lipid Levels, Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure, and Body Weight in Adults: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Trial, Waris Qidwai, Hasan Bin Hamza, Riaz Qureshi, and Anwar Gilani
Effective school leadership practices: Case studies from Pakistan, Jan-e-Alam Khaki
Effect of administration of antihelminthics for soil transmitted helminths during pregnancy, Batool A. Haider, Quratulain Humayun, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of balanced protein energy supplementation during pregnancy on birth outcomes, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on breastfeeding rates, with special focus on developing countries, Aamer Imdad, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Hammad A. Ganatra, Sana Syed, Simon Cousens, Anne C. C. Lee, Robert Black, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, and Joy E. Lawn
Effect of extraction of first four premolars on smile aesthetics, Farhana Ghaffar and Mubassar Fida
Effect of Low vs. High Dietary Sodium on Blood Pressure Levels in a Normotensive Indo-Asian Population, Saleem Jessani, Juanita Hatcher, Nish Chaturvedi, and Tazeen Jafar
Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy on maternal and birth outcomes, Batool Azra Haider, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation on Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes: A Systematic Review, Usha Ramakrishnan, Frederick Kobina Grant, Tamar Goldenberg, Vinh Bui, Aamer Imdad, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of one minimum alveolar concentration sevoflurane with and without fentanyl on hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation., Anwar Hoda and Fauzia A Khan
Effect of preventive zinc supplementation on linear growth in children under 5 years of age in developing countries: a meta-analysis of studies for input to the lives saved tool, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of routine iron supplementation with or without folic acid on anemia during pregnancy, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of screening and management of diabetes during pregnancy on stillbirths, Madiha Syed, Hasan Javed, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effect of the menstrual cycle phase on post-operative pain perception and analgesic requirements, A. Ahmed, F. Khan, M. Ali, F. Haqnawaz, A. Hussain, and S. I. Azam
Effect on the incidence of pneumonia of vitamin D supplementation by quarterly bolus dose to infants in Kabul: a randomised controlled superiority trial, Semira Manaseki-Holland, Zabihullah Maroof, Jane Bruce, M. Zulf Mughal, Mohammad Isaq Masher, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Gijs Walraven, and Daniel Chandramohan
Effects of Calcium Supplementation During Pregnancy on Maternal, Fetal and Birth Outcomes, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Effects of goal setting on dietary and physical activity changes in the Boy Scout badge projects., Hira Latif, Kathy Watson, Nga Nguyen, Debbe Thompson, Janice Baranowski, Russell Jago, Karen W Cullen, and Tom Baranowski
Effects of Leather Industry on Health and Recommendations for Improving the Situation in Pakistan, Madiha Syed, Taimur Saleem, Shuja-ur-Rehman, Muhammed Asif Iqbal, Faisal Javed, Muhammed Bilal Salman Khan, and Kamran Sadiq
Effects of teaching and learning in large primary classes in Peshawar primary schools, Rana Hussain, Javed Sikander Rana, Kausar Waqar, and Nazneen Shah
Efficacy of Semirigid Ureteroscopy with Pneumatic Lithotripsy for Ureteral Stone Surface Area of Greater Than 30 mm(2), M Hammad Ather, Syed M. Nazim, and M. Nasir Sulaiman
Efficacy of Three Different Alpha 1-Adrenergic Blockers and Hyoscine N-Butylbromide for Distal Ureteral Stones EDITORIAL COMMENT, M Hammad Ather
Ego defense mechanisms in Pakistani medical students: a cross sectional analysis, Maria A. Parekh, Hina Majeed, Tuba R. Khan, Anum B. Khan, Salman Khalid, Nadia M. Khwaja, Roha Khalid, Mohammad A. Khan, Ibrahim M. Rizqui, and Imtiaz Jehan
E-health in international networks: New opportunities for collaboration, Shariq Khoja and Azra Naseem
E-health readiness assessment: promoting "hope" in the health-care institutions of Pakistan., Shariq Khoja, Richard Scott, and Salman Gilani
Elective induction for pregnancies at or beyond 41 weeks of gestation and its impact on stillbirths: a systematic review with meta-analysis, Arwa Abbas Hussain, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Aamer Imdad, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Elementary teacher education in Pakistan: What is needed, Yatta Kanu and Muhammad Memon
Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK: a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study, Karthikeyan K. Kumarasamy, Mark A. Toleman, Timothy R. Walsh, Jay Bagaria, Fafhana Butt, Ravikumar Balakrishnan, Uma Chaudhary, Michel Doumith, Christian G. Giske, Seema Irfan, Padma Krishnan, Anil V. Kumar, Sunil Maharjan, Shazad Mushtaq, Tabassum Noorie, David L. Paterson, andrew Pearson, Claire Perry, Rachel Pike, Bhargavi Rao, Ujjwayini Ray, Jayanta B. Sarma, Madhu Sharma, Elizabeth Sheridan, Mandayam A. Thirunarayan, Jane Turton, Supriya Upadhyay, Marina Warner, William Welfare, David M. Livermore, and Neil Woodford
Emergence of Carbapenem resistant Gram negative and vancomycin resistant Gram positive organisms in bacteremic isolates of febrile neutropenic patients: a descriptive study., Seema Irfan, Faiza Idrees, Vikram Mehraj, Faizah Habib, Salman Adil, and Rumina Hasan
Emergence of CTX-M Group 1-ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumonia from a tertiary care centre in Karachi, Pakistan., E. Khan, Thamarai Schneiders, Afia Zafar, Erum Aziz, Asra Parekh, and Rumina Hasan
Emergency Contraception: Knowledge and Attitudes of Family Physicians of a Teaching Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, Hamza M. Abdulghani, Syed I. Karim, and Farhana Irfan
Emergency department predictors of tracheostomy in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury requiring emergency cranial decompression, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Mohsin Qadeer, Ghulam Murtaza, S. Ather Enam, and Najiha B. Farooqi
Emerging indications for percutaneous cholecystostomy for the management of acute cholecystitis--a retrospective review., Sana Nasim, Sadaf Khan, Rehman Alvi, and Moaz Chaudhary
Emerging issues in TEFL : Challenges for Asia, Sabiha Mansoor, Aliya Sikandar, Nasreen Hussain, and Nasreen M. Ahsan
Empowering communities for maternal and newborn health, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Zohra S. Lassi
Encephalitis and myelitis associated with dengue viral infection Clinical and neuroimaging features, Mohammad Wasay, Roomasa Channa, Maliha Jumani, Ghulam Shabbir, Muhammad Azeemuddin, and Afia Zafar
Endemic dengue fever: a seldom recognized hazard for Pakistani children., Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Syed Rizwan Haider, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
End of life in the intensive care unit: knowledge and practice of clinicians from Karachi, Pakistan, N. Salahuddin, S. Shafqat, S. Mapara, S. Khan, S. Siddiqui, R. Manasia, and A. Ahmad
Endogenously Activated Interleukin-4 Differentiates Disease Progressors and Non-Progressors in Tuberculosis Susceptible Families: A 2-Year Biomarkers Follow-Up Study, Rabia Hussain, Najeeha Talat, Ambreen Ansari, Firdaus Shahid, Zahra Hasan, and Ghaffar Dawood
Enhancing content knowledge of in-service science teachers through model and modeling, Naheed Perveen and Sadia Muzzafar Bhutta
Enhancing science teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge: Why and how?, Harcharan Pardhan and Imdad Baloch
Entamoeba species associated with chronic diarrhoea in Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, M. A. Beg, S. Naz, R. Khan, and Wasim Jafri
Environmental hazards in school structures and role of school communities, Nilofar Vazir
Environmental science, its importance and integration, Sultan Alam
Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis of orbit., Muhammad Azam, Yousuf A Husen, and Sheema H Hasan
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
Epidemiological data for common bone sarcomas., Asim Qureshi, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Azam, and Romana Idrees
Epidemiological data of common soft tissue sarcomas as seen in our practice, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Romana Idrees, and Muhammad Azam
Epidemiological patterns of suicide terrorism in the civilian Pakistani population., Junaid A. Bhatti, Amber Mehmood, Muhammad Shahid, Sajjad Akbar Bhatti, Umbreen Akhtar, and Junaid Abdul Razzak
Epidemiology and prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma, Silvia Franceschi and Syed Ahsan Raza
Epidemiology of soft tissue sarcomas in Karachi South, Pakistan (1995-7)., Yasmin Bhurgri, Hadi Bhurgri, Shahid Pervez, Naila Kayani, Ahmed Usman, Imtiaz Bashir, Asif Bhurgri, Sheema H Hasan, and S. M. H. Zaidi
Epidemiology of stillbirth in low-middle income countries: A Global Network Study, Elizabeth M. McClure, Omrana Pasha, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Elwyn Chomba, Ana Garces, Antoinette Tshefu, Fernando Althabe, Fabian Esamai, Archana Patel, Linda L. Wright, Janet Moore, Bhalchandra S. Kodkany, Jose M. Belizan, Sarah Saleem, Richard J. Derman, Waldemar A. Carlo, K. Michael Hambidge, Pierre Buekens, Edward A. Liechty, Carl Bose, Marion Koso-Thomas, Alan H. Jobe, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Epidemiology of suicide in Pakistan: determining rates in six cities., Murad M. Khan Dr., Haider Naqvi, Durrane Thaver, and Martin Prince
Epistaxis: When are coagulation studies justified?, Mohammad Sohail Awan, M. Iqbal, and S. Z. Imam
Equality or equity: Gender awareness issues in secondary schools in Pakistan, Anjum Halai
Eradicating child labour in Pakistan, Nilofar Vazir and Yasmeen Mehboob Meghani
ESAT6-induced IFNgamma and CXCL9 can differentiate severity of tuberculosis., Zahra Hasan, Bushra Jamil, Mussarat Ashraf, Muniba Islam, Muhammad S Yusuf, Javaid A Khan, and Rabia Hussain
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk factors In a Kenyan population: a case control study, Stanley M. Machoki
Establishing the quality management baseline in the use of computed tomography machines in Kenya, Geoffrey K. Korir, Jeska S. Wambani, Ian K. Korir, and Bernard O. Ochieng
Esthetic preferences for facial soft tissue profiles., Rashna Hoshang Sukhia, Munizeh Khan, Mubassar Fida, Attiya Shaikh, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Estimation of parasite load using Rapid diagnostic test ICT (R) Now Malaria P.f/P.v in Plasmodium falciparum malaria, Najia K. Ghanchi, Mohammad Asim Beg, and Rabia Hussain
Estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance with Doppler diastolic gradients., Mehnaz Atiq, Habiba Tasneem, and Kalimuddin Aziz
Estrogen replacement therapy induces functional asymmetry on an odor memory/discrimination test, Richard L. Doty, Mehreen Kisat, and Isabelle Tourbier
Ethambutol-induced optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis: Is there an association?, Syed Faraz Kazim and Saad Shafqat
Ethical dilemmas in research with young children: A field experience from Pakistan, Almina Pardhan
Ethics dilemmas in qualitative research, Anjum Halai
Ethnic disparity in 21-hydroxylase gene mutations identified in Pakistani congenital adrenal hyperplasia patients, Aysha H. Khan, Muniba Aban, Jamal Raza, Naeem ul Haq, Abdul Jabbar, and Tariq Moatter
Ethnographic field methods in research with women: Field experiences from Pakistan, Almina Pardhan
Ethnography of communication, Iffat Farah
Ethnopharmacological studies on antispasmodic and antiplatelet activities of Ficus carica, Anwar Gilani, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Arif-ullah Khan, and Sheikh Arshad Saeed
Evaluating Ischemic Stroke Subtypes: Does the Retinal Microvasculature Hold Clues to What Lies Beneath?, Zarmeneh Aly, Fawad Taj, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Evaluation of compliance and outcomes of a management protocol for massive postpartum hemorrhage at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Lumaan Sheikh, Nida Najmi, Umair Khalid, and Taimur Saleem
Evaluation of health workforce competence in maternal and neonatal issues in public health sector of Pakistan: an Assessment of their training needs, Shabina Ariff, Sajid B. Soofi, Kamran Sadiq, Asher B. Feroze, Shuaib Khan, Sadiqua N. Jafarey, Nabeela Ali, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Evaluation of meat as a first complementary food for breastfed infants: impact on iron intake, K. Michael Hambidge, Xiaoyang Sheng, Manolo Mazariegos, Tianjiang Jiang, Ana Garces, Dinghua Li, Jamie Westcott, Antoinette Tshefu, Neelofar Sami, Omrana Pasha, Elwyn Chomba, Adrien Lokangaka, Norman Goco, Albert Manasyan, Linda L. Wright, Marion Koso-Thomas, Carl Bose, Robert L. Goldenberg, Waldemar A. Carlo, Elizabeth M. McClure, and Nancy F. Krebs
Evaluation of solid breast masses using Sonographic ACR BI-RADS lexicon descriptors, Brian N. Bwombuna
Evaluation of suspected renal colic patients with unenhanced low-dose multi-detector computed tomography, N. Twahirwa and J. Rees
Evaluation of suspected renal colic patients with unenhanced low-dose Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT), Nebayosi Twahirwa
Evidence-based prevention of childhood malnutrition, Aamer Imdad, Kamran Sadiq, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Evidence for a "Founder Effect" among HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan., Mohammad A. Rai, Vivek R Nerurkar, Suhail Khoja, Saeed Khan, Richard Yanagihara, Arish Rehman, Shahana U Kazmi, and Syed H Ali
Evolution of trauma management at a tertiary care hospital: a cohort study., Shahryar Noordin, Salim Allana, Tashfeen Ahmad, Ata-Ul-Aleem Bhatti, Hasnain Zafar, and Muhammad Abdul Wajid
Examining the "Urban advantage" in maternal health care in developing countries, Zoe¨ Matthews, Amos Channon, Nyovani Madise, and William Stones
Experience of Pediatric Rapid Response Team in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan, Anwarul Haque, Ali Faisal Saleem, Samreen Zaidi, and Syed Rizwan Haider
Experiences, attitudes and barriers towards research amongst junior faculty of Pakistani medical universities, Saniya Sabzwari, Samreen Kauser, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
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
Experiences of Nurses Related to Prolonged-Stay Patients in a Postanesthesia Care Unit in Karachi, Pakistan, Sharifa Bashir Lalani, Zeenatkhanu Kanji, and Fauziya Ali
Exploring effective leadership in early years education: Two case studies from Pakistan, Qamar Safdar
Exploring English-language teachers’ professional development in developing countries: Cases from Syria and Pakistan, Ruba Dayoub and Ayesha Bashiruddin
Exploring head and deputy headteachers’ attitude towards using computers in education, Darvesh Karim
Exploring indigenous leadership practices: Case study of school principals in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, Zubeda Bana, Rozina Sewani, Izaz Ali, and Iffat Ara
Exploring the contribution of general self-efficacy to the use of self-care symptom management strategies by people living with HIV infection, Inge B. Corless, Dean Wantland, Kenn M. Kirksey, Patrice K. Nicholas, Sarie Human, John Arudo, Maria Rosa, Yvette Cuca, Sue Willard, Mary Jane Hamilton, Carmen Portillo, Elizabeth Sefcik, Linda Robinson, Cathy Bain, Shanaz Moezzi, Mary Maryland, Emily Huang, and William L. Holzemer
Exposure of pregnant women to indoor air pollution: a study from nine low and middle income countries, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Elizabeth M. McClure, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Ana L. Garces, Janet Moore, Marie Onyamboko, Christine Kaseba, Fernando Althabe, Eduardo E. Castilla, Salvio Freire, Sailajanandan Parida, Sarah Saleem, Linda L. Wright, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Expression patterns of P53 and HER2/NEU in primary ovarian carcinomas, Anderson Peter Mutuiri
Expression patterns of β–catenin, COX-2 and p27 in colorectal carcinomas at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Patricia Okiro
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Pakistan, Rumina Hasan, Kauser Jabeen, Asho Ali, Yasraba Rafiq, Rabia Laiq, Babar Malik, Mahnaz Tanveer, Ramona Groenheit, Solomon Ghebremichael, Sven Hoffner, and Zahra Hasan
Extent of East African nurse leaders’ participation in health policy development, Nilufa Jivraj Shariff and E. Potgieter
External cephalic version in East, Central, and Southern Africa, Abraham M. Mukaindo, Sikolia Z. Wanyonyi, and William R. Stones
External change agents in developed and developing countries, Mir Afzal Tajik
Externalizing tacit knowledge for improving leadership practices: Experiences from leadership programmes under ESRA, Muhammad Babur and Sajid Ali
Extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphomas--a retrospective review of clinico-pathologic features and outcomes in comparison with nodal non-Hodgkin's lymphomas., Amar Lal, Yasmin Bhurgri, Irfan Vaziri, Nida B Rizvi, Aliyah Sadaf, Saba Sartajuddin, Mohammed Islam, Pawan Kumar, Salman Adil, Ghulam Nabi Kakepoto, Nehal Masood, Mohammed Khurshed, and Amyn Alidina
Factors associated with helmet use among motorcycle users in Karachi, Pakistan, Imran Khan, Abdullah Khan, Fatima Aziz, Muhammad Islam, and Saad Shafqat
Factors associated with typhoid relapse in the era of multiple drug resistant strains, Kaashif Aqeeb Ahmad, Liaqat Hayat Khan, Bakht Roshan, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Factors contributing to failure of vacuum delivery and associated maternal/neonatal morbidity, Sikolia Z. Wanyonyi, Bob Achila, and Naomi Gudu
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
Factors influencing in-hospital length of stay and mortality in cancer patients suffering from febrile neutropenia., Amar Lal, Yasmin Bhurgri, Nida Rizvi, Mohni Virwani, Rasheed Uddin Memon, Wajeeha Saeed, Muhammad Rizwan Sardar, Pawan Kumar, Asim Jamal Shaikh, Salman Adil, Nehal Masood, and Mohammed Khurshed
Factors influencing sex differences in numbers of tuberculosis suspects at diagnostic centres in Pakistan, M. S. Khan, M. S. Khan, C. Sismanidis, and P. Godfrey-Faussett
Factors influencing the opinion of individuals in determining tumour spread after biopsy., Tayyaba Z Ansari, Adnan A Zaidi, Asra Parekh, Owais Iqbal, Nehal Masood, Ahmed Mateen, and Tehseen Fatima
Factors related to knowledge and perception of women about smoking: a cross sectional study from a developing country., Seema Bhanji, Marie andrades, Fawad Taj, and Ali K Khuwaja
Factors that affect implementation of web-based faculty evaluation forms: residents' perspectives from a developing country., S. H. Ibrahim, S. K. Ali, and S. Sadaf
Faculty practice in a private teaching institution in a developing country: embracing the possibilities., Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Naureen Lalani, Khairulnissa Ajani, Arusa Lakhani, Salima Moez, and Jacqueline Maria Dias
Familial clustering of cancer in two tertiary care hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya, G. W. Kiarie, N. O. Abinya, M. D. Joshi, G. N. Lule, and G. Z. Mutuma
Family physicians understanding about Mantoux test: A survey from a high endemic TB country., Niloufer Sultan Ali, Kishwar Jamal, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Fatal subcutaneous emphysema secondary to pulmonary nocardiosis in an immunocompromised patient--a case report., Muhammad Imran and Hameed Ullah
Fatal transfusion related acute lung injury following coronary artery by-pass surgery: a case report., Fauzia Ahmad Bawany and Hasanat Sharif
Febuxostat inhibition of endothelial-bound XO: Implications for targeting vascular ROS production, Umair Z. Malik, Nicholas J. Hundley, Guillermo Romero, Rafael Radi, Bruce A. Freeman, Margaret M. Tarpey, and Eric E. Kelley
Fecal incontinence and constipation in children: a clinical conundrum., Syed Rehan Ali, Shakeel Ahmed, Maqbool Qadir, Khadija N Humayun, and Khalil Ahmad
Female suicide rates in Ghizer, Pakistan., Murad M. Khan Dr., Aziz Ahmed, and Sultan R Khan
Firearm injuries presenting to a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan., Muazzam Nasrullah and J. Razzak
Floods in Pakistan: a public health crisis, Haider Warraich, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Kavita Patel
Fluoroquinolone Resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains from Karachi, Pakistan: Data from Community-Based Field Clinics, Yasraba Rafiq, Kauser Jabeen, Rumina Hasan, Sana Jafri, Rabia Laiq, Faisal Malik, Rafique Mangi, Abid Channa, and Zahra Hasan
Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pakistan, 2005-2009, Kauser Jabeen, Sadia Shakoor, Shazia Chishti, Afsheen Ayaz, and Rumina Hasan
Fluoroquinolones for treating typhoid and paratyphoid fever (enteric fever), Emmanuel E. Effa, Zohra S. Lassi, Julia A. Critchley, Paul Garner, David Sinclair, Piero L. Olliaro, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Fluoroquinolones for treating Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever (enteric fever), Durrane Thaver, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Julia A. Critchley, Asma Azmatullah, Syed Ali Madni, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Fluoroquinolones inhibit HCV by targeting its helicase, Irfan A. Khan, Sammer Siddiqui, Sadiq Rehmani, Shahana U. Kazmi, and Syed H. Ali
Four year experience of sarcoma of soft tissues and bones in a tertiary care hospital and review of literature, Tayyaba Z. Ansari, Nehal Masood, Asra Parekh, Rabab Z. Jafri, Syed N. Niamatullah, Adnan A. Zaidi, and Masood Umer
Framing leadership: Contributions and impediments to educational change, John Retallick and Dean Fink
Frequency and associated factors for anxiety and depression in pregnant women: a hospital-based cross-sectional study., Niloufer Sultan Ali, Iqbal S. Azam, Badar S. Ali, Ghurnata Tabbusum, and Sana S. Moin
Frequency and associated factors for care giving among elderly patients visiting a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan., Waris Qidwai, Mohammad Uzair Abdul Rauf, Seema Sakina, Ayesha Hamid, Sidra Ishaque, and Tabinda Ashfaq
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
Frequency of consumption and nutrient composition of composite dishes commonly consumed by South Asians originating from Gujerat and the Punjab, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, Patricia A. Judd, Jane E. Thomas, Leena Sevak, Sheila Reddy, and Smita Gonatra
Frequency of consumption and nutrient composition of composite dishes commonly consumed in the UK by South Asian Muslims originating from Bangladesh, Pakistan and East Africa (Ismailis), T. Kassam-Khamis, P. A. Judd, and J. E. Thomas
Frequency of isolation of various subtypes and antimicrobial resistance of Shigella from urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan, Afia Zafar, Rumina Hasan, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, Lorenz von Seidlein, Sajid Soofi, Tanwir Ahsan, Saeeda Chandio, Atif Habib, Naveed Bhutto, Fahad J. Siddiqui, Arjumand Rizvi, John D. Clemens, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
From Genome-Based In Silico Predictions to Ex Vivo Verification of Leprosy Diagnosis, Annemieke Geluk, John S. Spencer, Kidist Bobosha, Maria C. V. Pessolani, Geraldo M. B. Pereira, Sayera Banu, Nadine Honore, Stephen T. Reece, Murdo MacDonald, Bishwa Raj Sapkota, Chaman Ranjit, Kees L. M. C. Franken, Martha Zewdie, Abraham Aseffa, Rabia Hussain, Mariane M. Stefani, Sang-Nae Cho, Linda Oskam, Patrick J. Brennan, and Hazel M. Dockrell
Functional, cognitive and psychological outcomes, and recurrent vascular events in Pakistani stroke survivors: a cross sectional study., Maria Khan, Bilal Ahmed, Maryam Ahmed, Myda Najeeb, Emmon Raza, Farid Khan, Anoosh Moin, Dania Shujaat, Ahmed Arshad, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Functional evaluation of the urinary tract by duplex Doppler ultrasonography in patients with acute renal colic., Raza Sayani, Muhammad Ali, Kashif Shazlee, Rana Shoaib Hamid, and Kamran Hamid
Functional outcome, mortality and in-hospital complications of operative treatment in elderly patients with hip fractures in the developing world., Yasir Jamal Sepah, Masood Umer, Afrasyab Khan, and Abid Ullah Khan Niazi
Fuzzy logic: A "simple" solution for complexities in neurosciences?, Saniya Siraj Godil, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Syed Ather Enam, and Uvais Qidwai
Fuzzy Logic in neurosurgery: predicting poor outcomes after lumbar disk surgery in 501 consecutive patients, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, S. Ather Enam, and Uvais Qidwai
Gallbladder intestinal metaplasia in Pakistani patients with gallstones., Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Syed Ahsan Raza, Zubair Ahmad, Sana Naeem, Shahid Pervez, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Mushtaq Ahmed, and Rizwan Azami
Gallstone ileus: retrospective review of a single centre's experience using two surgical procedures, N. Riaz, M. R. Khan, and M. Tayeb
Ganglioneuroblastoma of the posterior mediastinum: a case report., Saulat H Fatimi, Samira A Bawany, and Awais Ashfaq
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
Gastrointestial and respiratory activities of Acacia leucophloea, Imran Imran, Liaqat Hussain, M. Zia-Ul-Haq, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Anwar Gilani, and Vincenzo De Feo
Gastrointestinal helminthiasis presenting with acute diarrhoea and constipation: report of two cases with a second pathology., Z. A. Sobani, Sadia Shakoor, F. N. Malik, E. Z. Malik, and M. A. Beg
Gastrointestinal, selective airways and urinary bladder relaxant effects of Hyoscyamus niger are mediated through dual blockade of muscarinic receptors and Ca(2+) channels, Anwarul Hassan Gilani, Arif-Ullah Khan, Mustafa Raoof, Muhammad Nabeel Ghayur, Bina S. Siddiqui, Waseem Vohra, and Sabira Begum
Gastrointestinal Stimulant Effect of Urginea indica Kunth. and Involvement of Muscarinic Receptors, Saima Abbas, Samra Bashir, Aslam Khan, Malik Hassan Mehmood, and Anwar Gilani
Gemella morbillorum endocarditis in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve., Taimur Saleem, Rabbani Madiha, Fatima Samar, and Jamil Bushra
Gender and education in Pakistan, Rashida Qureshi and Jane F. A. Rarieya
Gender differences and clustering pattern of behavioural risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases: community-based study from a developing country., Ali Khan Khuwaja and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Gender roles and their influence on life prospects for women in urban Karachi, Pakistan: a qualitative study., Tazeen S Ali, Gunilla Krantz, Raisa Gul, Nargis Asad, Eva Johansson, and Ingrid Mogren
Gene profiling of early and advanced liver disease in chronic hepatitis C patients., Saira Sarfraz Khalid, Saeed Hamid, Anwar A Siddiqui, Asaf Qureshi, and Nilofer Qureshi
General practitioners, common psychiatric disorders, Karachi, Pakistan, H. A. Naqvi, S. Sabzwari, S. Hussain, M. Islam, and M. Zaman
Genetic analysis of HIV-1 subtypes in Nairobi, Kenya, Suhail Khoja, Peter Ojwang, Saeed Khan, Nancy Okinda, Reena Harania, and Syed Ali
Genetic analysis of HIV-1 subtypes in Nairobi, Kenya., Suhail Khoja, Peter Ojwang, Saeed Khan, Nancy Okinda, Reena Harania, and Syed Ali
Genetic backgrounds of the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistant transporter (pfcrt) alleles in Pakistan, Wasiq Faraz Rawasia, Sankar Sridaran, Jaymin C. Patel, Joseph Abdallah, Najia Karim Ghanchi, John W. Barnwell, Ananias A. Escalante, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Genetic diversity among Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in Pakistan measured with PCR genotyping of the merozoite surface protein 1 and 2, Najia K. Ghanchi, andreas Martensson, Johan Ursing, Sana Jafri, Sandor Bereczky, Rabia Hussain, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Genetic regulation of the ramA locus and its expression in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae, R. Rosenblum, E. Khan, G. Gonzalez, Rumina Hasan, and T. Schneiders
Genetic variations in a well conserved 5 '-untranslated region of hepatitis C virus genome isolated in Pakistan, Anila Yasmeen, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Saeed Hamid, Taranum Sultana, Wasim Jafri, and Mats A. A. Persson
Genotyping and drug resistance patterns of M. tuberculosis strains in Pakistan., Mahnaz Tanveer, Zahra Hasan, Amna R Siddiqui, Asho Ali, Akbar Kanji, Solomon Ghebremicheal, and Rumina Hasan
Geographic variation and environmental conditions as cofactors in chlamydia psittaci association with ocular adnexal lymphomas: a comparison between Italian and African samples, Alessandro Carugi, Anna Onnis, Giuseppina Antonicelli, Benedetta Rossi, Susanna Mannucci, Anna Luzzi, Stefano Lazzi, Cristiana Bellan, Gian Marco Tosi, Shaheen Sayed, Giulia De Falco, and Lorenzo Leoncini
Geographic variation and environmental conditions as cofactors in Chlamydia psittaci association with ocular adnexal lymphomas: a comparison between Italian and African samples, Alessandro Carugi, Anna Onnis, Giuseppina Antonicelli, Benedetta Rossi, Susanna Mannucci, Anna Luzzi, Stefano Lazzi, Cristiana Cristiana Bellan, Gian Marco Tosi, Shaheen Sayed, Giulia De Falco, and Lorenzo Leoncini
Geriatric patients' expectations of their physicians: findings from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Taimur Saleem, Umair Khalid, and Waris Qidwai
Giant adrenal endothelial cyst associated with acute and chronic morbidity in a young female: a case report., Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Saad Ajmal, and Taimur Saleem
Giant cell tumor of bone with lymph node metastases: a rare presentation., Kanwal Aftab and Beena Umar
Giant synovial cell sarcoma of the thorax in a 46-year-old man: a case report., Saulat Hasnain Fatimi and Taimur Saleem
Glenohumeral tuberculous arthritis complicated with beta haemolytic streptococcus: An extraordinary rare association: A case report., Rizwan Haroon Rashid, Muhammad Usman Sarwar, J. Akhter, and Shahryar Noordin
Gliomas: correlation of histologic grade, Ki67 and p53 expression with patient survival., Huma Arshad, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema H Hasan
Global access to literature on trauma, Shahryar Noordin, James G. Wright, and andrew W. Howard
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
Global child survival: beyond numbers, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Global hepatitis, migration and its impact on Western healthcare, Furqaan Ahmed and Graham R. Foster
Global relevance of literature on trauma, Shahryar Noordin, James G. Wright, and andrew W. Howard
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
Graduate students in education in a public sector university in Pakistan: Quest for quality, Nelofer Halai and Arshad Ali
Granulomatous gastritis: a diagnostic dilemma?, L. Kamani, K. Mumtaz, N. S. Azad, and W. Jafri
Graphic tobacco health warnings: which genre to choose?, Z. Sobani, S. Nizami, E. Raza, N. ul Ain Baloch, and J. A. Khan
Group B streptococcal disease in infants aged younger than 3 months: systematic review and meta-analysis, Karen M. Edmond, Christina Kortsalioudaki, Susana Scott, Stephanie J. Schrag, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Simon Cousens, and Paul T. Heath
Growth charts of fetal biometry: a longitudinal study, Shama Munim, Tim Morris, Nilofer Baber, Yasmeen Ansari, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Guarding the guardians: Bioethics curricula for psychiatrists-in-training in developing countries., Kulsoom Ghias and Syed Ahmer
Gut and airways relaxant effects of Carum roxburghianum, Munasib Khan, Arif-ullah Khan, Najeeb-ur-Rehman, and Anwar Gilani
Gut modulatory, blood pressure lowering, diuretic and sedative activities of cardamom, Anwar Gilani, Qaiser Jabeena, Arif-ullah Khan, and Abdul Jabbar Shah
Gut modulatory effects of Daphne oleoides are mediated through cholinergic and Ca++ antagonist mechanisms., Arif-ullah Khan, Farman Ali, Dilfaraz Khan, and Anwar Gilani
Guyon's canal syndrome due to tortuous ulnar artery with DeQuervain stenosing tenosynovitis, ligamentous injuries and dorsal intercalated segmental instability syndrome, a rare presentation: a case report., Muhammad Zeeshan, Farhan Ahmed, Darakhshan Kanwal, Qazi Saad Bin Khalid, and Muhammad Nadeem Ahmed
Hazard perception at high- and low-risk road sites: a pilot study of interurban roads in Pakistan and Cameroon, Junaid A. Bhatti, Junaid A. Razzak, Emmanuel Lagarde, Joeelle Sobngwi-Tambekou, Ahmadou Alioum, and L. Rachid Salmi
Headache in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: incidence, pattern and location in 200 consecutive patients., Mohammad Wasay, Suleman Kojan, Alper I Dai, George Bobustuc, and Zubair Sheikh
Headteachers as school leaders in Pakistan, Muhammad Memon and Fauzia Reza
Headteachers in a transformational leadership role in Pakistan: The impact of the “ADISM” programme, Rozina Sewani
Head teacher's role in school improvement, Zulfiqar Ali
Healing the schism: medicine and public health in Pakistan., Greg Pappas, Jay H Glasser, Mohammad Akhter, and Parvez B Nayani
Health burden of skin lesions at low arsenic exposure through groundwater in Pakistan. Is river the source?, Zafar Fatmi, Iqbal Azam, Faiza Ahmed, Ambreen Kazi, Albert Bruce Gill, Muhmmad Masood Kadir, Mubashir Ahmed, Naseem Ara, and Naveed Zafar Janjua
Healthcare-associated infections among pediatric oncology patients in Pakistan: risk factors and outcome., Naveed-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Rabia Wali, Anwarul Haque, and Zehra Fadoo
Health-care associated infections in children after cardiac surgery in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (PCICU), Naveed-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Fatima Mir, Omair Shakil, Muneer Amanullah, and Anwarul Haque
Health-care delivery system and reimbursement policies in Pakistan., Aamir Hameed
Health care preferences for children with typhoid fever in two slum communities in Karachi, Pakistan., Zahid Ali Memon, Alfred Pach, Marina Rifkin, Oak Pil Han, Bonita Stanton, John Clemens, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Health care risk factors among women and personal behaviours among men explain the high prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Karachi, Pakistan, N. Z. Janjua, H. B. Hamza, M. Islam, S. F. A. Tirmizi, A. Siddiqui, W. Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
Healthcare systems and care delivery in Pakistan., Khurshid Khowaja
Health in Southeast Asia 2 Maternal, neonatal, and child health in southeast Asia: towards greater regional collaboration, Cecilia S. Acuin, Geok Lin Khor, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Endang L. Achadi, Thein Thein Htay, Rebecca Firestone, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Health issues of internally displaced persons in Pakistan: preparation for disasters in future., Mohammad Wasay and Khalid Mushtaq
Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world, Julio Frenk, Lincoln Chen, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Jordan Cohen, Nigel Crisp, Timothy Evans, Harvey Fineberg, Patricia Garcia, Yang Ke, Patrick Kelley, Barry Kistnasamy, Afaf Meleis, David Naylor, Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Srinath Reddy, Susan Scrimshaw, Jaime Sepulveda, David Serwadda, and Huda Zurayk
Health related quality of life changes among users of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) for contraception, Sikolia Wanyonyi
Health-related quality of life changes among users of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate for contraception, Sikolia Z. Wanyonyi, William R. Stones, and Evan Sequeira
Helicobacter pylori: association with gall bladder disorders in Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, M. R. Khan, Z. Abbas, W. Jafri, R. Azmi, Z. Ahmad, S. Naeem, and L. Lubbad
Helicobacter pylori infection: approach of primary care physicians in a developing country, Shahid Ahmed, Mohammad Salih, Wasim Jafri, Hasnain Ali Shah, and Saeed Hamid
Helicobacter pylori: prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility among Kenyans, Andrew Nyerere Kimang’a, Gunturu Revathi, Samuel Kariuki, Shahin Sayed, and Smita Devani
Helping Babies Breathe: Global neonatal resuscitation program development and formative educational evaluation, Nalini Singhal, Jocelyn Lockyer, Herta Fidler, William Keenan, George Little, Sherri Bucher, Maqbool Qadir, and Susan Niermeyer
Hemoglobin E syndromes in Pakistani population., Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, Anila Rashid, Tariq Moatter, and Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi
Hepatic cystic echinococcosis: clinical characteristics and outcomes in Pakistan, Khalid Mumtaz, Lubna Kamani, Tabish Chawla, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Hepatitis C in Pakistan: magnitude, genotype, disease characteristics and therapeutic response., Wasim Jafri and Amna Subhan
Hepatitis C therapy-the future looks bright, Sohail A. Qureshi, Humaira Qureshi, and Anam Hameed
Hepatitis D: Scenario in the Asia-Pacific region, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, and Sajjad Raza
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) A Global Perspective, Peter Ferenci, Michael Fried, Douglas Labrecque, Jordi Bruix, Morris Sherman, Masao Omata, Jenny Heathcote, Teehra Piratsivuth, Mike Kew, Jesse A. Otegbayo, S. S. Zheng, S. Sarin, Saeed Hamid, Salma Barakat Modawi, Wolfgang Fleig, Suliman Fedail, Alan Thomson, Aamir Khan, Peter Malfertheiner, George Lau, Flair J. Carillo, Justus Krabshuis, and Anton Le Mair
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Hepatitis D: does it differ from Hepatitis B monoinfection?, Zaigham Abbas, Mustafa Qureshi, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
High Mortality Rates for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Developing Countries Despite Training, Waldemar A. Carlo, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Imtiaz Jehan, Elwyn Chomba, Antoinette Tshefu, Ana Garces, Sailajanandan Parida, Fernando Althabe, Elizabeth M. McClure, Richard J. Derman, Robert L. Goldenberg, Carl Bose, Michael Hambidge, Pinaki Panigrahi, Pierre Buekens, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Tyler D. Hartwell, Janet Moore, and Linda L. Wright
High-risk behaviours among juvenile prison inmates in Pakistan, A. Altaf; N. Z. Janjua; S. Kristensen; N. A. Zaidi; A. Memon; E. W., III Hook; S. H. Vermund; and S. A. Shah
History of neurosurgery in Kenya, East Africa, Mubashir Mahmood Qureshi and David Oluoch-Olunya
HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant Form in Nepal, Aniqa Shahid, Sameer M. Dixit, V. L. Gurbacharya, Dibesh Karmacharya, and Syed H. Ali
HIV/AIDS and pregnancy-related deaths in Blantyre, Malawi, V. M. Lema, C. Kanyighe, J. Changole, and E. V. Malunga
HIV and homosexuality in Pakistan, Abdullah Khan
HIV and homosexuality in Pakistan, Alepyah Rajabali, Saeed Khan, Haider J. Warraich, Mohammad R. Khanani, and Syed H. Ali
HIV and homosexuality in Pakistan Reply, Alefiyah Rajabali and Syed H. Ali
HIV-Associated pulmonary hypertension: case report, J. Shavadia, S. Das, and G. Yonga
HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C coinfection in Kenya, Reena Shah Harania, Jane Karuru, Mark Nelson, and Justin Stebbing
Hodgkin lymphoma in Pakistan: an analysis of subtypes and their correlation with Epstein Barr virus., Samia Fatima, Rashida Ahmed, and Arsalan Ahmed
Home school relationships: Challenges for teachers and head teachers in Pakistan, Qamar Safdar
Hospital ethics committees: time to move beyond the obvious., Robyna Irshad Khan
Hospital Outcomes of Obstetrical-Related Acute Renal Failure in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Akhtar Ali, Mahrukh Ayesha Ali, Mohammad Usman Ali, and Shad Mohammad
How students learn about right and wrong in the first year of a Pakistani private school, Nilofar Vazir
How successful are women's groups in health promotion and disease prevention? A synthesis of the literature and recommendations for developing countries., S. Akhund and A. K Yousafzai
How teachers become action researchers in Pakistan: Emerging patterns from a qualitative metasynthesis, Nelofer Halai
How to teach the art of “doing” research: Lessons learnt from teacher education program in Pakistan, Nilofar Vazir and Rashida Qureshi
How we developed a bioethics theme in an undergraduate medical curriculum, Kulsoom Ghias, Syeda Kauser Ali, Kausar S. Khan, Robyna Khan, Murad M. Khan, Arshi Farooqui, and Parvez Nayani
Hughes-Stovin syndrome., Umair Khalid and Taimur Saleem
Human metapneumovirus in Hospitalized Children in Amman, Jordan, Syed Asad Ali, John V. Williams, Qingxia Chen, Sameer Faori, Assem Shehabi, Eshan Al Jundi, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, and Natasha Halasa
Human papillomavirus infection in women with and without cervical cancer in Karachi, Pakistan, S. A. Raza, S. Franceschi, S. Pallardy, F. R. Malik, B. I. Avan, A. Zafar, S. H. Ali, S. Pervez, S. Serajuddaula, P. J. F. Snijders, F. J. van Kemenade, C. J. L. M. Meijer, S. Shershah, and G. M. Clifford
Human placental IGF-I and IGF-II expression: correlating maternal and infant anthropometric variables and micronutrients at birth in the Pakistani population, S. K. Akram, M. Akram, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and O. Soder
Human rights are mutual obligations: The perceptions of Pakistani muslim women about rights and freedom, Rashida Qureshi
Hydatid disease of the breast, Imrana Masroor, M. Azeemuddin, S. Khan, and A. Barakzai
ICPD to MDGs: Missing links and common grounds., Farina G Abrejo, Babar Shaikh, and Sarah Saleem
Icterus Neonatorum in Near-Term and Term Infants: An overview., Rehan Ali, Shakeel Ahmed, Maqbool Qadir, and Khalil Ahmad
Identification of antiplatelet and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory constituents in betel nut., Muhammad Nabeel Ghayur, Syed Faraz Kazim, Huma Rasheed, Asaad Khalid, Maliha Iqbal Jumani, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, and Anwar Gilani
Identification of hemoglobin Q india (alpha 1-64 Asp-His) through ARMS-PCR. First report from Pakistan, Bushra Moiz, Tariq Moatter, Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi, Nazish Hashmi, Toheed Kauser, Amna Nasir, and Mohammad Khurshid
Identification of immunogenic regions within the alternative reading frame protein of hepatitis C virus (genotype 3), H. Qureshi, R. Qazi, S. Hamid, and S. A. Qureshi
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
Idiopathic adult ileoileal and ileocolic intussusception in situs inversus totalis: a rare coincidence., Nazish Butt, Syed H Shah, Abdul R. Alvi, and Saba Hassan
Ileosigmoid knotting- a rare variant of bowel volvulus, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Shahida Bibi, Shahrukh Effendi, and Salma Khan
Imaging and Intervention of Paraneoplastic Effect of a Right Atrial Myxoma on Factor VII Activity Levels, Saulat Hasnain Fatimi, Ranish Deedar-Ali-Khawaja, and Sarah K. Kiani
Immunophenotypic profile of acute leukemias at Agakhan University Hospital, Nairobi, Beatrice M. Kabera
Immunophenotyping of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Evelyne N. M. Babu
Impact: Making a difference, Abdul Hameed Lone, Abdul Jahan, Anila Kiani, Bahadur Ali Khan, Safida Ayoub, and Shakoor Muhammad
Impact of a bleeding care pathway in the management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding., Khalid Mumtaz, Lubna Kamani, Saeed Hamid, Shahab Abid, Hasnain A Shah, and Wasim Jafri
Impact of Afghan refugees on the infectious disease profile of Pakistan: beyond economy, Ali Jawaid, Abdul Mueed Zafar, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Impact of age on outcome after colorectal cancer surgery in the elderly - a developing country perspective, M. R. Khan, Hassaan Bari, Syed Nabeel Zafar, and Syed Ahsan Raza
Impact of a Voice Recognition System on Radiology Report Turnaround Time: Experience From a Non-English-Speaking South Asian Country, Waseem Akhtar, Arif Ali, and Kashif Mirza
Impact of Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination on Neuroradiological Manifestations of Pediatric Tuberculous Meningitis, Mohammad Wasay, Saad Ajmal, Ather M. Taqui, Najam Uddin, Iqbal Azam, Yousuf Husen, and Syed Qamaruddin Nizami
Impact of Charlson's comorbidity index on overall survival following tumor nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, M Hammad Ather and Syed M. Nazim
Impact of Immunofluorescence on the Histological Pattern of Pediatric Kidney Biopsies from Northern Pakistan, Akhtar Ali, Mohammad Usman Ali, and Mahrukh Ayesha Ali
Impact of infection control activities on the rate of needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan over a period of six years: an observational study., Afia Zafar, Faiza Habib, Roshan Hadwani, Muslima Ejaz, Khurshid Khowaja, Rozina Khowaja, and Seema Irfan
Impact of interventions to prevent and manage preeclampsia and eclampsia on stillbirths, Mehnaz Jabeen, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Aamer Imdad, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Impact of intracranial pressure monitoring on mortality in severe head injury at The Aga Khan University Hospital and The Nairobi Hospital, Abdirahaman N. Mohamed
Impact of maternal education about complementary feeding and provision of complementary foods on child growth in developing countries, Aamer Imdad, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Impact of Patient's Self-Viewing of Flexible Cystoscopy on Pain Using a Visual Analog Scale in a Randomized Controlled Trial, Kashifuddin Q. Soomro, A. Razaq Nasir, and M. Hammad Ather
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
Impact of today's media on university student's body image in Pakistan: a conservative, developing country's perspective, Amad Naseer Khan, Salema Khalid, Hussain I. Khan, and Mehnaz Jabeen
Impact of vitamin A supplementation on infant and childhood mortality, Aamer Imdad, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Christopher Sudfeld, Batool A. Haider, Robert E. Black, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Implantable port devices are catheters of choice for administration of chemotherapy in pediatric oncology patients-a clinical experience in Pakistan., Barkat Hooda, Gulrose Lalani, Zehra Fadoo, and Ghaffar Billoo
Implementing a public-private mix model for tuberculosis treatment in urban Pakistan: lessons and experiences, S. A. Naqvi, M. Naseer, A. Kazi, A. Pethani, I. Naeem, S. Zainab, and Zafar Fatmi
Implementing community-based perinatal care: results from a pilot study in rural Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zahid A. Memon, Sajid Soofi, Muhammad Suhail Salat, Simon Cousens, and Jose Martines
Improvement of perinatal and newborn care in rural Pakistan through community-based strategies: a cluster-randomised effectiveness trial, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Sajid Soofi, Simon Cousens, Shah Mohammad, Zahid A. Memon, Imran Ali, Asher Feroze, Farrukh Raza, Amanullah Khan, Steve Wall, and Jose Martines
Improving quality of education through enhancement of teachers’ capacity: Policy implications for higher education in Pakistan, Mir Afzal Tajik
Inadvertent Intrathecal Injection of PEG-asparaginase, Ahmed Naqvi and Zehra Fadoo
Incidence and etiology of omphalitis in Pakistan: a community-based cohort study, Fatima Mir, Shiyam Sundar Tikmani, Sadia Shakoor, Haider Javed Warraich, Shazia Sultana, Syed Asad Ali, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Incidence and impact of baseline electrolyte abnormalities in patients admitted with chemotherapy induced febrile neutropenia., Asim Jamal Shaikh, Samira Ahmed Bawany, Nehal Masood, Ausaf Ahmed Khan, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Syed Najeeb Niamutullah, Adnan Zaidi, Salman Adil, and Shiyam Kumar
Incidence and pattern of unintentional injuries and resulting disability among children under 5 years of age: results of the National Health Survey of Pakistan, Zafar Fatmi, Ambreen Kazi, Wilbur C. Haddend, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Junaid A. Razzak, and Gregory Pappas
Incidence and predictors of infection in patients undergoing primary isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: a report from a tertiary care hospital in a developing country, D. Ahmed, F. H. Cheema, Y. I. Ahmed, S. I. Azam, S. A. Sami, and Hasanat Sharif
Incidence and trends of prostate cancer in Karachi South, 1995-2002., Yasmin Bhurgri, Naila Kayani, Shahid Pervez, Rashida Ahmed, Imran Tahir, Muneeza Afif, Ahmed Usman, Naveen Faridi, Imtiaz Bashir, Asif Bhurgri, Sheema H Hasan, and S. M. H. Zaidi
Incidence of Blinding Vitamin A Deficiency in North West Frontier Province and its Adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, Mohammad Aman Khan, Clare Gilbert, Mohammad Daud Khan, Mohammad Babar Qureshi, and Khabir Ahmad
Incidence of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a population-based prospective study in Pakistan, Shiyam Sundar Tikmani, Haider Javed Warraich, Farrukh Abbasi, Arjumand Rizvi, Gary L. Darmstadt, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Incidence of pneumonia, bacteremia, and invasive pneumococcal disease in Pakistani children, Aatekah Owais, Shiyam S. Tikmani, Shazia Sultana, Umber Zaman, Imran Ahmed, Salim Allana, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Incidence of Typhoid Bacteremia in Infants and Young Children in Southern Coastal Pakistan, Aatekah Owais, Shazia Sultana, Umber Zaman, Arjumand Rizvi, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Incidence, trends and morphology of ovarian cancer in Karachi (1995-2002)., Yasmin Bhurgri, Yasmeen Shaheen, Naila Kayani, Kauser Nazir, Rashida Ahmed, Ahmed Usman, Imtiaz Bashir, Faridoon Setna, Asif Bhurgri, Sheema H Hasan, and S. M. H. Zaidi
Inclusive education in Pakistan: An occupational therapist’s contribution to teacher education, Debbie Kramer-Roy
Incomplete, atypical kawasaki disease or evolving systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case report., Shakeel Shaikh, Sidra Ishaque, and Taimur Saleem
Increased isolation of Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Inaba over serotype Ogawa in Pakistan., Kauser Jabeen, A Zafar, and R Hasan
Increase in isolation of extended spectrum beta lactamase producing multidrug resistant non typhoidal Salmonellae in Pakistan., Kauser Jabeen, Afia Zafar, Seema Irfan, Erum Khan, Vikram Mehraj, and Rumina Hasan
Increase in Teachers' Knowledge About ADHD After a Week-Long Training Program A Pilot Study, Ehsan Ullah Syed and Sajida Abdul Hussein
Increasing Trend of Resistance to Penicillin, Tetracycline, and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Pakistan (1992-2009)., Kauser Jabeen, Summiya Nizamuddin, Seema Irfan, Erum Khan, Faisal Malik, and Afia Zafar
Infection control education: Impact on ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in a public sector intensive care unit in Pakistan, M. S. Khan, S. Z. Siddiqui, S. Haider, Afia Zafar, F. Zafar, R. N. Khan, K. Afshan, A. Jabeen, M. S. Khan, and R. Hasan
Infection-related stillbirths, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sarah Saleem, and Uma M. Reddy
Infertility and polycystic ovarian syndrome: A study of association between body mass index and intrafamily marriages, Fauzia Haq and Javed Rizvi
Infiltrated leishmaniasis recidivans cutis on the face: a rare clinical presentation, Sadia Masood, Shaheen Naveed, and Rehan Uddin Alvi
Influence of an enforcement campaign on seat-belt and helmet wearing, karachi-hala highway, pakistan., Junaid A. Bhatti, Kiran Ejaz, Junaid A Razzak, Israr Ali Tunio, and Irshad Sodhar
Inhibitory effect of curcuminoids on acetylcholinesterase activity and attenuation of scopolamine-induced amnesia may explain medicinal use of turmeric in Alzheimer's disease, Touqeer Ahmed and Anwar Gilani
In-house daily consensus conference: an important quality control/quality assurance activity--experience at a major referral center., Amna Khurshid, Zubair Ahmad, and Asim Qureshi
Initial results of Pakistan's first road traffic injury surveillance project., Shahzad Shamim, J. Razzak, Rashid Jooma, and Uzma Khan
Initiating change in classrooms: Pathways and challenges for East African schools, Anjum Halai, Ruth Otienoh, Zeenat Shariff, and Naomi Swat
Initiating change in mathematics classrooms, Anjum Halai
In or out of the action zone: Location as a feature of interaction in large ESL classes in Pakistan, Fauzia Shamim
Insights into mechanisms underlying the gut and airways modulatory effects of Swertia chirata., Arif-ullah Khan, Ashfaque Rahim, Zafar Iqbal, and Anwar Gilani
Institutional review boards - a mixed blessing., Taimur Saleem and Umair Khalid
Integration of geriatrics into a spiral undergraduate medical curriculum in Pakistan: evaluation and feedback of third-year medical students., S. R. Sabzwari, S. Bhanji, and Rukhsana W. Zuberi
Integration of learning spaces and modes in the ELT class: A case inquiry paper, Mariam Farooq
Intensive Insulin Therapy in Brain Injury: A Meta-Analysis, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Aftab Iqbal, Mauricio F. Farez, Suyog Kamatkar, and Marc A. de Moya
Interferon alpha for chronic Hepatitis D, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Arsalan Khan, Mohammad Salih, and Wasim Jafri
International Issues: Neurology training in Pakistan My experience as a neurology resident, Uzma Usman
International Perspective on Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis, Hammad A. Ganatra, Barbara J. Stoll, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Interventions for trichomoniasis in pregnancy, A. Metin Guelmezoglu and Maimoona Azhar
Intimate partner violence in urban Pakistan: prevalence, frequency, and risk factors., Tazeen Ali, Nargis Asad, Ingrid Mogren, and Gunilla Krantz
Intracranial atherosclerotic disease., Maria Khan, Imama Naqvi, Asha Bansari, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome using ejaculated sperm and retrieved sperm in azoospermic men., Tahira Naru, M. Nasir Sulaiman, Atiya Kidwai, M. Hammad Ather, Sana Waqar, Saadia Virk, and Javed H Rizvi
Intradiploic epidermoid cyst overlying the torcula: a surgical challenge., Amad Naseer Khan, Salema Khalid, and Syed Ather Enam
Intramyocardial hematoma after coronary perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention--anticipated and treated., Nasir Rahman, Hasanat Sharif, and Fahim H Jafary
Intravenous Immune Globulin for Severe Acute Myocarditis in Children, Anwarul Haque, Samreen Bhatti, and Fahad J. Siddiqui
Intricacies in the surgical management of appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma: a case report and review of the literature., Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Rashida Ahmed, and Taimur Saleem
Introducing a new cadre into Uganda’s health care system: lessons learnt from the implementation process, Gerald M. Amandu, Leana R. Uys, Joseph Mwizerwa, Alex Erejo, Irene A. Cheruto, and Margaret Chota
Introducing reflective practice to teachers in an English medium lower secondary private school in Chitral, Tajuddin Sharar
Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma of Breast: An Under-recognized Entity. A series of Eight Cases, Zeeshan Uddin, Romana Idrees, Kanwal Aftab, and Naila Kayani
Inversion, Hydration and Diuresis during Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: Does It Improve the Stone-Free Rate for Lower Pole Stone Clearance?, Stefanos Albanis, M Hammad Ather, Athanasios G. Papatsoris, Junaid Masood, Dimitrios Staios, Taufiq Sheikh, Sobia Akhtar, and Noor Buchholz
Investigating an outbreak of acute Viral Hepatitis caused by Hepatitis E virus variants in Karachi, South Pakistan, Anis Khan, Yasuhito Tanaka, Fuat Kurbanov, Abeer Elkady, Z Abbas, Zahid Azam, Amna Subhan, Sajjad Razza, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri, James Shih, Ningshao Xia, Kazuaki Takahashi, Shunji Mishiro, and Masashi Mizokami
In vitro Activity of Tigecycline and Other Tetracyclines against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter Species: Report from a Tertiary Care Centre in Karachi, Pakistan, Sadia Shakoor, Erum Khan, Afia Zafar, and Rumina Hasan
In vitro sensitivity of Blastocystis hominis to garlic, ginger, white cumin, and black pepper used in diet, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Asim Beg, Shagufta Naz, Safia Awan, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
In vivo anthelmintic activity of Azadirachta indica A. Juss seeds against gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep, Z. Iqbal, M. Lateef, A. Jabbar, and Anwar Gilani
Involvement of bone marrow with intravascular large B-cell lymphoma., Raihan M Sajid and Adnan Qureshi
Irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric disorders in pakistan: a case control study., Amna Subhan Butt, Mohammad Salih, Wasim Jafri, Javed Yakoob, Mohammad Wasay, and Saeed Hamid
Irritable bowel syndrome: is it associated with genotypes of Blastocystis hominis, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Mohammad Asim Beg, Zaigham Abbas, Shagufta Naz, Muhammad Islam, and Rustam Khan
Is Acanthamoeba pathogenicity associated with intracellular bacteria?, Graeme Neil Paterson, Michael Rittig, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
Ischemic Stroke in Young Asian Women: Risk Factors, Subtypes and Outcome, Mohammad Wasay, Subhash Kaul, Bindu Menon, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Padma Gunaratne, Ahmed Khalifa, Niphon Poungvarin, Mohammad Saadatnia, Robert Ngo Gan, Alper Dai, and M. M. Mehndiratta
Is fascin really a useful marker in distinguishing between classical Hodgkin's lymphoma and various types of Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in difficult cases?, Romana Idrees, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Aamir Ahsan, and Shahid Pervez
Is full colonoscopic examination necessary in young patients with fresh bleeding per rectum?, A. B. Khalid, S. Majid, M. Salih, F. Hashmat, and W. Jafri
Is it Time to Replace Iron Folate Supplements in Pregnancy with Multiple Micronutrients?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Aamer Imdad, Usha Ramakrishnan, and Reynaldo Martorell
Isolated adult hypoganglionosis presenting as sigmoid volvulus: a case report., Irfan Qadir, Muhammad Musa Salick, Abrar Barakzai, and Hasnain Zafar
Isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient, Irfan Qadir, Farheen Ali, Umair Z. Malik, and Masood Umer
Isolated tuberculosis of C2 spinous process., Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Muhammad Zubair Tahir, and Rashid Jooma
Isolation frequency and susceptibility patterns of Nocardia species at a tertiary hospital laboratory in Karachi, Pakistan, Safia Bibi, Seema Irfan, Afia Zafar, and E. Khan
Isotretinoin Associated Reversible Hypothyroidism, Muhammad Qamar Masood and Haris Hakeem
Is Ritual Cleansing a Missing Link Between Fatal Infection and Brain-Eating Amoebae?, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui and Naveed Ahmed Khan
Issues of teacher development in Pakistani school, Razia Fakir Mohammad
Is urgent coronary artery bypass grafting a safe option in octogenarians? A developing country perspective., Zubair Luqman, Junaid Ansari, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, and Shahid Ahmed Sami
Jejunoduodenogastric intussusception secondary to percutaneous gastrostomy tube in an adult patient., Yasir Jamil, Muhammad Idris, Nazia Kashif, Tariq Alam, Sidra Idris, and Wasim A Memon
Kaposi Sarcoma in Association With Molluscum Contagiosum: An Uncommon Diagnosis in a Single Biopsy and Potential Diagnostic Pitfall, Satya Vara Prasad Busarla, Shahin Sayed, Rosalynn M. Nazarian, Devon C. Gimbel, Zahir Moloo, and Aliyah R. Sohani
Katha of leadership: Re-imagining educational leadership, Zubeda Bana
Key strategies for teachers new to controversial issues, Bernadette L. Dean and Rahat Joldoshalieva
Kinetics of Trihalogenated Acetic Acid Metabolism and Isoform Specificity in Liver Microsomes, Shakil A. Saghir, Burhan I. Ghanayem, and Irvin R. Schultz
Knowledge and awareness about cervical cancer and its prevention amongst interns and nursing staff in Tertiary Care Hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan., Syed Faizan Ali, Samia Ayub, Nauman Fazal Manzoor, Sidra Azim, Muneeza Afif, Nida Akhtar, Wassi Ali Jafery, Imran Tahir, Syed Farid-Ul-Hasnian, and Najam Uddin
Knowledge and Practice Gaps among Pediatric Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital Karachi Pakistan., Rozina Roshan Essani and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Knowledge, attitude and practices of non-oncologist physicians regarding cancer and palliative care: a multi-center study from Pakistan., Asim Jamal Shaikh, Nisar Ahmed Khokhar, Sajjad Raza, Shiyam Kumar, Ghulam Haider, Aneeta Ghulam Haider, Rabia Muhammad, and Nehal Masood
Knowledge, attitudes and practice of university students regarding waterpipe smoking in Pakistan, Javaid Khan, A. M. Zafar, T-U. Rehman, M. R. Nazir, Z. A. Ghafoor, O. Afzal, and J. A. Khan
Knowledge, attitudes and practices around health research: the perspective of physicians-in-training in Pakistan, Hassan Khan, Sadaf Khan, and Arshad Iqbal
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Survey Based on Two Pilot-Tested, Self-Administered Questionnaires Administered to Consenting Faculty and Resident Participants and Retrieved in a Sealed, Anonymized Envelope, Shahzad A. Khan and Sadaf Khan
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of barbers about hepatitis B and C transmission in Hyderabad, Pakistan., A. H. Jokhio, T. A. Bhatti, and S. Memon
Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding gemstone therapeutics in a selected adult population in Pakistan, Sidra Ishaque, Taimur Saleem, and Waris Qidwai
Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan, Taimur Saleem, Sidra Ishaque, Nida Habib, Syedda Saadia Hussain, Areeba Jawed, Aamir Ali Khan, Muhammad Imran Ahmad, Mian Omer Iftikhar, Hamza Pervez Mughal, and Imtiaz Jehan
Knowledge, awareness and practices regarding dengue fever among the adult population of dengue hit cosmopolitan., Ahmed Itrat, Abdullah Khan, Sunniya Javaid, Mahwash Kamal, Hassan Khan, Sannia Javed, Saira Kalia, Adil Haleem Khan, Muhammad Imran Sethi, and Imtiaz Jehan
Knowledge gaps in stroke care: results of a survey of family physicians in Pakistan., Mohammad Wasay, Bhojo Khealani, Adnan Yousuf, Iqbal Azam, Suresh L Rathi, Abdul Malik, and Anwar Haq
Knowledge of asthma management by general practitioners in Karachi, Pakistan: comparison with international guidelines, Nizar Bhulani, Saima Lalani, Aziez Ahmed, Yahya Jan, Urooba Faheem, Ayub Khan, Zahra Samani, Wahaj Aman, Faria Bhatti, Omar Hayat, and Sarah Saleem
Knowledge of primary paediatric care providers regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disorder: a study from Pakistan, Ali Jawaid, A. M. Zafar, A. Naveed, S. Sheikh, S. Waheed, M. A. Zafar, E. U. Syed, and Zafar Fatmi
Knowledge, perceptions and myths regarding infertility among selected adult population in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study, Sumera Ali, Raafay Sophie, Ayesha M. Imam, Faisal I. Khan, Syed F. Ali, Annum Shaikh, and Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain
Kwashiorkor and severe acute malnutrition in childhood - Reply, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Robert E. Black, Simon Cousens, and Tahmeed Ahmed
Lack of improvement after audit assessing the management of voiding dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury: necessity for institutional guidelines., Syed Johar Raza, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Saniya Siraj Godil, S. Raziuddin Biyabani, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, Rajesh Kumar, Atta ul Aleem Bhatti, and Saeed Soomro
Laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis: Is this a feasible option for developing countries?, Rajab Ali, M. R. Khan, Turab Pishori, and Mohammad Tayeb
Laparoscopic appendicectomy at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, S. C. Patel, G. F. Jumba, and S. Akmal
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, S. C. Patel and J. R. Bhatt
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients: feasibility in a developing country., Mohammad Tayeb, M. R. Khan, and Nazia Riaz
Laparoscopic management of an ovarian ectopic pregnancy: case report, Y. Patel, S. Z. Wanyonyi, and F. S. Rana
Large congenital mesenteric defect presenting in an adult., Zia ur Rehman and Sadaf Khan
Large mesothelial cyst of the mediastinum causing respiratory distress., Saulat H. Fatimi, Muhammad A Javed, and Usman Ahmad
Large thymic carcinoma presenting with right ventricular failure: a case report., Taimur Saleem, S. H. Fatimi, and U. Khalid
Laser surgery for glaucoma, Daniel Kiage and Karim F. Damji
Late Concomitant Pseudoaneurysm and Arteriovenous Fistula of the Subclavian Artery: A Developing Country Perspective, Saulat H. Fatimi, Ranish Deedar-Ali-Khawaja, Samiullah Khan Niazi, and Zubair Luqman
Latex glove laparoscopic pyeloplasty model: a novel method for simulated training., Syed Johar Raza, Kashifuddin Q Soomroo, and M Hammad Ather
Layers within layers ... self-regulation in a complex learning environment, Rukhsana W. Zuberi
Leaders as agents of change and their change strategies, Mir Afzal Tajik
Leadership and management - are they alike?, Sajid Ali
Lead pollution - a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in Asian developing countries., Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
Learner resistance to innovation in classroom methodology, Fauzia Shamim
Learning and modes to ascertain learning: Perception, purpose and practice, Unaeza Alvi
Learning communities in education : Issues, strategies and contexts, John Retallick, Barry Cocklin, and kennece Coombe
Learning from research partnerships: Key themes and challenges, Zubeda Bana
Learning mathematical rules with reasoning, Shahida Baig and Anjum Halai
Learning, re‐learning and un‐learning: Our journey across the dissertation process: Reflections of two student teachers, Shairoz Ismail and Noor Hussain
Least common multiple of teacher leadership styles: Implication for classroom, Khalid Mahmood
Lessons learnt, Rashida Qureshi and Fauzia Shamim
Level and Determinants of Kidney Function in a South Asian Population in Pakistan, Tazeen Jafar, Muhammad Islam, Saleem Jessani, Rasool Bux, Lesley A. Inker, Christophe Mariat, and andrew S. Levey
Life threatening spinal shock and complete neurological recovery following minor spinal cord trauma in a patient with pre-existing cervical canal stenosis: case report, Vitalis Mung’ayi, Mahmood Qureshi, and John Bugo
Light and enlightenment, Jan-e-Alam Khaki
Linkages Among Reproductive Health, Maternal Health, and Perinatal Outcomes, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Zohra S. Lassi, Ann Blanc, and France Donnay
Linking families and facilities for care at birth: What works to avert intrapartum-related deaths?, Anne C. C. Lee, Joy E. Lawn, Simon Cousens, Vishwajeet Kumar, David Osrin, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Steven N. Wall, Allyala K. Nandakumar, Uzma Syed, and Gary L. Darmstadt
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
Lipoproteins inhibit platelet aggregation and arachidonic acid metabolism in experimental hypercholesterolaemia, Rukhsana Aslam, Sheikh A. Saeed, Sagheer Ahmed, and John D. Connor
Localised fungal infection in a prosthetic mesh treated conservatively., Mehwash Nadeem, Hasnain Zafar, and Muhammad Shahrukh Effendi
Long-term follow-up of a child with primary lymph node gastrinoma and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, Zafar Nazir
Low birthweight babies: socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of adolescent mothers at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, A. Wasunna and K. Mohammed
Lung function decrement with arsenic exposure to drinking groundwater along River Indus: a comparative cross-sectional study, Asaad A. Nafees, Ambreen Kazi, Zafar Fatmi, Muhammad Irfan, Arif Ali, and Fujio Kayama
Lymphangiosarcoma of the arm presenting with lymphedema in a woman 16 years after mastectomy: a case report., Yasir J Sepah, Masood Umer, Asim Qureshi, and Shaista Khan
Lymphoma cases referred to the radiation oncology service of a tertiary referral university hospital in Karachi, Pakistan: a retrospective study., Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Sumaiya Zahid, Farrok Karsan, Nasir Ali, and Yasmin Bhurgri
Lymphomas in sub-Saharan Africa - what can we learn and how can we help in improving diagnosis, managing patients and fostering translational research?, Kikkeri N. Naresh; Martine Raphael; Leona Ayers; Nina Hurwitz; Valeria Calbi; Emily Rogena; Shahin Sayed; Omar Sherman; Hazem A.H. Ibrahim; Stefano Lazzi; Vasileios Mourmouras; Patricia Rince; Jessie Githanga; Bessie Byakika; Emma Moshi; Muheez Durosinmi; Babatunde J. Olasode; Olayiwola A. Oluwasola; Effiong E. Akang; Yetunde Akeno` va,; Melissa Adde; Ian Magrath; and Lorenzo Leoncini
Macro CK in patients with elevated troponin I levels., Ruchika Kohli-Kochhar, Evelyne Mulwa, Geoffrey Omuse, and Peter Ojwang
Magnetic resonance imaging in cervical facet dislocation: a third world perspective., Manzar Hussain, Sadaf Nasir, Ghulam Murtaza, Umber Moeed, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
Mainstreaming interventions in the health sector to address maternal and child undernutrition, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Meera Shekar, and Tahmeed Ahmed
Making a difference - Drug resistant infections in poor countries - A major burden on children, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Male gender preference, female gender disadvantage as risk factors for psychological morbidity in Pakistani women of childbearing age - a life course perspective, Farah Qadir, Murad M. Khan Dr., Girmay Medhin, and Martin Prince
Malignant adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: a case report with review of literature., Asim Qureshi, Naila Kayani, and Rubina Gulzar
Malignant lymphoma subtypes in a private hospital in Nairobi: a retrospective cross-sectional study, Omar A. Sherman
Malnutrition kills directly, not indirectly - Reply, Robert E. Black, Laura Caulfield, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Cesar G. Victora
Management of allergic fungal sinusitis with intracranial spread, Mubasher Ikram, Shabbir Akhtar, Shehzad Ghaffar, and Syed Ather Enam
Management of allergic fungal sinusitis with postoperative oral and nasal steroids: a controlled study., Mubasher Ikram, Akbar Abbas, Anwar Suhail, Maisam Abbas Onali, Shabbir Akhtar, and Moghira Iqbal
Management of an extensive spinal epidural abscess from C-1 to the sacrum, Muhammad Z. Tahir, Rameez Ul Hassan, and S. Ather Enam
Management of Newborn Infections in Primary Care Settings A Review of the Evidence and Implications for Policy?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Durrane Thaver, Quratulain Humayun, Samana Ali, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Management of penetrating brain injury., Syed Faraz Kazim, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Muhammad Zubair Tahir, S. Ather Enam, and Shahan Waheed
Management of post-partum hemorrhage in low-income countries, Gijs Walraven, Sikolia Wanyonyi, and William Stones
Management of post-partum hemorrhage in low-income countries, Gijs Walraven, Sikolia Wanyonyi, and William Stones
Managing school success: A case study from Pakistan, John Retallick
Managing severe pneumonia in children in developing countries - Increasing resistance to first line antibiotics means recommendations need changing, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Massive fluid requirements and an unusual BUN/creatinine ratio for pre-renal failure in patients with cholera., Muhammad Tariq; Murtaza Memon; Asif Jafferani; Sana Shoukat; Saqib Ali Gowani; Rabeeya Nusrat; Mehmood Riaz; Junaid Patel; Bushra Jamil; and Raymond A., Jr Smego
Maternal and child undernutrition 1 - Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences, Robert E. Black, Lindsay H. Allen, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Laura E. Caulfield, Mercedes de Onis, Majid Ezzati, Colin Mathers, and Juan Rivera
Maternal and Child Undernutrition 3 - What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Robert E. Black, Simon Cousens, Kathryn Dewey, Elsa Giugliani, Botool A. Haider, Betty Kirkwood, Saul S. Morris, H. P. S. Sachdev, and Meera Shekar
Maternal health and survival in Pakistan: issues and options., Yasir P Khan, Shereen Z Bhutta, Shama Munim, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Maternal micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Batool Azra Haider
Maternal Nutrition and Birth Outcomes: Effect of Balanced Protein-Energy Supplementation, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Measles in Children Younger Than 9 Months in Pakistan, Ali Faisal Saleem, Anita Zaidi, Adnan Ahmed, Haider Warraich, and Fatima Mir
Measles susceptibility in children in Karachi, Pakistan, Sana Sheikh, Syed Asad Ali, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Ajmal Agha, Asif Khowaja, Salim Allana, Shahida Qureshi, and Iqbal Azam
Mechanisms underlying the antispasmodic and bronchodilatory properties of Terminalia bellerica fruit, Anwar Gilani, Arif-ullah Khan, Tuba Ali, and Saad Ajmal
Mediastinal lymphomas: Primary Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-cell Lymphoma versus classical Hodgkin lymphoma, histopathologic dilemma solved?, Shahid Pervez and Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja
Mediastinal mass diagnosed as a benign schwannoma, S. Ayub, M. T. Shakoor, S. Hasan, and J. A. Khan
Medical education: meeting the challenge of implementing primary health care in sub-saharan Africa, Mushtaq Ahmed, Camer W. Vellani, and Alex O. Awiti
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 S. Shafqat
Meeting the 2015 Millennium Development Goals with new interventions for abused women., Rozina Karmaliani, Shireen Shehzad, Saima Shams Hirani, Nargis Asad, Shela Akbar Ali Hirani, and Judith McFarlane
Meningioma-like lesions in Erdheim Chester disease, Rohana Naqi, Muhammad Azeemuddin, Romana Idrees, and Mohammad Wasay
Menstrual knowledge and practices of female adolescents in urban Karachi, Pakistan., Tazeen Saeed Ali and Syeda Naghma Rizvi
Mentoring as leadership in action, Rana Hussain and Hiba Rahim
Mentoring for teacher development: Experiences from in-service setting, Haji Karim Khan and Anjum Halai
Mentoring in-service teachers: Issues of role diversity, Anjum Halai
Mentor, mentee and mathematics: A story of professional development, Anjum Halai
Mesenteric panniculitis with pedal edema in a 33-year-old Pakistani man: a case report and literature review., Abdul M Zafar, Muhamad A Rauf, Tabish Chawla, and Gule Khanda
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
Metallo-beta-lactamase-producing clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from intensive care unit patients of a tertiary care hospital., S Irfan, A Zafar, D Guhar, T Ahsan, and R Hasan
Metastasis on bone scan with low prostate specific antigen (≤20 ng/ml) and Gleason's score (<8) in newly diagnosed Pakistani males with prostate cancer: should we follow Western guidelines?, Maseeh uz Zaman, Nosheen Fatima, and Zafar Sajjad
Methodological issues and tensions: Reflections on conducting ethnographic research with women in Booni Valley, Chitral district, Pakistan, Almina Pardhan
Microdiscectomy for Lumbosacral Disc Herniation and Frequency of Failed Disc Surgery, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Maria Adnan Parekh, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, Syed Ather Enam, and Faraz Khursheed
Micronutrient needs of malnourished children, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Microsurgical excisions of vestibular schwannomas: A tumor-size-based analysis of neurological outcomes and surgical complications., Syed Faraz Kazim, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, S. Ather Enam, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
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
Military government support of science in Pakistan is illusory, M. N. Siddiqi and Abdul Wahab Yusufzai
Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis for tibial plateau fractures., Hasnain Raza, Pervaiz Hashmi, Kashif Abbas, and Kamran Hafeez
Misoprostol in addition to routine treatment of postpartum hemorrhage: a hospital-based randomized-controlled trial in Karachi, Pakistan., N. F. Zuberi, Jill Durocher, Rozina Sikander, Neelofur Baber, Jennifer Blum, and Gijs Walraven
Missed opportunities in surveillance and screening systems to detect developmental delay: A developing country perspective, Zarmeneh Aly, Fawad Taj, and Shahnaz Ibrahim
Mitral valve replacement in a twin pregnancy, Mehreen Kisat, Saulat H. Fatimi, Lumaan Sheikh, and Khalid Samad
Mixed ductal-endocrine carcinoma of pancreas., Zubair Ahmad, Shazia Mumtaz, Saira Fatima, and Asim Qureshi
Modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: immediate and short-term follow-up results in neonates., Usman Ahmad, Saulat H. Fatimi, Iqil Naqvi, Mehnaz Atiq, Sonia S Moizuddin, Khuda Bux Sheikh, Syed Shahbuddin, Tariq M Naseem, and Muhammad A Javed
Modulations of cell cycle checkpoints during HCV associated disease., Saira Sarfraz, Saeed Hamid, Syed Ali, Wasim Jafri, and Anwar A Siddiqui
Molecular analysis of human leukocyte antigen class I and class II allele frequencies and haplotype distribution in Pakistani population., T Moatter, M Aban, S Tabassum, U Shaikh, and Shahid Pervez
Molecular analysis of the XLRS1 gene in 4 females affected with X-linked juvenile retinoschisis, Danish Saleheen, Azam Ali, Shaheen Khanum, Mohammad Z. Ozair, Moazzam Zaidi, Muhammad J. Sethi, Nadir Khan, and Philippe Frossard
Molecular and epidemiological characterisation of clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from public and private sector intensive care units in Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Irfan, J. F. Turton, J. Mehraj, S. Z. Siddiqui, S. Haider, A. Zafar, B. Memona, O. Afzal, and R. Hasan
Molecular characterization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Pakistani population, Bushra Moiz, A. Nasir, T. Moatter, Z. A. Naqvi, and M. Khurshid
Monitoring and evaluation: Theoretical underpinning, Kulsoom Jaffer and Shahzad Mithani
Morbidity and outcome of low birthweight babies of adolescent mothers at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, A. Wasunna and K. Mohammed
Morphology of the proximal femur in a Pakistani population., Masood Umer, Yasir Jamal Sepah, Afrasyab Khan, Ali Wazir, Mahmood Ahmed, and Muhammad Umar Jawad
Mortality from isolated coronary bypass surgery: a comparison of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the EuroSCORE risk prediction algorithms., Irfan Qadir, Muhammad Musa Salick, Shazia Perveen, and Hasanat Sharif
Mothers’ involvement in children’s learning, Khush Funer Murtaza
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
M. tuberculosis Central Assian Strain 1 MDR isolates have more mutations in rpoB and katG genes compared with other genotypes, Asho Ali, Zahra Hasan, Tariq Moatter, Mahnaz Tanveer, and Rumina Hasan
Multilevel Modeling of Household Contextual Determinants of Tuberculin Skin Test Positivity among Contacts of Infectious Tuberculosis Patients, Umerkot, Pakistan, Saeed Akhtar and Suresh K. Rathi
Multiple genetic variants explain measurable variance in type 2 diabetes-related traits in Pakistanis., M. Islam, Tazeen Jafar, A. R. Wood, N. M. G. De Silva, M. Caulfield, N. Chaturvedi, and T. M. Frayling
Multiple Subcutaneous Mycetomas caused by Pseudallescheria boydii: Response to therapy with oral potassium iodide solution, Fida A. Khan, Shahrukh Hashmi, and Arif R. Sarwari
Murmur and Doppler Alternans in Critical Pulmonary Stenosis, Mehnaz Atiq, Saleem Akhter, Sheikh Abdul Sattar, Shazia Mohsin, and Nadeem Aslam
Muscarinic, Ca(++) antagonist and specific butyrylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of dried ginger extract might explain its use in dementia, Muhammad N. Ghayur, Anwar Gilani, Touqeer Ahmed, Asaad Khalid, Sarfraz A. Nawaz, Joseph M. Agbedahunsi, Muhammad I. Choudhary, and Peter J. Houghton
Muscle healing and nerve regeneration in a muscle contusion model in the rat, M. J. Khattak, T. Ahmad, R. Rehman, Masood Umer, S. H. Hasan, and M. Ahmed
“Muslim” vs “islamic”, Jan-e-Alam Khaki
Mutation in NSUN2, which Encodes an RNA Methyltransferase, Causes Autosomal-Recessive Intellectual Disability, Muzammil Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Arshad Rafiq, Abdul Noor, Shobbir Hussain, Joana V. Flores, Verena Rupp, Akshita K. Vincent, Roland Malli, Ghazanfar Ali, Falak Sher Khan, Gisele E. Ishak, Dan Doherty, Rosanna Weksberg, Muhammad Ayub, Christian Windpassinger, S. H. Ibrahim, Michaela Frye, Muhammad Ansar, and John B. Vincent
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of a native polycystic kidney following renal transplantation, M. A. Rabbani, Bilal Ahmed, and M. A. Khan
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sonicate-Induced IFN?, CXCL10 and IL10 can Differentiate Severity in Tuberculosis, Zahra Hasan, N. Rao, N. Salahuddin, M. Islam, M. Ashraf, M. E. Rottenberg, and R. Hussain
Myocardial Infarction in a Youngster Due to Giant Coronary Aneurysm, Sajid H. Dhakam and Nasir Rahman
Myofibroblastoma of breast., Asim Qureshi and Naila Kayani
Myths and fallacies about epilepsy among residents of a Karachi slum area, Majid Shafiq, Mansoor Tanwir, Asma Tariq, Ayesha Saleem, Monaa Zafar, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Nasal packing after septoplasty: a randomized comparison of packing versus no packing in 88 patients., Mohammad Sohail Awan and Moghira Iqbal
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma - an update of treatment and acute radiation induced reactions from a tertiary-care hospital in Pakistan., Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Sumaiya Zahid, Yasmin Bhurgri, Nasir Ali, and Farrok Karsan
National representative body for e-health in Pakistan, Shariq Khoja, Hammad Durrani, and Zahid Ali Faheem
Naujawan aur shehri faraez, Bernadette L. Dean, Rahat Joldoshalieva, Cassandra Faria, Umme-laila Amin, and Tehseen Tanveer
Necrotising fasciitis due to Absidia corymbifera in wounds dressed with non sterile bandages, Sadia Shakoor, Kauser Jabeen, Romana Idrees, Bushra Jamil, Seema Irfan, and Afia Zafar
Needs-based workshop motivates primary teachers, Harcharan Pardhan
Neonatal Infections in the Developing World, Hammad A. Ganatra and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Neonatal mortality and prevalence of practices for newborn care in a squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study., Afsheen Ayaz and Sarah Saleem
Neonatal mortality, risk factors and causes: a prospective population-based cohort study in urban Pakistan, Imtiaz Jehan, Hillary Harris, Sohail Salat, Amna Zeb, Naushaba Mobeen, Omrana Pasha, Elizabeth M. McClure, Janet Moore, Linda L. Wright, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Neonatal resuscitation and immediate newborn assessment and stimulation for the prevention of neonatal deaths: a systematic review, meta-analysis and Delphi estimation of mortality effect, Anne C. C. Lee, Simon Cousens, Stephen N. Wall, Susan Niermeyer, Gary L. Darmstadt, Waldemar A. Carlo, William J. Keenan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Christopher Gill, and Joy E. Lawn
Neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings: What, who, and how to overcome challenges to scale up?, Stephen N. Wall, Anne C. C. Lee, Susan Niermeyer, Mike English, William J. Keenan, Wally Carlo, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Abhay Bang, Indira Narayanan, Iwan Ariawan, and Joy E. Lawn
Neonatal vitamin A supplementation and infant survival in Asia - Reply, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Batool A. Haider, Simon Cousens, Betty R. Kirkwood, and Robert E. Black
Neonatal vitamin A supplementation for the prevention of mortality and morbidity in term neonates in developing countries, Batool A. Haider and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Nephropathy in patients with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus black Africans, F. W. Wanjohi, F. C. F. Otieno, E. N. Ogola, and E. O. Amayo
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants at a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Muhammad Rehan Khan, Prem K. Maheshwari, Huma Shamim, Ali F. Saleem, Shakeel Ahmed, Syed R. Ali, and Shahnaz H Ibrahim
Neurogenic claudication and radiculopathy as delayed presentations of retained spinal bullet., Saad Ajmal, Syed Ather Enam, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Neuronal regeneration in denervated muscle following sensory and muscular neurotization, Shahryar Noordin, Mahmood Ahmed, Rasham Rehman, Tashfeen Ahmad, and Pervaiz Hashmi
Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring During Surgery for Tethered Cord Syndrome, Bhojo Khealani and Aatif M. Husain
Neurosurgical research in Pakistan: Trends of publication and quality of evidence, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Syed Ather Enam, and Syed Faraz Kazim
New advances in typhoid Fever vaccination strategies., Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, M. Imran Khan, Sajid Bashir Soofi, and R. Leon Ochiai
New Approaches to Preventing, Diagnosing, and Treating Neonatal Sepsis, Karen Edmond and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Newborn-Care Training and Perinatal Mortality in Developing Countries, Waldemar A. Carlo, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Imtiaz Jehan, Elwyn Chomba, Antoinette Tshefu, Ana Garces, Sailajanandan Parida, Fernando Althabe, Elizabeth M. McClure, Richard J. Derman, Robert L. Goldenberg, Carl Bose, Nancy F. Krebs, Pinaki Panigrahi, Pierre Buekens, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Tyler D. Hartwell, and Linda L. Wright
Newborn resuscitation in resource-limited settings, Nalini Singhal and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Newborn screening in Pakistan - lessons from a hospital-based congenital hypothyroidism screening programme., Bushra Afroze, Khadija Nuzhat Humayun, and Maqbool Qadir
New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 reply, Timothy R. Walsh, Mark A. Toleman, Jayanta B. Sarma, Seema Irfan, Neil Woodford, and David M. Livermore
Next generation of non-mammalian blood-brain barrier models to study parasitic infections of the central nervous system., Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, James Edwards-Smallbone, Robin Flynn, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
NGOs and government partnership for health systems strengthening: A qualitative study presenting viewpoints of government, NGOs and donors in Pakistan, Iram Ejaz, Babar T. Shaikh, and Narjis Rizvi
Non-formal education in Pakistan, Amima Sayeed and Aslam Aman
Noninvasive predictors of large varices in patients hospitalized with gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage., Faisal Wasim Ismail, Hasnain A Shah, Saeed Hamid, Zaigham Abbas, Shahab Abid, Khalid Mumtaz, and Wasim Jafri
Non-operative management is superior to surgical stabilization in spine injury patients with complete neurological deficits: A perspective study from a developing world country, Pakistan., Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Syed Faizan Ali, and S. Ather Enam
Non-typhoidal Salmonella rates in febrile children at sites in five Asian countries, M. Imran Khan, R. L. Ochiai, L. von Seidlein, B. Dong, S. K. Bhattacharya, M. D. Agtini, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, G. C. Do, M. Ali, D. R. Kim, M. Favorov, and J. D. Clemens
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Detects Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Akt-Independent Traits Common to Pluripotent Murine Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Malignant Counterparts, Hanna M. Romanska, Stefano Tiziani, Rachael C. Howe, Ulrich L. Guenther, Zulfiqar Guizar, and El-Nasir Lalani
Nutritional Deficiencies in the Developing World: Current Status and Opportunities for Intervention, Yasir Khan and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Observational study to assess the effectiveness of postoperative pain management of patients undergoing elective cesarean section., Samina Ismail, Khurram Shahzad, and Faraz Shafiq
Occurrence of RD149 and RD152 deletions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Pakistan, Akbar Kanji, Zahra Hasan, Mahnaz Tanveer, Rabia Laiq, and Rumina Hasan
Oligodendroglioma arising in the glial component of ovarian teratomas: a series of six cases and review of literature., Nasir Ud Din, Aisha Memon, Kanwal Aftab, Zubair Ahmad, Rashida Ahmed, and Sheema Hassan
On admission hypomagnesemia in critically ill children: Risk factors and outcome., Anwarul Haque and Ali Faisal Saleem
On becoming a “professional development teacher”: A case from Pakistan, Anjum Halai
Ontogeny of mammalian metabolizing enzymes in humans and animals used in toxicological studies, Shakil Ahmed Saghir, Sarosh Ahmed Khan, and Alene Theresa Mccoy
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
Oral Antibiotics in the Management of Serious Neonatal Bacterial Infections in Developing Country Communities, Gary L. Darmstadt, Maneesh Batra, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Oral squamous cell carcinoma in human immunodeficiency virus positive patients: clinicopathological audit, F. M. A Butt, M. L. Chindia, and F. Rana
Orbital aspergillus infection mimicking a tumour: a case report., Muhammad Ahsan Zafar, Syeda Sidra Waheed, and S. Ather Enam
Organ Trafficking: Global Solutions for a Global Problem, Tazeen Jafar
Osmotic demyelination syndrome: Case report, M. Ngunga, R. Harania, K. Hameed, and J. O. Jowi
Osseous metaplasia in a juvenile retention polyp: a case report., Rashida Ahmed, Zubair Ahmad, and Asim Qureshi
Outbreak of beriberi among African union troops in Mogadishu, Somalia, John T. Watson, Hassan El Bushra, Emmaculate J. Lebo, Godfrey Bwire, James Kiyengo, Gideon Emukule, Victor Omballa, John Tole, Muvunyi Zuberi, Robert F. Breiman, and Mark A. Katz
Outcome and haemato-toxicity of two chemotherapy regimens for childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a Kenyan hospital, William Macharia
Outcome and Prognostic Factors Seen in Pediatric Oncology Patients Admitted in PICU of a Developing Country, Nida Akhtar, Zehra Fadoo, Sukaina Panju, and Anwarul Haque
Outcome of adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia receiving the MRC UKALL XII protocol: a tertiary care centre experience, M. U. Shaikh, N. Ali, S. N. Adil, and M. Khurshid
Outcome of chronic anal fissures treated with glyceryl trinitrate at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Ilkul H. Johnbosco
Outcome of In-Hospital Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest from a Single Center in Pakistan, Anwarul Haque, Arjumand Rizvi, and Surraiya Bano
Outcome of selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal injuries from the North American National Trauma Database, S. Nabeel Zafar, A. Rushing, E. R. Haut, M. T. Kisat, C. V. Villegas, A. Chi, K. Stevens, D. T. Efron, H. Zafar, and A. H. Haider
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
Outcomes of surgical management of tracheobronchial injuries---a case series from a developing country., Saulat-H Fatimi, Hashim-M Hanif, Ameera Ahmed, Ghina Shamsi, and Marium Muzaffar
Overall and gender-based negative predictive value of a normal gated myocardial perfusion SPECT study: a single center experience, Maseeh uz Zaman, Nosheen Fatima, Abdus Samad, M. Ishaq, Zahed Rasheed, Dad J. Balcoh, Kawsih Rehman, Javeria Bano, and M. Asif Wali
Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia induced by left ventriculography during diagnostic catheterisation: a rare event., Fahim H Jafary and Azam Shafquat
Pacemaker patients' perception of unsafe activities: a survey, Masooma Aqeel, Azam Shafquat, and Nawal Salahuddin
Pakistan and Water: New Pressures on Global Security and Human Health, Gregory Pappas
Pakistan: basic education essential to underpin reforms, Muhammad Naim Siddiqi, Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, and Raza Ur Rahman
Pakistani Urban Population Demonstrates a Poor Knowledge About Cancers: A Pilot Survey, Samia Mazahir, Rabeeya Nusrat, Munira Bokutz, Nida Butool Rizvi, Nadeem Nooruddin Jaffer, Rabia Malik, Kanwal Aliraza Merchant, Ali Raza, Maria Maqsood, Syed Faridul Hasnain, and Muhammad Rizwanulhaq Khawaja
Pakistan's health policy: Appropriateness and relevance to women's health needs, Narjis Rizvi and Sania Nishtar
Palinopsia from a posteriorly placed glioma - an insight into its possible causes., Amad Naseer Khan, Rakesh Sharma, Salema Khalid, David McKean, Richard Armstrong, and Christopher Kennard
Pan-resistant Acinetobacter infection in neonates in Karachi, Pakistan., Ali Faisal Saleem, Imran Ahmed, Fatima Mir, Syed Rehan Ali, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Parental involvement in education, Darvesh Karim
Parenteral Antibiotics for the Treatment of Serious Neonatal Bacterial Infections in Developing Country Settings, Gary L. Darmstadt, Maneesh Batra, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Parents as partners in the learning community, Qamar Safdar
Parotidectomy: a review of 112 patients treated at a teaching hospital in Pakistan., Naeem Sultan Ali, Ahmad Nawaz, Shaheryar Rajput, and Mubasher Ikram
Participatory action research as the approach for women’s empowerment, Ayesha Aziz, Meenaz Shams Hashwani, and Kausar S. Khan
Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of primary melanoma of the colon, Umair Khalid, Taimur Saleem, Ayesha Mallick Imam, and Muhammad Rizwan Khan
Pathogens Associated With Sepsis in Newborns and Young Infants in Developing Countries, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Durrane Thaver, Syed Asad Ali, and Tauseef Ahmed Khan
Pathological sub-types, risk factors and outcome of stroke at the Nairobi hospital, Kenya, J. O. Jowi and P. M. Mativo
Pathways to care: duration of untreated psychosis from Karachi, Pakistan., Haider A. Naqvi, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Zaman, and Mohammad Islam
Patient Position and Semi-Rigid Ureteroscopy Outcomes EDITORIAL COMMENT, M Hammad Ather
Patients with Congenital Atrial Septal Defects: Effect of Age at Repair and Defect Size on Pulmonary Artery Pressures Prior to Repair, A. Motiwala, Saulat H. Fatimi, N. Akhtar, S. Perveen, M. Z. Khan, and M. Atiq
Pattern of benzodiazepine use in psychiatric outpatients in Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey., Syed Ahmer, Sumera Salamat, Rashid Am Khan, Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal, Imran Ijaz Haider, Ayesha Shabaz Khan, and Mohsan Zafar
Pattern of deliberate self-harm in young people in Karachi, Pakistan., Ehsan Ullah Syed and Murad M. Khan
Patterns of fatal gunshot injuries in Nairobi: a prospective forensic study, Ancent K. Nzioka
Patterns of HIV infection among native and refugee Afghans, Amna S. Ansari, Muhammad R. Khanani, Syed H. Abidi, Farida Shah, Aniqa Shahid, and Syed H. Ali
Pedagogical leadership in Pakistan: Two head teachers from the Northern Areas, Muhammad Memon and Zubeda Bana
Pediatric disease burden and vaccination recommendations: understanding local differences, Angela Gentile, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Lulu Bravo, Aly Gamal Samy, R. Dennis J. Garcia, Anwar Hoosen, Tazul Islam, Abdollah Karimi, Mona Salem, Sriluck Simasathien, Amir Sohail, Veerachai Watanaveeradej, Karin Wiedenmayer, and Heinz-J. Schmitt
Pediatric lymphoma: a 10-year experience at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan., Zehra Fadoo, Asim Belgaumi, Matloob Alam, Iqbal Azam, and Ahmed Naqvi
Pediatrics, war, and children., Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Aisha K Yousafzai, and Alvin Zipursky
Pediatric tracheostomy: complications and role of home care in a developing country, Sadaf Zia, Muhammad Arshad, Zafar Nazir, and Sohail Awan
Pediatric traumatic putamenal strokes: Mechanisms and prognosis., Zain A. Sobani and Arshad Ali
Perceived need for emergency medicine training in Pakistan: a survey of medical education leadership., J. Razzak, Adnan Ahmed, Ali Faisal Saleem, and Muazzam Nasrullah
Perceptions about the cause of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior in a Pakistani population - results of a cross-sectional survey, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Reema Syed, Sarah Tehseen, Saqib A. Gowani, Sana Waqar, Amina Zubair, Wajeeha Yousaf, Akbar J. Zubairi, and Haider Naqvi
Perceptions and experiences of women in karachi, pakistan regarding secondary infertility: results from a community-based qualitative study., Neelofar Sami and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Perceptions of anti-smoking messages amongst high school students in Pakistan, Syed M. A. Zaidi, Abdul L. Bikak, Ayesha Shaheryar, Syed H. Imam, and Javaid A. Khan
Perceptions of "caring" in nursing education by Pakistani nursing students: an exploratory study., Shamshad Begum and Hazel Slavin
Perceptual and anatomic patterns of selective deficits in facial identity and expression processing, Christopher J. Fox, Hashim-M Hanif, Giuseppe Iaria, Bradley C. Duchaine, and Jason J. S. Barton
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Left Main Pseudoaneurysm with Customized Covered Stents, Sajid Dhakam, Hafeez Ahmeed, and Asif Jafarani
Performance evaluation of ion exchange and affinity chromatography for HbA(1c) estimation in diabetic patients with HbD: A study of 129 samples, Bushra Moiz, Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi, and Shahmina Sadaf
Periodontal disease and adverse birth outcomes: a study from Pakistan., N Mobeen, I. Jehan, N. Banday, J. Moore, E. M. McClure, O. Pasha, L. L. Wright, and R. L. Goldenberg
Perioperative cardiac arrests in children at a university teaching hospital of a developing country over 15 years, Aliya Ahmed, Mohammad Ali, Mueenullah Khan, and Fauzia Khan
Peripartum hysterectomy: a ten-year experience at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country, Ferha Saeed, Roha Khalid, Abdullah Khan, Shazia Masheer, and Javed H. Rizvi
Peripheral arterial disease in HIV positive and negative subjects at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Farida Kaittany
Perspectives on domestic violence: case study from Karachi, Pakistan., F. Rabbani, F. Qureshi, and N. Rizvi
PGE1 nebulisation during caesarean section for Eisenmenger's syndrome: a case report., Shahla Siddiqui and Naveed Latif
Pharmacological Basis for the Medicinal Use of Black Pepper and Piperine in Gastrointestinal Disorders, Malik Hassan Mehmood and Anwarul Hassan Gilani
Pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of Holarrhena antidysenterica in gut motility disorders., Anwar Gilani, Aslam Khan, Arif-Ullah Khan, Samra Bashir, Najeeb-Ur Rehman, and Saf-Ur-Rehman Mandukhail
Pharmacological Basis for the Medicinal Use of Lepidium sativum in Airways Disorders, Najeeb-ur Rehman, Arif-ullah Khan, Khalid M. Alkharfy, and Anwarul-Hassan Gilani
Pharmacological Basis for the Medicinal Use of Psyllium Husk (Ispaghula) in Constipation and Diarrhea, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Nauman Aziz, Muhammad Nabeel Ghayur, and Anwarul-Hassan Gilani
Pharmacological Basis for the Medicinal Use of Zanthoxylum armatum in Gut, Airways and Cardiovascular Disorders, Syed Naeemuddin Gilani, Arif-ullah Khan, and Anwar Gilani
Pharmacological explanation for the medicinal use of Juniperus excelsa in hyperactive gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders., Munasib Khan, Arif-ullah Khan, Najeeb-ur-Rehman, and Anwar Gilani
Pharmacological studies on Hypericum perforatum fractions and constituents., Arif-ullah Khan, Anwar Gilani, and Najeeb-ur-Rehman
Pharmacological studies on hypotensive, diuretic and vasodilator activities of chrysin glucoside from Calycotome villosa in rats, K. Cherkaoui-Tangi, M. Lachkar, M. Wibo, N. Morel, Anwar Gilani, and B. Lyoussi
Phenotypic Features of Carbohydrate Sulfotransferase 3 (CHST3) Deficiency in 24 Patients: Congenital Dislocations and Vertebral Changes as Principal Diagnostic Features, Sheila Unger, Ekkehart Lausch, Antonio Rossi, andre Megarbane, David Sillence, Melanie Alcausin, Antonio Aytes, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, Sheela Nampoothiri, Bushra Afroze, Bryan Hall, Ivan F. M. Lo, Stephen T. S. Lam, Julia Hoefele, Imma Rost, Emma Wakeling, Elisabeth Mangold, Komudi Godbole, Nithiwat Vatanavicharn, Luis M. Franco, Kate Chandler, Sophia Hollander, Tanja Velten, Kerstin Reicherter, Juergen Spranger, Stephen Robertson, Luisa Bonafe, Bernhard Zabel, and andrea Superti-Furga
Phylogenetic diversity of Escherichia coli strains producing NDM-type carbapenemases, S. Mushtaq, Seema Irfan, J. B. Sarma, M. Doumith, R. Pike, J. Pitout, D. M. Livermore, and N. Woodford
Physical activity levels, ownership of goods promoting sedentary behaviour and risk of myocardial infarction: results of the INTERHEART study, Claes Held, Romaina Iqbal, Scott A. Lear, Annika Rosengren, Shofiqul Islam, James Mathew, and Salim Yusuf
Pituitary adenomas: Presentations and outcomes in a south Asian country, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, Faraz Khursheed, Rashid Jooma, and Syed Ather Enam
Placental IGF-I, IGFBP-1, zinc, and iron, and maternal and infant anthropometry at birth, Shahzad K. Akram, Christine Carlsson-Skwirut, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Olle Soder
Placing Emergency Care on the Global Agenda, Renee Hsia, Junaid Razzak, Alexander C. Tsai, and Jon Mark Hirshon
Pleural effusion in dengue Karachi perspective, Kiran Ejaz, Munawar Khursheed, and Ambreen Raza
Polio: the Indian Sub-Continent's loosing war., Mohammad A Rai and Muhammad R Nazir
Political riots in Pakistan and stress-induced cardiomyopathy: a case report., Sadia Arshad and Sajid Hameed Dhakam
Politics and practice of action research, Rana Hussain and Anjum Halai
Politics and practice of learning mathematics in multilingual classrooms: Lessons from Pakistan, Anjum Halai
Polyaxial screws for lumbo-iliac fixation after sacral tumor resection: experience with a new technique for an old surgical problem., Syed Faraz Kazim, Syed Ather Enam, Imtiaz Hashmi, and Riaz Hussain Lakdawala
Polymorphisms in MTHFR, MS and CBS genes and homocysteine levels in a Pakistani population., Mohsin Yakub, Naushad Moti, Siddiqa Parveen, Bushra Chaudhry, Iqbal Azam, and Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
Population attributable risk of unintentional childhood poisoning in Karachi Pakistan., Bilal Ahmed, Zafar Fatmi, and Amna R Siddiqui
Population-based surveillance for severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in children in Karachi, Pakistan, Romena Qazi, Shazia Sultana, Shiyam Sundar, Haider Warraich, Tayyab un-Nisa, Abida Rais, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Population study of 1311 C/T polymorphism of Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase gene in Pakistan - an analysis of 715 X-chromosomes., Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, Tariq Moatter, Zulfiqar Ali Naqvi, and Mohammad Khurshid
Possible detrimental effects of neurosurgical irrigation fluids on neural tissue: an evidence based analysis of various irrigants used in contemporary neurosurgical practice., Syed Faraz Kazim, Syed Ather Enam, and S. H. Ibrahim
Postoperative analgesia in children: an update., Gurmukh Das Punshi, Mohammad Hamid, and Mansour Ahmed Khan
Postoperative port-site pain after gall bladder retrieval from epigastric vs. umbilical port in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized controlled trial., Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui, Rizwan Azami, Ghulam Murtaza, and Sana Nasim
Postoperative sensitivity in Class V composite restorations: Comparing soft start vs. constant curing modes of LED., Fahad Umer and Frahan Raza Khan
Post partum anxiety and depression in peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study, Niloufer S. Ali, Badar S. Ali, and Iqbal S. Azam
Post-traumatic near-complete aseptic necrosis of the maxilla: a case report and review of the literature., N. Khan, W. Memon, M. Idris, M. Zulf Ahmed, and M. Taufiq
Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery: a cause of intractable epistaxis., Mohammad Adeel and Mubasher Ikram
Practical constraints upon teacher development in Pakistani schools, Razia Fakir Mohammad
Predicting recurrence and progression in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer using European organization of research and treatment of cancer risk tables., M Hammad Ather and Masooma Zaidi
Prediction of pre-eclampsia during early pregnancy in primiparas with soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 and placental growth factor, D. K. Rohra, A. Zeb, R. N. Qureishi, S. I. Azam, N. B. Khan, H. S. Zuberi, and R. Sikandar
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
Predictive value of PTEN and AR coexpression of sustained responsiveness to hormonal therapy in prostate cancer - A pilot study, Soha S. El Sheikh, Hanna M. Romanska, Paul Abel, Jan Domin, and El-Nasir Lalani
Predictors of gastrointestinal lesions on endoscopy in iron deficiency anemia without gastrointestinal symptoms, Shahid Majid, Mohammad Salih, Rozina Wasaya, and Wasim Jafri
Predictors of length of hospital stay after total hip replacement., Kashif Abbas, Masood Umer, Irfan Qadir, Jaweria Zaheer, and Haroon ur Rashid
Predictors of oral tobacco use among young adult patients visiting family medicine clinics in Karachi, Pakistan., Raheem Dhanani, Asif Jafferani, Nizar Bhulani, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Predictors of Positive Head CT Scan and Neurosurgical Procedures After Minor Head Trauma, Mehreen Kisat, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Asad Latif, Cassandra V. Villegas, David T. Efron, Kent A. Stevens, Elliott R. Haut, Eric B. Schneider, Hasnain Zafar, and Adil H. Haider
Predictors of recurrence of urethral stricture disease following optical urethrotomy., A. A. Zehri, M Hammad Ather, and Q Afshan
Predictors of restless legs syndrome in pregnancy: a hospital based cross sectional survey from Pakistan., Rozina Sikandar, Bhojo A Khealani, and Mohammad Wasay
Predictors of the intracerebral hemorrhage volume in hypertensive patients., Mohammad Wasay, Adnan Yousuf, Darshan Lal, and Safia Awan
Predictors of unintentional poisoning among children under 5 years of age in Karachi: a matched case-control study, Bilal Ahmed, Zafar Fatmi, Amna R. Siddiqui, and Abdul L. Sheikh
Preemptive Kidney Transplantation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, A. Naveed, C. Nilubol, J. K. Melancon, R. Girlanda, L. Johnson, and B. Javaid
Pregnancy outcome in women with antiphospholipid syndrome on low-dose aspirin and heparin: a retrospective study., T. Naru, Rozilla Sadia Khan, and R. Ali
Preliminary Study of Efficacy of Doxazosin as a Medical Expulsive Therapy of Distal Ureteric Stones in a Randomized Clinical Trial, Ali Akbar Zehri, M Hammad Ather, Farhat Abbas, and S. Raziuddin Biyabani
Prenatal exposure to wood fuel smoke and low birth weight, Amna R. Siddiqui, Ellen B. Gold, Xiaowei Yang, Kiyoung Lee, Kenneth H. Brown, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Prenatal micronutrient supplementation: Are we there yet?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Batool Azra Haider
Prenatal screening for beta-thalassemia major reveals new and rare mutations in the Pakistani population, tariq moatter, Toheed Kausar, Muniba Aban, Samina Ghani, and Jehan Ara Pal
Preoperative antifungal therapy may improve survival in patients with Aspergillus brain abscess, Mohammad Wasay; Junaid Patel; Iqbal Azam; Muhammad Aslam Khan; and Raymond A., Jr. Smego
Preoperative Stone Attenuation Value Predicts Success After Shock Wave Lithotripsy in Children EDITORIAL COMMENTS, M Hammad Ather
Preparing democratic citizens in Pakistani schools, Bernadette L. Dean
Prescription of medicines by medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Reema Syed, Sana Waqar, Faria A. Irani, and Sarah Saleem
Presence of Blood-Pressure Lowering and Spasmolytic Constituents in Buddleja crispa, Anwar Gilani, Ishfaq A. Bukhari, Rafeeq A. Khan, Abdul J. Shah, Ijaz Ahmad, and Abdul Malik
Presence of RD149 deletions in M. tuberculosis Central Asian Strain 1 isolates affect growth and TNFalpha induction in THP-1 monocytes., Akbar Kanji, Zahra Hasan, Mehnaz Tanveer, Raunaq Mahboob, Sana Jafri, and Rumina Hasan
Pre-service teacher education in Central Asia, Jamal Papieva
Prevalence and associated risk factors of sleep-disordered breathing symptoms in young and middle-aged Pakistani employed adults, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Yona Keich Cloonan, Muhammad Islam, and Mohammad Hossein Rahbar
Prevalence and determinants of human papillomavirus infection and cervical lesions in HIV-positive women in Kenya., H. De Vuyst, N. R. Mugo, M. H. Chung, K. P. McKenzie, E. Nyongesa-Malava, V. Tenet, J . W. Njoroge, S. R. Sakr, CJLM Meijer, PJF Snijders, F. S. Rana, and S. Franceschi
Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among children in an urban slum of Karachi., Vikram Mehraj, Juanita Hatcher, Saeed Akhtar, Ghazala Rafique, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Prevalence and mode of spread of hepatitis B and C in rural Sindh, Pakistan., Z Abbas, N. L. Jeswani, G. N. Kakepoto, M. Islam, K. Mehdi, and W. Jafri
Prevalence and predictors of depression among an elderly population of Pakistan, Hammad A. Ganatra, Syed N. Zafar, Waris Qidwai, and Shafquat Rozi
Prevalence and significance of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency among apparently healthy adults, Shireen Mansoor, Aysha Habib, Farooq Ghani, Zafar Fatmi, Salma Badruddin, Sarwat Mansoor, Imran Siddiqui, and Abdul Jabbar
Prevalence of anxiety, depression and associated factors among pregnant women of Hyderabad, Pakistan., Rozina Karmaliani, Nargis Asad, Carla M Bann, Nancy Moss, Elizabeth M Mcclure, Omrana Pasha, Linda L Wright, and Robert L Goldenberg
Prevalence of Byssinosis in Spinning and Textile Workers of Karachi, Pakistan, Ismail Memon, Amanullah Panhwar, Dileep K. Rohra, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Nadir Khan
Prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems among primary school children in Karachi, Pakistan - multi informant survey, Ehsan Ullah Syed, Sajida Abdul Hussein, and Sana-e-Zehra Haidry
Prevalence of gastric mucosal interleukin-1 polymorphisms in Kenyan patients with advanced gastric cancer, Kimang’a Nyerere, Shahin Sayed, Gunturu Revathi, Peter Ojwang, Viviene Matiru, Smita Devani, Mahesh Shah, and Samuel Kariuki
Prevalence of genital chlamydia infection in urban women of reproductive age, Ruchika Kohli-Kochhar
Prevalence of HCV and HIV infections in 2005-Earthquake-affected areas of Pakistan., Saeed Khan, Mohammad A Rai, Adnan Khan, Amber Farooqui, Shahana U Kazmi, and Syed H Ali
Prevalence of head lice and hygiene practices among women over twelve years of age in Sindh, Balochistan, and North West Frontier Province: National Health Survey of Pakistan, 1990-1994., Sadia Mahmud, Gregory Pappas, and Wilbur C Hadden
Prevalence of immediate vasovagal reaction in blood donors visiting two blood banks of Karachi, Dileep Kumar, V. Juriasinghani, K. Rai, and S. I. Azam
Prevalence of low bone mineral density amongst resident doctors at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Rose Ndumia
Prevalence of microalbuminuria and associated electrocardiographic abnormalities in an Indo-Asian population, Tazeen Jafar, Zeeshan Qadri, and Shiraz Hashmi
Prevalence of mistreatment or belittlement among medical students--a cross sectional survey at a private medical school in Karachi, Pakistan., Sana Shoukat, Mariam Anis, Danesh K Kella, Fahad Qazi, Fatima Samad, Faizia Mir, Maryah Mansoor, Mohammad B Parvez, Bushra Osmani, Sukaina A Panju, and Haider Naqvi
Prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Karachi, Pakistan: identification of at risk groups, Muslima Ejaz, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Yasraba Rafiq, Faisal Malik, Abid Channa, Rafique Mangi, Faiza Habib, and Rumina Hasan
Prevalence of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in healthcare workers at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Geoffrey A. Omuse
Prevalence of non Helicobacter pylori species in patients presenting with dyspepsia, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Shagufta Naz, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Islam, Safia Awan, Fatima Jafri, and Wasim Jafri
Prevalence of obesity in school-going children of Karachi., Haider Javed Warraich, Faisal Javed, Mohammed Faraz-Ul-Haq, Fariha Batool Khawaja, and Sarah Saleem
Prevalence of physical inactivity and barriers to physical activity among obese attendants at a community health-care center in Karachi, Pakistan., Nafisa Samir, Sadia Mahmud, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Prevalence of postpartum depression using the edinburgh postpartum depression scale at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Warfa Khadija
Prevalence of resistance associated polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from southern Pakistan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Johan Ursing, Mohammad A. Beg, Maria I. Veiga, Sana Jafri, and andreas Martensson
Prevalence of single, double, and triple infections of HIV, HCV and HBV among the MSM community in Pakistan, Muhammad R. Khanani, Mehreen Somani, Saeed Khan, Samina Naseeb, and Syed H. Ali
Prevalence of ST26 among untreated smear-positive tuberculosis patients from Karachi indicating ongoing transmission, Sadia Shakoor, Mahnaz Tanveer, Yasraba Rafiq, Zahra Hasan, Arshad Javed, Nadeem Rizvi, Nadeem Rehman, and Rumina Hasan
Prevalence of suicidal thoughts and attempts among pregnant Pakistani women, Nargis Asad, Rozina Karmaliani, Nasreen Sullaiman, Carla M. Bann, Elizabeth M. McClure, Omrana Pasha, Linda L. Wright, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Prevalence, risk factors and outcome of acute kidney injury at the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Peter W. Munyu
Prevalence, self-care behaviors, and self-care activities for peripheral neuropathy symptoms of HIV/AIDS, Patrice K. Nicholas, Joachim Voss, Dean Wantland, Teri Lindgren, Emily Huang, William L. Holzemer, Yvette Cuca, Shahnaz Moezzi, Carmen Portillo, Suzanne Willard, John Arudo, Kenn Kirksey, Inge B. Corless, María E. Rosa, Linda Robinson, Mary J. Hamilton, Elizabeth Sefcik, Sarie Human, Marta Rivero-Mendez, Mary Maryland, Kathleen M. Nokes, Lucille Eller, Jeanne Kemppainen, Carol Dawson-Rose, John M. Brion, Elli H. Bunch, Maureen Shannon, Thomas P. Nicholas, Ana Viamonte-Ros, and Catherine A. Bain
Prevalences of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum infection in adults presenting with chronic diarrhoea, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, M. A. Beg, S. Naz, R. Khan, M. Islam, and Wasim Jafri
Prevalent genotypes of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: report from Pakistan, Afia Zafar, M. Stone, S. Ibrahim, Z. Parveen, Z. Hasan, E. Khan, R. Hasan, J. Wain, and K. Bamford
Preventable lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases in the Pakistan Adolescents Schools Study 1 (PASS-1)., Ali Khan Khuwaja, Saleem Khawaja, Komal Motwani, Adeel Akbar Khoja, Iqbal Syed Azam, Zafar Fatmi, Badar Sabir Ali, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Prevention of delay in the patient discharge process: an emphasis on nurses' role., Shahina Sabza Ali Pirani
Preventive zinc supplementation in developing countries: impact on mortality and morbidity due to diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Evropi Theodoratou, Afshan Jabeen, Aamer Imdad, Thomas P. Eisele, Joy Ferguson, Arnoupe Jhass, Igor Rudan, Harry Campbell, Robert E. Black, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Caused by Naegleria fowleri, Karachi, Pakistan, Sadia Shakoor, Mohammad Asim Beg, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Rebecca Bandea, Rama Sriram, Fatima Noman, Farheen Ali, Govinda S. Visvesvara, and Afia Zafar
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: two new cases from Pakistan, Taimur Saleem, Madiha Rabbani, and Bushra Jamil
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Causing Multiple Spinal Cord Compression and Carcinomatous Meningitis in a 6-year-old A Case Report, Syed A. Quadri, Zain A. Sobani, Syed Ather Enam, Kishwar Enam, and M. Shamvil Ashraf
Primary cerebral angitis of the central nervous system: case report, S. Das, J. O. Jowi, K. Hameed, and F. S. Rana
Primary health care providers’ knowledge and practices on asthma management within Dar es salaam region health facilities, John C. Rwegasha
Primary IgA and IgG subclass deficiency in a 17-year-old Pakistani girl: a case report., Taimur Saleem, Madiha Rabbani, and Bushra Jamil
Primary non-hodgkin's lymphoma of bone: experience of a decade., Asim Qureshi, Anum Ali, Nashmia Riaz, and Shahid Pervez
Primary ovarian rhabdomosarcoma., Asim Qureshi, Usman Hassan, and Rakshanda Rehman
Private schooling in the Northern areas of Pakistan: A decade of rapid expansion, Brian Harlech-Jones, Musa Baig, Shamshad Sajid, and Shams ur-Rahman
Problem-based learning: Where are we now? Guide supplement 36.2 - Viewpoint, Rukhsana W. Zuberi
Professional well-being and learning: A study of administrator-teacher workplace relationships, Richard Butt and John Retallick
Professional well-being and learning: A study of teacher-peer workplace relationships, John Retallick and Richard Butt
Prokinetic and laxative activities of Lepidium sativum seed extract with species and tissue selective gut stimulatory actions, Najeeb-ur-Rehman, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Khalid M. Alkharfy, and Anwarul-Hassan Gilani
Prospective comparison of prediction rules of mortality risk for CAP in a developing country, F. F. Zuberi and J. A. Khan
Prospects and challenges of school leadership in Pakistan, Muhammad Memon
Prostatic carcinoma: a Pakistani perspective., Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Romana Idrees, and Kanwal Aftab
Prosthetic valve thrombosis despite seemingly-adequate anticoagulation: the dangers of transient lapses in anticoagulation, Fahim H. Jafary and K. Hassan
Psychiatry as a career: a survey of factors affecting students' interest in psychiatry as a career., Mubashir Aslam, Tahir Taj, Arif Ali, Nasira Badar, Farzan Saeed, Muhammed Abbas, Saad Muzaffar, and Bilal Abid
Psychotherapy as a treatment modality for psychiatric disorders: Perceptions of general public of Karachi, Pakistan, Abdul Mueed Zafar, Ali Jawaid, Hiba Ashraf, Ambreena Fatima, Rubina Anjum, and Salah U. Qureshi
Public health law in India: A framework for its application as a tool for social change, S. Hazarika, A. Yadav, K. S. Reddy, D. Prabhakaran, Tazeen Jafar, and K. M. Venkat Narayan
Public–private partnerships: Implications for primary schooling in Pakistan, Iffat Farah and Sadaf Rizvi
Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: a diagnostic dilemma, Nosheen Fatima, Maseeh uz Zaman, Zafar Sajjad, and Ibrahim Hashmi
Pulmonary nocardiosis: A comparative analysis of Nocardia asteroides and non-asteroides species, Assad Amin, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Mariam Anis, Fatima Adhi, Saira Ahmad, Farheen Ali, and Erum Khan
Pulmonary talcosis 10 years after brief teenage exposure to cosmetic talcum powder., Amarah Shakoor, Arsalan Rahatullah, Adil Aijaz Shah, and Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Pure red cell aplasia regression after thymus resection, Umair Khalid, Saulat Fatimi, and Taimur Saleem
Pyogenic psoas abscess: case series and literature review, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Zia Ur Rehman, and Zia Ur Rehman G. Nabi
Quality in early childhood education: Assessing early child development - a holistic approach for ages 3-6 years, Seema Lasi, Sanober Nadeem, and Irum Fatima
Quit Smoking for Life-Social Marketing Strategy for Youth: A Case for Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khowaja, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Parvez Nayani, Saleem Jessani, Malika Parveen Khowaja, and Saima Khowaja
Radiation exposure to anaesthetists during interventional radiology, S. Ismail, F. Khan, N. Sultan, and M. Naqvi
Radiology: an underutilized resource for undergraduate curricula, Abdul Mueed Zafar
Randomized controlled trial to improve childhood immunization adherence in rural Pakistan: redesigned immunization card and maternal education, Hussain R. Usman, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Sibylle Kristensen, Sten H. Vermund, Russell S. Kirby, Faiza Habib, and Eric Chamot
Range for Normal Body Temperature in Hemodialysis Patients and Its Comparison with That of Healthy Individuals, Rabia Hasan, Mehreen Adhi, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Fatima Noman, Safia Awan, Fazal Akhtar, Anwar Naqvi, and Adeeb ul Hassan Rizvi
Rapidly progressive cryptogenic organising pneumonia presenting as a lung mass., Saeed Akram, Muhammad Irfan, and Kanwal Aftab
Rapidly rising rates of overweight and obesity coupled with persistently high rates of undernutrition among school aged children in an urban Indo-Asian population: authors' response, Tazeen Jafar, Juanita Hatcher, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Rapid sarcomatous transformation of an ameloblastic fibroma of the mandible: Case report and literature review, Aisha Kousar, Mervyn M. Hosein, Zubair Ahmad, and Khurram Minhas
Reasons for migration among medical students from Karachi, Nadir Ali Syed, Farhad Khimani, Marie andrades, Syeda Kausar Ali, and Rose Paul
Reasons of refusal and drop out in a follow up study involving primigravidae in Pakistan, Dileep Kumar Rohra, Neelofur Babar Khan, Syed Iqbal Azam, Rozina Sikandar, Hina Saeed Zuberi, Amna Zeb, Rahat Najam Qureishi, and Rimsha Hasan
Recall errors in a weekly survey of diarrhoea in Guatemala: determining the optimal length of recall, Syed Nabeel Zafar, S. P. Luby, and C. Mendoza
Recent advances and evidence gaps in persistent diarrhea, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, E. A. Nelson, W. S. Lee, P. I. Tarr, R. Zablah, K. B. Phua, K. Lindley, D. Bass, and A. Phillips
Recent developments and future prospects of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, Maseeh uz Zaman, Ibrahim Hashmi, and Nosheen Fatima
Reconceptualising the professional development of in-service science teachers in Pakistan, Nelofer Halai
Reconceptualization of teacher education: Experiences from the context of a multicultural developing country, Dilshad Ashraf, Jan-e-Alam Khaki, Duishon Alievich Shamatov, Mir Afzal Tajik, and Nilofar Vazir
Reconceptualization of teacher education: Experiences from the context of a multicultural developing country, Dilshad Ashraf, Jan-e-Alam Khaki, Duishon Alievich Shamatov, Mir Afzal Tajik, and Nilofar Vazir
Recurrent acute pancreatitis due to a santorinicele in a young patient, S. A. Khan, Tabish Chawla, and R. Azami
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
Redesigned immunization card and center-based education to reduce childhood immunization dropouts in urban Pakistan: A randomized controlled trial, Hussain R. Usman, Saeed Akhtar, Faiza Habib, and Imtiaz Jehan
Reduced TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma responses to Central Asian strain 1 and Beijing isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in comparison with H37Rv strain, Mahnaz Tanveer, Zahra Hasan, Akbar Kanji, Rabia Hussain, and Rumina Hasan
Reducing intrapartum-related deaths and disability: Can the health system deliver?, Joy E. Lawn, Mary Kinney, Anne C. C. Lee, Mickey Chopra, France Donnay, Vinod K. Paul, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Massee Bateman, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Reducing Intrapartum-Related Neonatal Deaths in Low- and Middle-Income Countries-What Works?, Stephen N. Wall, Anne C. C. Lee, Waldemar Carlo, Robert Goldenberg, Susan Niermeyer, Gary L. Darmstadt, William Keenan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Jeffrey Perlman, and Joy E. Lawn
Reducing stillbirths: behavioural and nutritional interventions before and during pregnancy., Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Esme V Menezes, Tanya Soomro, Rachel A Haws, Gary L Darmstadt, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Reducing stillbirths: prevention and management of medical disorders and infections during pregnancy., Esme V Menezes, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Tanya Soomro, Rachel A Haws, Gary L Darmstadt, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Reducing the need for surgeons by reducing pollution-derived workload: is there a role for surgeons?, Jamsheer J Talati, Riaz Agha, Maliha Agha, and Richard David Rosin
Refinement and validation of an FFQ developed to estimate macro- and micronutrient intakes in a south Indian population, Romaina Iqbal, Kamalasanan Ajayan, Ankalmadagu V. Bharathi, Xiaohe Zhang, Shofiqul Islam, Chitthakkudam R. Soman, and Anwar T. Merchant
Reflecting on the World Environment Day, Darvesh Karim
Reflection on school visit, Qamar Safdar
Reflections on research with children in Pakistan in a mixed-methods study, Almina Pardhan
Reforming school leadership in Pakistan: A way forward, Muhammad Memon
Regional Collaborations as a Way Forward for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: The South Asian Healthcare Professional Workshop, Jennifer H. Requejo, Kadidiatou Toure, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Imtiaz Katz, Shahida Zaidi, and andres de Francisco
Relating visual to verbal semantic knowledge: the evaluation of object recognition in prosopagnosia, Jason J. S. Barton, Hashim-M Hanif, and Sohi Ashraf
Relationship between Circulating Levels of IFN-gamma, IL-10, CXCL9 and CCL2 in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis is Dependent on Disease Severity, Zahra Hasan, B. Jamil, J. Khan, R. Ali, M. A. Khan, N. Nasir, M. S. Yusuf, S. Jamil, M. Irfan, and R. Hussain
Relationship Between Declared Funding Support and Level of Evidence, Shahryar Noordin, James G. Wright, and andrew Howard
Reliability of Urodynamic Interpretation in Women Presenting with Urinary Incontinence at a Tertiary Hospital, Raheela Mohsin Rizvi and Novera G. Chughtai
Religious Opposition to Polio Vaccination, Haider J. Warraich
Research ethics: Significance, application and obligation to the practice of research, Nilofar Vazir
Researching education and society in Central Asia, Sarfaroz Niyozov and Duishon Shamatov
Researching education research methodologies in the “South”: An introductory discussion, Anjum Halai
Researching practice, practicing research: Impact on teaching and learning, Bernadette L. Dean, Rahat Joldoshalieva, and Muneeza Kizilbash
Researching students’ lived experiences: Challenges and responses, Nilofar Vazir
Research methodologies in the “South”, Anjum Halai and Dylan Wiliam
Research Priorities to Reduce Global Mortality From Newborn Infections by 2015, Rajiv Bahl, Jose Martines, Nabeela Ali, Maharaj K. Bhan, Wally Carlo, Kit Yee Chan, Gary L. Darmstadt, Davidson H. Hamer, Joy E. Lawn, Douglas D. McMillan, Pavitra Mohan, Vinod Paul, Alexander C. Tsai, Cesar G. Victora, Martin W. Weber, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Igor Rudan
Research-retreat-recovery: A potential model for organization and completion of research projects. Experience from a neurosurgery department in a developing country., Saniya Siraj Godil, Syed Faraz Kazim, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Nairobi, Perpetual Wangui Ndung’u, Samuel Kariuki, Zipporah Ng’ang’a, and Gunturu Revathi
Resistant thyrotoxicosis in a patient with graves disease: a case report., Taimur Saleem, Aisha Sheikh, and Qamar Masood
Response to "Conflicting evidence for neonatal vitamin A supplementation (letter)" by Benn et al. [Vaccine, 2008], Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Batool A. Haider, Simon Cousens, and Robert E. Black
Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey About Lipid-Management Practices Among Cardiologists in Pakistan: Assessment of Adherence to Published Treatment Guidelines, Saqib A. Gowani, Sana Shoukat, Ather M. Taqui, Nizar Bhulani, Sameer Khalid, Amna Sheikh, Muhammad S. Halim, Sarah Samreen, and Fahim H. Jafary
Retinopathy of Prematurity: Future Vision and Challenges, Taimur Saleem
Retrograde aortic perfusion dislodges a dislodged Amplatzer device, Zubair Luqman, Junaid A. Ansari, Hameed Ullah, and Mohammad Muneer Amanullah
Retroperitoneal necrotizing fasciitis - when a simple procedure turns ugly, Abdul Rehman Alvi and Ghina Shamsi
Retrospective Review of 25 Cases of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Pakistan, Safoorah Sagheer, Bushra Moiz, Mohammad Usman, and Mohammad Khurshid
Reverse sural island flap in coverage of defects lower third of leg: a series of nine cases, S. O. Khainga, B. Githae, V. M. Mutiso, and R. Wasike
Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease: An Evidence-Based Systematic Overview, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Sherif E. Moustafa, Jamil Talik, Tahlil Warsame, Usha Emani, Mohsen Alharthi, and Farouk Mookadam
Rhinocladiella mackenziei as an Emerging Cause of Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis in Pakistan: A Case Series, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Afia Zafar, Bushra Jamil, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Farheen Ali, Noureen Saeed, Abrar Barakzai, Arsalan Ahmed, Erum Khan, Mary E. Brandt, and Rumina Hasan
Right ectopic gestation following in vitro fertilisation: case report, R. B. Parkar and Y. Patel
Rigorous ablution is a potential risk factor to fatal brain infection in developing countries, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui and Naveed Ahmed Khan
Rise in childhood obesity with persistently high rates of undernutrition among urban school-aged Indo-Asian children, Tazeen Jafar, Z. Qadri, M. Islam, J. Hatcher, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutta, and N. Chaturvedi
Rising incidence of gastric malignancies in Karachi, 1995- 2002., Yasmin Bhurgri, Shahid Pervez, Naila Kayani, Samran Haider, Rashida Ahmed, Ahmed Usman, Imtiaz Bashir, Asif Bhurgri, Sheema H Hasan, and S. M. H. Zaidi
Risk factor profiles of South Asians with cerebrovascular disease, Ahmad Itrat, Bilal Ahmed, Maria Khan, Murtaza Muhammad, Danyal Thaver, Zubair Khowaja, Shehzad Ali, Zeeshan Bawa, Muhammad Rahat, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Risk factors associated with Helicobacter pylori infection treatment failure in a high prevalence area, Javed Yakoob, W. Jafri, Z. Abbas, S. Abid, S. Naz, R. Khan, and A. Khalid
Risk factors associated with typhoid fever in children aged 2-16 years in Karachi, Pakistan, M. I. Khan, R. L. Ochiai, S. B. Soofi, L. Von-Seidlein, M. J. Khan, S. M. Sahito, M. A. Habib, M. K. Puri, J. K. Park, Y. A. You, M. Ali, S. Q. Nizami, C. J. Acosta, R. Bradley-Sack, J. D. Clemens, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Risk factors for secondary infertility among women in Karachi, Pakistan., Neelofar Sami, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Saba Wasim, and Sarah Saleem
Risk factors for typhoid fever in children in squatter settlements of Karachi: a nested case-control study., Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Syed Rizwan Haider, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Risk factors of gallbladder cancer in Karachi-a case-control study, A. Rehman Alvi, Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui, and Hasnain Zafar
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
Risk factors predisposing to congenital heart defects., Faheem Ul Haq, Fatima Jalil, Saman Hashmi, Maliha Iqbal Jumani, Aamer Imdad, Mehnaz Jabeen, Javad Tauseef Hashmi, Furqan Bin Irfan, Muhammad Imran, and Mehnaz Atiq
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
Risk of contrast induced nephropathy in HIV patients receiving radiographic contrast at three Aga Khan Hospitals, Sitna A. Mwanzi
Risk of Multiple Sclerosis after Idiopathic Optic Neuritis in a Pakistani Population, Syed Faraz Kazim, Muhammad Islam, Mustafa Khan, Bilal Hameed, and Saad Shafqat
Risk stratification analysis of operative mortality in isolated coronary artery bypass graft patients in Pakistan: comparison between additive and logistic EuroSCORE models., Irfan Qadir, Shazia Perveen, Shumaila Furnaz, Syed Shahabuddin, and Hasanat Sharif
Role of calcium supplementation during pregnancy in reducing risk of developing gestational hypertensive disorders: a meta-analysis of studies from developing countries, Aamer Imdad, Afshan Jabeen, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Role of management and leadership in creating a successful school in Pakistan, John Retallick
Role of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in patients with ovarian masses., Fatima Mubarak, Muhammad Shahbaz Alam, Waseem Akhtar, Saima Hafeez, and Noureen Nizamuddin
Role of Regional, Cultural, and Sex Differences in Delivering Bad News in Clinical Radiology: Evidence From a Developing Country, Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja, Waseem Akhtar, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Role of women in educational management in Pakistan, Muhammad Memon
Rothia dentocariosa endocarditis with mitral valve prolapse: case report and brief review, S. Shakoor, N. Fasih, K. Jabeen, and B. Jamil
Routine Iron/Folate Supplementation during Pregnancy: Effect on Maternal Anaemia and Birth Outcomes, Aamer Imdad and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Ruptured hydatid cyst presenting as pneumothorax., Saulat H. Fatimi, Nida Sajjad, Hashim M Hanif, and Marium Muzaffar
Sabaq: Contexts of learning literacy for girls in rural Pakistan, Iffat Farah
Safe blood transfusion practices in blood banks of Karachi, Pakistan, M. Kassi, A. K. Afghan, M. R. Khanani, I. A. Khan, and S. H. Ali
Safety and Efficacy of Drug-Eluting Balloons in the Treatment of Drug-Eluting In-Stent Restenosis: Experience of a Tertiary Care Hospital, Sajid H. Dhakam, Asif Jafferani, Hafeez Ahmed, Nasir Rahman, and Ambreen Gowani
Safety and utility of oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy in acute myocardial infarction, Khalid Mumtaz, Faisal Wasim, Wasim Jafri, Shahab Abid, Saeed Hamid, Hasnain Shah, and Sajid Dhakam
Salam teacher, Sultan Alam
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
Scaling up breastfeeding in developing countries, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Miriam Labbok
School education improvement: The role of headteachers, Jan-e-Alam Khaki and Qamar Safdar
School Improvement in multi-grade situation (SIMS): An innovation of the PDCC, Jalal Wali Khan
Schooling in Pakistan, Sajid Ali and Iffat Farah
School inspection and supervision in Pakistan: Approaches and issues, Kulsoom Jaffer
School leadership in Pakistan: Exploring the headteacher’s role, Tim Simkins, Charles Sisum, and Muhammad Memon
Schools and schoolings practices in Pakistan : Lessons for policy and practice, Rashida Qureshi and Fauzia Shamim
Schools as potential vaccination venue for vaccines outside regular EPI schedule: results from a school census in Pakistan., Sajid Bashir Soofi, Inam-Ul Haq, M. Imran Khan, Muhammad Bilal Siddiqui, Mushtaq Mirani, Rehman Tahir, Imtiaz Hussain, Mahesh K Puri, Zamir Hussain Suhag, Asif R Khowaja, Abdul Razzaq Lasi, John D Clemens, Michael Favorov, R. Leon Ochiai, and Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Science subject leadership in the enhancement of Information Communication Technology (ICT) integration in Project Based Learning (PBL), Unaeza Alvi and Anthony Matna Gioko
Science teachers’ alternate conceptions about direct-currents, Harcharan Pardhan and Yasmeen Bano
Sclerosing mesenteritis as a cause of abdominal mass and discomfort in an elderly patient: a case report and literature review., Farzana Nawaz Ali, Sidra Ishaque, Bushra Jamil, Nasir-Ud-Din, and Muhammad Idris
Scope of Policy Issues in eHealth: Results From a Structured Literature Review, Shariq Khoja, Hammad Durrani, Parvez Nayani, and Ammad Fahim
Screening and triage of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in general population and high risk pregnancies: a systematic review with a focus on reduction of IUGR related stillbirths, Aamer Imdad, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Saad Siddiqui, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Seasonal variation in content, chemical composition and antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of essential oils from four Mentha species, Abdullah I. Hussain, Farooq Anwar, Poonam S. Nigam, Muhammad Ashraf, and Anwar Gilani
Seasons of my learning, Ayesha Bashiruddin
Secondary prevention of heart disease - knowledge among cardiologists and Omega-3 (Omega-3) fatty acid prescribing behaviors in Karachi, Pakistan, Saqib A. Gowani, Sana Shoukat, Ather M. Taqui, Hashim M. Hanif, Wasiq F. Rawasia, Zeeshan Qadri, and Sajid H. Dhakam
Secondhand smoke exposures in indoor public places in seven Asian countries, Jiyeon Lee, Soogil Lim, Kiyoung Lee, Xinbiao Guo, Ramachandra Kamath, Hiroshi Yamato, Adinegara L. Abas, Sumal Nandasena, Asaad A. Nafees, and Nalini Sathiakumar
Second-hand smoke in indoor hospitality venues in Pakistan, Anita K. M. Zaidi, O. Moin, and J. A. Khan
Sects and sectarianism, Jan-e-Alam Khaki
Seeing the unseen: targeting neonatal mortality in rural Vietnam., Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Sehat-1: Pehli Class: Asatza aur sehat ke karkuno ke liye aik gaed, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, Farah Shivji, and Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta
Sehat-2: Dosri Class: Asatza aur sehat ke karkuno ke liye aik gaed, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, Farah Shivji, and Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta
Sehat-3: Tesri Class: Asatza aur sehat ke karkuno ke liye aik gaed, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, Farah Shivji, and Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta
Sehat-4: Chothhi Class: Asatza aur sehat ke karkuno ke liye aik gaed, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, Farah Shivji, and Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta
Sehat-5: Panchven Class: Asatza aur sehat ke karkuno ke liye aik gaed, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, Farah Shivji, and Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta
Seizures During Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C Observations From the WIN-R Trial, Furqaan Ahmed, Ira M. Jacobson, Jorge L. Herrera, Myron Brand, Ronald B. Wasserman, Alan M. Fixelle, Vinod K. Rustgi, Clive Albert, Robert Brown, and Clifford Brass
Selective Depletion of Sulfolobus solfataricus Transcription Factor E under Heat Shock Conditions, Junaid Iqbal and Sohail A. Qureshi
Self-examination for breast and testicular cancers: a community-based intervention study., Khairunnisa Shallwani, Rozina Ramji, Tazeen Saeed Ali, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Separate Submission of Standard Lymphadenectomy in 6 Packets Versus En Bloc Lymphadenectomy in Bladder Cancer, M Hammad Ather, Z. Alam, A. Jamshaid, K. M. Siddiqui, and M. N. Sulaiman
Sero-negative celiac disease with dermatitis herpetiformes: a case report., Mehreen Adhi, Asma Farooq, Syed Ali Hamid, Rabia Hasan, Salman Mamji, and Akhtar Ali Baloch
Seroprevalence of varicella zoster antibodies among children with malnutrition, malignancies and HIV infection, Bashir Admani, William Macharia, and F. Were
Setting Priorities in Global Child Health Research Investments: Guidelines for Implementation of CHNRI Method, Igor Rudan, Jennifer L. Gibson, Shanthi Ameratunga, Shams El Arifeen, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Maureen Black, Robert E. Black, Kenneth H. Brown, Harry Campbell, Ilona Carneiro, Kit Yee Chan, Daniel Chandramohan, Mickey Chopra, Simon Cousens, Gary L. Darmstadt, Julie Meeks Gardner, Sonja Y. Hess, Adnan A. Hyder, Lydia Kapiriri, Margaret Kosek, Claudio F. Lanata, Mary Ann Lansang, Joy Lawn, Mark Tomlinson, Alexander C. Tsai, and Jayne Webster
Setting Research Priorities to Reduce Almost One Million Deaths from Birth Asphyxia by 2015, Joy E. Lawn, Rajiv Bahl, Staffan Bergstrom, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Gary L. Darmstadt, Matthew Ellis, Mike English, Jennifer J. Kurinczuk, Anne C. C. Lee, Mario Merialdi, Mohamed Mohamed, David Osrin, Robert Pattinson, Vinod Paul, Siddarth Ramji, Ola D. Saugstad, Lyn Sibley, Nalini Singhal, Steven N. Wall, Dave Woods, John Wyatt, Kit Yee Chan, and Igor Rudan
Setting Research Priorities to Reduce Global Mortality from Childhood Pneumonia by 2015, Igor Rudan, Shams El Arifeen, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Robert E. Black, Abdullah Brooks, Kit Yee Chan, Mickey Chopra, Trevor Duke, David Marsh, Antonio Pio, Eric A. F. Simoes, Giorgio Tamburlini, Evropi Theodoratou, Martin W. Weber, Cynthia G. Whitney, Harry Campbell, and Shamim A. Qazi
Severe propylthiouracil-induced hepatotoxicity in pregnancy managed successfully by liver transplantation: A case report, Evan Sequeira, Sikolia Wanyonyi, and Raj Dodia
Severity of acute hepatitis and its outcome in patients with dengue fever in a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan (South Asia), Om Parkash, Aysha Almas, S. M. Wasim Jafri, Saeed Hamid, Jaweed Akhtar, and Hasnain Alishah
Sharp injuries and their determinants among health care workers at first-level care facilities in Sindh Province, Pakistan, Naveed Z. Janjua, Mohammad I. Khan, and Bushra Mahmood
Shifting position and changing image: Women teachers’ experiences in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, Dilshad Ashraf
Short course adjuvant terlipressin in acute variceal bleeding: A randomized double blind dummy controlled trial, Zahid Azam, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri, Mohammad Salih, Zaigham Abbas, Shahab Abid, and Hasnain Shah
Short-course versus long-course antibiotic therapy for non-severe community-acquired pneumonia in children aged 2 months to 59 months, Batool A. Haider, Muhammad Ammad Saeed, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Simultaneous Detection of Six Diarrhea-Causing Bacterial Pathogens with an In-House PCR-Luminex Assay, Jie Liu, Jean Gratz, Athanasia Maro, Happy Kumburu, Gibson Kibiki, Mami Taniuchi, Arif Mahmud Howlader, Shihab U. Sobuz, Rashidul Haque, Kaisar A. Talukder, Shahida Qureshi, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Doris M. Haverstick, and Eric R. Houpta
Single Center, Single Operator Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Electrohydraulic and Electromagnetic Lithotripters in the Management of 10-to 20-mm Single Upper Urinary Tract Calculi, Anila Jamshaid, M Hammad Ather, Ghazi Hussain, and Karim B. Khawaja
Situational Analysis of Household Energy and Biomass Use and Associated Health Burden of Indoor Air Pollution and Mitigation Efforts in Pakistan, Zafar Fatmi, Asma Rahman, Ambreen Kazi, M. Masood Kadir, and Nalini Sathiakumar
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and lactose intolerance contribute to irritable bowel syndrome symptomatology in Pakistan., Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Saeed Hamid, Safia Awan, and Wasim Jafri
Smokeless tobacco use among adult patients who visited family practice clinics in Karachi, Pakistan, Niloufer Sultan Ali, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Tabrez Ali, and Rabia Hameed
Social marketing for early neonatal care: Saving newborn lives in Pakistan., Iram Ejaz and Babar Tasneem Shaikh
Socio-economic change and parent-child relationships: implications for parental control and HIV prevention among young people in rural north western Tanzania, Joyce Wamoyi, Angela Fenwick, Mark Urassa, Basia Zaba, and William Stones
Socio-economic change and parent-child relationships: implications for parental control and HIV prevention among young people in rural north western Tanzania, Joyce Wamoyi, Angela Fenwick, Mark Urassa, Basia Zaba, and William Stones
Soil condition classification using infrared spectroscopy: A proposition for assessment of soil condition along a tropical forest-cropland chronosequence, Alex Awiti, Markus G. Walsha, Keith D. Shepherd, and Jenesio Kinyamario
Soils: A contemporary perspective, Cheryl Palm, Pedro Sanchez, Sonya Ahamed, and Alex Awiti
Solar Water Disinfection in Household Settings: Hype or Hope?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Sonographic fetal biometry charts for a Pakistani cohort., W. Akhtar, A. Ali, M. A. Arain, F. Saeed, S. Siddiqui, and A Memon
South Asian foodways in Britain - diversity and change and the implications for health promotion, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis
Species and tissue-specificity of prokinetic, laxative and spasmodic effects of Fumaria parviflora, Najeeb-ur-Rehman, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Adnan J. Al-Rehaily, Ramzi A. A. Mothana, and Anwar H. Gilani
Spectrum of antihypertensive therapy in South Asians at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan., Aysha Almas, Salik Ur Rehman Iqbal, Anabia Ehtamam, and Aamir Hameed Khan
Spectrum of cytological findings in patients with neck lymphadenopathy--experience in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan., Saira Fatima, Sidra Arshad, Zubair Ahmed, and Sheema H Hasan
Spectrum of malignancy in mixed tumors of salivary gland: a morphological and immunohistochemical review of 23 cases., Asim Qureshi, Abrar Barakzai, Najam Ul Sahar, Rubina Gulzar, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema H Hassan
Spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like differentiation of thyroid gland: report of two cases with follow-up., Azizun Nisa, Abrar Barakzai, Khurram Minhas, and Naila Kayani
Splenic injury after blunt abdominal trauma: an unusual presentation, Shahzad M. Shamim, J. Razzak, Shehzad M. Umer, and Tabish Chawla
Splenic rupture, secondary to G-CSF use for chemotherapy induced neutropenia: a case report and review of literature., Nehal Masood, Asim Jamal Shaikh, Wasim Ahmed Memon, and Romana Idress
Spontaneous dural tear leading to intracranial hypotension and tonsillar herniation in Marfan syndrome: a case report, Aqueel H. Pabaney, Farhan A. Mirza, Nadir A. Syed, and Humera Ahsan
Spousal abuse during pregnancy in Karachi, Pakistan, Mufiza Farid, Sarah Saleem, Mehtab S. Karim, and Juanita Hatcher
Squamous cell carcinoma in the small intestine., Shazia Mumtaz, Zubair Ahmad, Saira Fatima, and Asim Qureshi
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Tongue in an 11-Year-old Girl, Zehra Fadoo, Fozia Naz, Yousuf Husen, Shahid Pervez, and Nizam-ul Hasan
Staging of prostatic adenocarcinoma with radical prostatectomy specimens in Pakistan., A. Memon, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, A Ahsan, A Barakzai, and Yasmin Bhurgri
Stapled hemorrhoidopexy: The Aga Khan University Hospital experience., Ali Athar, Tabish Chawla, and Pishori Turab
Status of children's blood lead levels in Pakistan: Implications for research and policy, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Sibylle Kristensen, Zafar Fatmi, and Nalini Sathiakumar
Status of HER2 amplification, polysomy 17 and histopathological features of 425 Pakistani breast cancer patients., Tariq Moatter, Muniba Aban, Waseem Iqbal, Iqbal Azam, Afshan Pervaiz, Farjad Siddiqui, Farzana Murad, and Shahid Pervez
Stem cells for spinal cord regeneration: Current status., Zain A. Sobani, Syed A. Quadri, and S. Ather Enam
Stewardship of national parks and reserves in the era of global change, Alex Awiti
Stillbirth and healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy Reply, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Robert Pattinson, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Stillbirth in developing countries: a review of causes, risk factors and prevention strategies, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sarah Saleem, Omrana Pasha, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Stillbirths 1 Stillbirths: why they matter, J. Frederik Froen, Joanne Cacciatore, Elizabeth M. McClure, Oluwafemi Kuti, Abdul Hakeem Jokhio, Monir Islam, and Jeremy Shiffman
Stillbirths 3 Stillbirths: what difference can we make and at what cost?, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Joy E. Lawn, Arjumand Rizvi, Ingrid K. Friberg, Eva Weissman, Eckhart Buchmann, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Stillbirths 6 Stillbirths: the vision for 2020, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Jose M. Belizan, Uma M. Reddy, Craig E. Rubens, Hillary Mabeya, Vicki Flenady, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Stillbirths: Epidemiology, Evidence, and Priorities for Action, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Joy E. Lawn, Gary L. Darmstadt, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
STONES Impact of dose reduction on CT detection of urolithiasis, M Hammad Ather and Wasim A. Memon
Stratification of white matter hyperintensities in young and middle age adults using Hydrogen Magnetic Resonance (H-MR) spectroscopy, M’mene E. Elvis
Strengths and challenges of the first prelicensure baccalaureate of science in nursing program in Pakistan., Raisa B. Gul, Pauline Paul, and Joanne K Olson
Strong BCL2 expression in Burkitt lymphoma is not uncommon in adults., Shahid Pervez, M. Qasim Raza, Arslan Mirza, and Anam Pal
Student motivation and academic achievements, Zeenat Shah
Students’ and teachers’ conceptions of a scientist: A study from Pakistan, Nelofer Halai
Students' perceptions of clinical teaching and learning strategies: A Pakistani perspective, Basnama Ayaz Khan, Fauziya Ali, Nilofar Vazir, Rubina Barolia, and Seema Rehan
Students' perceptions of clinical teaching and learning strategies: a Pakistani perspective., Basnama Ayaz Khan, Fauziya Ali, Nilofar Vazir, Rubina Barolia, and Seema Rehan
Students’ perceptions of their teachers: A case study, Muhammad Memon
Studies of oil from cowpea (vigna unguiculata ( l.) walp.) cultivars commonly grown in Pakistan, M. Zia-Ul-Haq, S. Ahmad, E. Chiavaro, Mehjabeen, and Sagheer Ahmed
Studies on Antidiarrheal and Antispasmodic Activities of Lepidium sativum Crude Extract in Rats, Najeeb-ur Rehman, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Khalid M. Alkharfy, and Anwar Gilani
Studies on antidyslipidemic effects of Morinda citrifolia (Noni) fruit, leaves and root extracts., Saf-ur Rehman Mandukhail, Nauman Aziz, and Anwar Gilani
Studies on anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of betel nut in rodents, Shagufta Khan, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Anita Naushir Akbar Ali, Fahad Shabbir Ahmed, Ahsana Dar, and Anwarul-Hassan Gilani
Studies on the antihypertensive and antidyslipidemic activities of Viola odorata leaves extract., Hasan S. Siddiqi, Malik H. Mehmood, Najeeb U. Rehman, and Anwar Gilani
Studies on the antioxidant and analgesic activities of Aztec marigold (Tagetes erecta) flowers, Samra Bashir and Anwar Gilani
Studies on the Chemical Composition and Possible Mechanisms Underlying the Antispasmodic and Bronchodilatory Activities of the Essential Oil of Artemisia maritima L., Abdul Jabbar Shah, Anwarul-Hassan Gilani, Kanza Abbas, Munawwer Rasheed, Amir Ahmed, and Viqar Uddin Ahmad
Successful management of aggressive fibromatosis of the neck using wide surgical excision: a case report., Zain A. Sobani, Montasir Junaid, and Mumtaz J Khan
Successful school improvement, Khush Funer Murtaza
Suicide bombings: process of care of mass casualties in the developing world., Masood Umer, Yasir J Sepah, Munira M Shahpurwala, and Hasnain Zafar
Suitable Disk Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoints Defining Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolates with Reduced Susceptibility to Fluoroquinolones, Christopher M. Parry, Chau Tran Thuy, Sabina Dongol, Abhilasha Karkey, Ha Vinh, Nguyen Tran Chinh, Pham Thanh Duy, Tran Vu Thieu Nga, James I. Campbell, Nguyen Van Minh Hoang, Amit Arjyal, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Sujit K. Bhattacharya, Magdarina D. Agtini, Baiqing Dong, Do Gia Canh, Aliya Naheed, John Wain, Tran Tinh Hien, Buddha Basnyat, Leon Ochiai, John Clemens, Jeremy J. Farrar, Christiane Dolecek, and Stephen Baker
Superficial temporal artery calcification in patients with end-stage renal disease: Association with vascular risk factors and ischemic cerebrovascular disease., Zeeshan Anwar, Elcin Zan, Marco Carone, Arzu Ozturk, Stephen M Sozio, and David M Yousem
Supernumerary, ectopic tooth in the maxillary antrum presenting with recurrent haemoptysis., Taimur Saleem, Umair Khalid, Anam Hameed, and Shehzad Ghaffar
Surface Area In Children: A Simple Formula, Muhammad Furqan and Anwarul Haque
Surgery, Public Health, and Pakistan, Syed Nabeel Zafar and K. A. Kelly McQueen
Surgical management of neglected bilateral obligatory patella dislocation, Shahryar Noordin, Salim Allana, and James G. Wright
Surgical management of valvular heart diseases in pregnancy, Asif Jafferani, Ayesha Malik, Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja, Lumaan Sheikh, and Hasanat Sharif
Surgical rescue of embolized amplatzer devices., Muneer M Amanullah, Maria T Siddiqui, Mubashir Z Khan, and Mehnaz A Atiq
Surgical Tourniquets in Orthopaedics Reply, Shahryar Noordin; James A. McEwen; John F., Jr. Kragh; andrew Eisen; and Bassam A. Masri
Surgical Tourniquets in Orthopedics, Shahryar Noordin; James A. McEwen; John F., Jr. Kragh; andrew Eisen; and Bassam A. Masri
Surgical training programs in Pakistan, Jamsheer J Talati and Nadir Ali Syed
Surveillance of Pneumococcal Meningitis among Children in Sindh, Southern Pakistan, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Hassan Khan, Razzaq Lasi, and Waheed Mahesar
Survey: Teacher education in private sector, Nelofer Halai
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
Survival of patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a developing country - patient characteristics and predictors of mortality, Fahim H. Jafary, Ahmad Zafir Arham, Fahad Waqar, Ali Raza, and Hafeez Ahmed
Sustained virological response to pegylated interferon and ribavirin in patients with genotype 3 HCV cirrhosis., Amna Subhan Butt, Khalid Mumtaz, Irum Aqeel, Hasnain A Shah, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Syncope: experience at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan., Muhammad Junaid Patel, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Abdul Jawwad Samdani, Muhammad Furqan, Aamir Hameed, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Syed Imran Ayaz, and Muhammad Omer Jamil
Syndrome of Hepatic Cirrhosis, Dystonia, Polycythemia, and Hypermanganesemia Caused by Mutations in SLC30A10, a Manganese Transporter in Man, Karin Tuschl; Peter T. Clayton; Sidney M., Jr. Gospe; Shamshad Gulab; Shahnaz Ibrahim; Pratibha Singhi; Roosy Aulakh; Reinaldo T. Ribeiro; Orlando G. Barsottini; Maha S. Zaki; Maria Luz Del Rosario; Sarah Dyack; Victoria Price; andrea Rideout; Kevin Gordon; Ron A. Wevers; W. K. 'Kling' Chong; and Philippa B. Mills
Synovial sarcoma of the lung presenting late with compression of mediastinal structures and its successful resection: A case report., Saulat H. Fatimi, Amna Anees, Hashim M Hanif, and Marium Muzaffar
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy vs acute myocardial infarction: diagnostic utility of subtle ECG differences., Asma Saba Syed and Umair Khalid
Tamsulosin-induced severe hypotension during general anesthesia: a case report., Dileep Kumar and Fauzia Anis Khan
Tanzanian nurses understanding and practice of spiritual care, Khairunnisa Aziz Dhamani, Pauline Paul, and Joanne Kaye Olson
Tawana project-school nutrition program in Pakistan - its success, bottlenecks and lessons learned, Salma Halai Badruddin, Ajmal Agha, Habib Peermohamed, Ghazala Rafique, Kausar S. Khan, and Gregory Pappas
Teacher leaders: Experiences of Pakistani teachers in leading school improvement activities, Mwanaate Shabaan and Rashida Qureshi
Teacher mentoring programme: A vehicle to support professional development for improving the quality of education in Districts of Sindh and Balochistan of Pakistan, Rakhshinda Meher, Asghari Ummulbanin, and Ghazala Mursaleen
Teachers as leaders in the Pakistani context, Nusrat Fatima Rizvi
Teachers as participants in classroom reform: Promise and perils of action research, Anjum Halai
Teachers’ level of conceptual understanding of the teaching methods: A qualitative analysis, Muhammad Memon
Teachers’ perceptions of their professionalism in government primary schools in Karachi, Pakistan, Meher Rizvi and Bob Elliot
Teachers’ perceptions of their values, sources of the values, and its influence on student personality development: A case study from Pakistan, Sharifullah Baig and Zenat Shah
Teachers professional development for quality education, Nadeem Kirmani, Muhammad Zahid, and Rehana Naz
Teachers’ professional development through integrating ICT in English language education: A case from Pakistan, Ayesha Bashiruddin
Teachers’ professional development through Whole School Improvement Program (WSIP), Khush Funer Murtaza
Teacher training: Teacher education in transition, Muhammad Ali and Reshma Parveen
Teaching and learning in multigrade classes, Rana Hussain and John Retallick
Teaching and trading: Local voices and global issues from Central Asia, Sarfaroz Niyozov and Duishon Shamatov
Teaching for quality education in environmental education: Challenges and possibilities, Abid Shah and Sadaf Jehangir
Teaching grammar: Beliefs and practices of teachers of English, Ayesha Bashiruddin, Nadeem Khan, Haleema Younus, and Uzma Dayan
Teaching graphicacy skills in Pakistan, Bernadette L. Dean
Teaching practicum and learning to teach: A gender perspective, Dilshad Ashraf, Mohammad Nauman, and Kausar Waqar
Telecytology in East Africa: a feasibility study of forty cases using a static imaging system, Neeta Kumar, Satya Vara Prasad Busarla, Shahin Sayed, Jesca Muthoni Kirimi, Patricia Okiro, Samuel Mukono Gakinya, Zahir Moloo, and Aliyah R. Sohani
Temporal expression of calcium/calmodulin-dependent adenylyl cyclase isoforms in rat articular chondrocytes: RT-PCR and immunohistochemical localization, Ismail Memon, Khalid M. Khan, Sammer Siddiqui, Siddiqa Perveen, and Muhammad Ishaq
Temporal trends in risk factors and outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage over 18 years at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan., Mohammad Wasay, Ismail A. Khatri, Bhojo Khealani, and Mohammad Afaq
Ten year experience of pediatric kidney biopsies from a single center in Pakistan., A Absar, M Diamond, Y Sonia, R Arshalooz, A Safia, K Waqar, and P Shahid
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
Terpenoid Content of Valeriana wallichii Extracts and Antidepressant-like Response Profiles, Fazal Subhan, Nasiara Karim, Anwar Gilani, and Robert D. E. Sewell
Testing of inferencing behaviour in a second language, Jane A. Kembo
Th1/Th2 Cytometric Bead Array can discriminate cytokine secretion from endogenously activated cells in pulmonary disease, recent and remote infection in tuberculosis, Najeeha Talat, Firdaus Shahid, Sharon Perry, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
The action research planner, Stephen Kemmis, Robin McTaggart, and John Retallick
The antidiarrheal and spasmolytic activities of Phyllanthus emblica are mediated through dual blockade of muscarinic receptors and Ca(2+) channels, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Hasan Salman Siddiqi, and Anwarul Hassan Gilani
The antinociceptive activity of Polygonatum verticillatum rhizomes in pain models, Haroon Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Anwar Gilani, Murad Ali Khan, Ahsana Dar, and Inamullah Khan
The association of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and inadequate physical activity with overweight and obesity in school-going children and adolescents in Pakistan, Azra Rizwan, Jaweed Akhter, and Tazeen Jafar
The burden of stroke and transient ischemic attack in Pakistan: a community-based prevalence study, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Ahmed Itrat, Muhammed Murtaza, Maria Khan, Asif Rasheed, Amin Ali, Amna Akber, Zainab Akber, Naved Iqbal, Sana Shoukat, Farzin Majeed, and Danish Saleheen
The burden of Stroke in Pakistan, Bhojo A. Khealani and Mohammad Wasay
The changing face of citizenship education in Pakistan, Bernadette L. Dean
The concept and perception of peace education in Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan: A comparative case study, Abida Begum
The concept of skin bleaching in Africa and its devastating health implications, Melanie de Souza
The correlation between international prostate symptoms score and sexual health inventory in men with lower urinary tract symptoms, Abdul R. Nasir, Ali Akbar Zehri, Farhat Abbas, and M Hammad Ather
The cost-effectiveness of typhoid Vi vaccination programs: Calculations for four urban sites in four Asian countries, Joseph Cook, Marc Jeuland, Dale Whittington, Christine Poulos, John Clemens, Dipika Sur, Dang Duc Anh, Magdarina Agtini, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
The diagnostic yield of various tests for Helicobacter pylori infection in patients on acid-reducing drugs, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Shahab Abid, Muhammad Islam, and Zubair Ahmed
The economic costs of diabetes in developing countries: some concerns and recommendations, Ali Khan Khuwaja, L. A. Khowaja, and P. Cosgrove
The effectiveness of training nurses in breast cancer awareness at a tertiary hospital: an experimental study, Miriam Mutebi
The effect of clinical clerkship on students' attitudes toward psychiatry in Karachi, Pakistan., Ayesha Sajid, Murad M. Khan Dr., Murtaza Shakir, Riffat Moazam-Zaman, and Asad Ali
The effect of folic acid, protein energy and multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy on stillbirths, Aamer Imdad, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
The effect of providing skilled birth attendance and emergency obstetric care in preventing stillbirths, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Mahrukh Ayesha Ali, Mohammad Usman Ali, Aamer Imdad, Joy E. Lawn, Nynke Van Den Broek, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
The effect of therapeutic zinc supplementation among young children with selected infections: A review of the evidence, Batool A. Haider and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
The effect of use of a structured data collection form on the accuracy of diagnosing causes of acute abdominal pain, Winston Makanga
The efficacy of intravenous hyoscine-n-butylbromide (buscopan®) for the acceleration of labour in first time parturients: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Mukaindo A. Mwaniki
The epidemiological patterns of honour killing of women in Pakistan, Muazzam Nasrullah, Sobia Haqqi, and Kristin J. Cummings
The hidden figure: sexual intimate partner violence among Pakistani women, Mufiza Zia Kapadia, Sarah Saleem, and Mehtab S. Karim
The Hirsch index - a play on numbers or a true appraisal of academic output?, Taimur Saleem
The Ignominy of Low birth Weight in South Asia, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
The impact of mucosal infections on acquisition and progression of tuberculosis, S. Perry, Rabia Hussain, and J. Parsonnet
The importance of context in school improvement, Takbir Ali
The influence of antiretroviral therapy on QTc interval amongst HIV patients at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Jay Shavadia
The influence of antiretroviral therapy on the QTc interval in an African cohort, J. Shavadia, R. Shah, G. Yonga, R. Patel, J. Stebbing, and M. Nelson
The influence of a whole school improvement program on the value orientation of a headteacher in the mountainous region of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan, Sharifullah Baig and Mola Dad Shafa
The influence of depression on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected patients at Aga Khan University Hospital (Nairobi), Evelyn W. Karanja-Mbugua
The influence of globalisation on the national education policies of developing countries, Sajid Ali
The last mile in global poliomyelitis eradication, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
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
The lived experience of families with a mentally ill family member, Moses Wankiiri, Karen B. Drake, and Kimberley R. Meyer
The moral dimension of teaching, affectionate schools and the student drop out: The case study of a mountainous community in Pakistan, Zeenat Shah, Sultan Alam, and Sharifullah Baig
The Nairobi model: A focus on primary science classroom practice, Harcharan Pardhan and Alan E. Wheeler
'The one truly serious philosophical problem': Ethical aspects of suicide., Murad M. Khan Dr. and Ayesha I Mian
The perceptions of the preparedness of medical graduates to take on internship responsibilities in low resource hospitals in Kenya, Patricia N. Muthaura and Tashmin K. Khamis
The personal cost of diabetic foot disease in the developing world - a study from Pakistan, S. M. Ali, A. Fareed, S. M. Humail, A. Basit, M. Y. Ahmedani, A. Fawwad, and Z. Miyan
The power and politics of studying the impact of educational reforms in the South, Roshni Kumari, Razia Fakir Mohammad, and Nilofar Vazir
The power of reframing: Experiences of leadership development, Roshni Kumari and Muhammad Babur
The practice of histopathology in a developing country: difficulties and challenges, plus a discussion on the terrible disease burden we carry, Z. Ahmad, A Qureshi, and A. Khurshid
The preterm birth syndrome: a prototype phenotypic classification, Jose Villar, Aris T. Papageorghiou, Hannah E. Knight, Michael G. Gravett, Jay Iams, Sarah A. Waller, Michael Kramer, Jennifer F. Culhane, Fernando C. Barros, Agustin Conde-Agudelo, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Robert L. Goldenberg
The preterm birth syndrome: issues to consider in creating a classification system, Robert L. Goldenberg, Michael G. Gravett, Jay Iams, Aris T. Papageorghiou, Sarah A. Waller, Michael Kramer, Jennifer Culhane, Fernando Barros, Augustin Conde-Agudelo, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Hannah E. Knight, and Jose Villar
The prevalence of postoperative pain following day surgery in the first 48 hours at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Gilbert Mwaka
Therapeutic outcomes of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia, Raihan Sajid, Bushra Moiz, Natasha Ali, Nausheen Kamran, Salman N. Adil, Usman Shaikh, and Mohammad Khurshid
The Remaining Challenge of Pneumonia The Leading Killer of Children, Ron Dagan, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Ciro A. de Quadros, Javier Garau, Keith P. Klugman, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, Orin Levine, Samir K. Saha, Samba Sow, Fred Were, and Yonghong Yang
The road to residency and beyond for international medical graduates in the United States, Umair Khalid and Taimur Saleem
The role of child-to-child and CBR in facilitating inclusive education, Debbie Kramer-Roy
The role of headteachers in Pakistan, Tim Simkins, Viv Garrett, Muhammad Memon, and Rana Nazir Ali
The role of school principals in enhancing teacher professionalism: Lessons from Pakistan, Meher Rizvi
The role of the twin-arginine translocation pathway in Escherichia coli K1 pathogenicity in the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Rachael Beattie, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
The role perceptions of government and non-government headteachers in Pakistan, Tim Simkins, Viv Garrett, Muhammad Memon, and Rana Nazir Ali
The role transition of nurses in a university teaching hospital in Pakistan., Nasreen S Lalani and Jacqueline M Dias
The Safety and Efficacy of Optical Urethrotomy Using a Spongiosum Block With Sedation: A Comparative Nonrandomized Study, M Hammad Ather, Ali Akbar Zehri, Kashifuddin Soomro, and Irfan Nazir
The sandwich fellowship: a subspecialty training model for the developing world, Faazil Kassam, Karim F. Damji, Dan Kiage, Chris Carruthers, and Martin Kollmann
The second African federation of neurological surgeons course in the East, Central, and Southern Africa region held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, January 2011, Joseph F. Kahamba, Anthony B. Assey, Robert J. Dempsey, Mahmood M. Qureshi, and Roger Härtl
The secret of the world environment day, Sultan Alam
The spread of English in two parts of the Northern Area of Pakistan, 1980-2002: A comparative study of Chilas and Hunza, Brian Harlech-Jones, Shamshad Sajid, and Shams-ur-Rahman
The Study of Etiologic and Demographic Characteristics of Intracranial Brain Abscess: A Consecutive Case Series Study from Pakistan, Nabeel Manzar, Bushra Manzar, Rajesh Kumar, and M. Ehsan Bari
The study of HIV and antenatal care integration in pregnancy in Kenya: design, methods, and baseline results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial, Janet M. Turan, Rachel L. Steinfeld, Maricianah Onono, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Meghan Woods, Starley B. Shade, Sierra Washington, Reson Marima, Jeremy Penner, Marta L. Ackers, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, and Craig R. Cohen
The type III secretion system is involved in Escherichia coli K1 interactions with Acanthamoeba, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Huma Malik, Mehwish Sagheer, Suk-Yul Jung, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
The unfolding human tragedy in Pakistan: fighting alone, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Shereen Zulfiqar Bhutta
The use of high-resolution (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in the clinical diagnosis of Acanthamoeba, Sandra Hauber, Hary Parkes, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
The use of MCV and MCH to screen for iron deficiency in pregnancy among women with normal haemoglobin values, Charles M. Muteshi
The utility of modified Butler-Leggett criteria for right ventricular hypertrophy in detection of clinically significant shunt ratio in ostium secundum-type atrial septal defect in adults, Adeel M. Siddiqui, Zainab Samad, Nina Hakacova, James Kinsella, Cary Ward, Michael White, Anna Lisa C. Crowley, Galen S. Wagner, and J. Kevin Harrison
The World Health Organization should design serious strategies to oblige poor nations to comply and curb rising numbers of female tobacco users, Joseph Mwizerwa
Three-level quality assessment of a dental hospital using EFQM., Farhan Vakani, Zafar Fatmi, and Kashif Naqvi
Through support of mothers, Khush Funer Murtaza
Thyroid tuberculosis: a case series and a review of the literature., Uzma Majid and Najmul Islam
Time to rethink: Peace education in teaching learning process, Abida Begum
Time trends and age-related etiologies of pediatric hydrocephalus: results of a groupwise analysis in a clinical cohort, Qura-Tul-Ain Rashid, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Kishwar Enam, Syed Faraz Kazim, Saniya Siraj Godil, Syed Ather Enam, Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Time trends in the incidence of cancer cervix in Karachi South, 1995-2002., Yasmin Bhurgri, Shahid Pervez, Naila Kayani, Muneeza Afif, Imran Tahir, Kauser Nazir, Ahmed Usman, Naveen Faridi, Hadi Bhurgri, Jawaid Malik, Imtiaz Bashir, Asif Bhurgri, Rashida Ahmed, Sheema H Hasan, Mohammed Khurshed, and S. M. H. Zaidi
Titration of Insulin Glargine in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Asia: Physician- Versus Patient-Led? Rationale of the Asian Treat to Target Lantus Study (ATLAS), Masato Odawara, Anoop Misra, Marina Shestakova, Chang-Yu Pan, Abdul Jabbar, Nick Freemantle, and Karim Admane
Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy: An investigative survey of women in 9 developing nations, Michele Bloch, Fernando Althabe, Marie Onyamboko, Christine Kaseba-Sata, Eduardo E. Castilla, Salvio Freire, Ana L. Garces, Sailajanandan Parida, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Norman Goco, Jutta Thornberry, Magdalena Daniels, Janet Bartz, Tyler Hartwell, Nancy Moss, and Robert Goldenberg
Topical application of chlorhexidine to neonatal umbilical cords for prevention of omphalitis and neonatal mortality in a rural district of Pakistan: a community-based, cluster-randomised trial, Sajid Soofi, Simon Cousens, Aamer Imdad, Naveed Bhutto, Nabeela Ali, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Towards a Global Educational Matrix for Tomorrow's Health Systems, Jamsheer J Talati
Towards a new developmental synthesis: adaptive developmental plasticity and human disease, Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson, Patrick Bateson, Alan S. Beedle, Catherine M. Law, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Konstantin V. Anokhin, Pierre Bougneres, Giriraj Ratan Chandak, Partha Dasgupta, George Davey Smith, Peter T. Ellison, Terrence E. Forrester, Scott F. Gilbert, Eva Jablonka, Hillard Kaplan, andrew M. Prentice, Stephen J. Simpson, Ricardo Uauy, and Mary Jane West-Eberhard
Tracking down immune markers from alternative system pathway factors in a diabetic population., Bushra Chaudhry, Najamul Islam, Kausar Saboohi, and Nazema Ahsen
Transatlantic divide in publication of content relevant to developing countries, Asad J. Raja and Peter A. Singer
Transcatheter Closure of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus in a Patient With an Anomalous Inferior Vena Cava, Saleem Akhtar, Shazia Mohsin Samad, and Mehnaz Atiq
Transfer delay and in-hospital mortality of trauma patients in Pakistan., Afrasyab Khan, Hasnain Zafar, Syed Nadir Naeem, and Syed Ahsan Raza
Transforming schools in Pakistan : Towards the learning community, John Retallick and Iffat Farah
Transition towards health promoting hospitals: adapting a global framework to Pakistan., A. R. Khowaja, R. Karmaliani, R. Mistry, and A Agha
Translational research in the developing world: molecular medicine goes global, Asad I. Mian, Nathan S. Bryan, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Translation of research instruments: research processes, pitfalls and challenges, K. A. Dhamani and M. S. Richter
Transport time to trauma facilities in Karachi: an exploratory study., Roomasa Channa, Hira Altaf Jaffrani, Aamir Javed Khan, Talal Hasan, and J. Razzak
Traumatic Dural Venous Sinus Thrombosis in High-Risk Acute Blunt Head Trauma Patients, W. Akhtar
Traumatic retroclival epidural hematoma in pediatric patient-Case report and review of literature., Muhammad Zubair Tahir, S. A. Quadri, Sonia Hanif, and Gohar Javed
Treating childhood pneumonia empirically: Several issues still remain!, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Treatment of complex fistula in ano with cable-tie seton: a prospective case series., Ayaz Ahmad Memon, Ghulam Murtaza, Rizwan Azami, Hasnain Zafar, Tabish Chawla, and Altaf Ali Laghari
Treatment Response to Iron and Folic Acid Alone Is the Same as with Multivitamins and/or Anthelminthics in Severely Anemic 6-to 24-Month-Old Children, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Rolf Klemm, Farhana Shahid, Arjumand Rizvi, Jee Hyuan Rah, and Parul Christian
Treatment response to standard of care for severe anemia in pregnant women and effect of multivitamins and enhanced anthelminthics, Parul Christian, Farhana Shahid, Arjumand Rizvi, Rolf D. W. Klemm, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Shigella species in Karachi, Pakistan., E. Khan, Kausar Jabeen, Muslima Ejaz, Jaweriah Siddiqui, Muhammad Farrukh Shezad, and Afia Zafar
Trends in Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance, Pakistan, 1990-2007, Rumina Hasan, Kauser Jabeen, Vikram Mehraj, Farhan Zafar, Faisal Malik, Qaiser Hassan, Iqbal Azam, and Muhammad Masood Kadir
Trends in salmonella enteric serovar typhi in Nairobi, Kenya from 2004 to 2006, Doris M. Mengo1, Sam Kariuki, Ann W. T. Muigai, and Gunturu N. Revathi
Trends of Surgical Career Selection Among Medical Students and Graduates: A Global Perspective, Ranish Deedar-Ali-Khawaja and Sadaf Mumtaz Khan
Trials of antenatal syphilis screening urgently needed Reply, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Joy E. Lawn
Triple negative and basal-like breast cancer in East Africa, Mateya E. Trinkaus, Shahin Sayed, Samuel Mukono Gakinya, Zahir Moloo, Wedad Hanna, and Yasmin Rahim
Triple test assessment and a scoring system to predict the presence of breast cancer at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Aideed A. Kahie
Tropical bacterial gastrointestinal infections., Sadia Shakoor, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Rumina Hasan
Tuberculous endocarditis: valvular and right atrial involvement, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Saulat H. Fatimi, Bushra Jamil, Sherif E. Moustafa, and Farouk Mookadam
Tungiasis: consequences of delayed presentation/diagnosis, Mohammad Asim Beg, V. Mehraj, N. Yakoob, S. Pervez, T. Saleem, A. Zubari, and H. Zafar
Ultrasound Biosafety During Pregnancy: What Do Operators Know in the Developing World? National Survey Findings From Pakistan, W. Akhtar, Mubashir Aslam Arain, Arif Ali, Nabeel Manzar, Zafar Sajjad, Mukhtiar Memon, Wasim Memon, and Nadeem Ahmad
Ultrasound estimation of fetal weight: A formula for a Pakistani population, Shama Munim, Francesc Figueras, Saima Malik Shah, Farah Khan, and Jason Gardosi
Ultrasound-Related Research in Pakistan: A Perspective From the Developing World, W. Akhtar, Zafar Sajjad, Mubashir Aslam Arain, and Arif Ali
Underestimation of weight and its associated factors among overweight and obese adults in Pakistan: a cross sectional study, Seema Bhanji, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Fawad Siddiqui, Iqbal Azam, and Khawar Kazmi
Understanding a novice teacher’s learning to teach in a private school for girls in Karachi, Pakistan, Haji Karim Khan
Understanding children’s play, Nilofar Vazir and Syeda Imrana Raza
Understanding learning through reflection, Saniya Sultan Ali Panjwani
Understanding the headteachers’ role in Pakistan: Emerging role demands, constraints and choices, Muhammad Memon, Rana Nazir Ali, Tim Simkins, and Viv Garret
Understanding unintentional childhood home injuries: pilot surveillance data from Karachi, Pakistan., Nukhba Zia, Uzma R. Khan, Junaid A. Razzak, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, and Adnan A. Hyder
Unexpected absence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage by healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in Kenya, G. Omuse, S. Kariuki, and G. Revathi
Unfolding the universe of newborn health interventions: the role of innovative community-based strategies, Z. S. Lassi and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Universal versus selective risk factor-based screening strategy for gestational diabetes mellitus, Francis G. Muriithi
Unplanned return visit to emergency department: a descriptive study from a tertiary care hospital in a low-income country, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Junaid Abdul Razzak, Ali Faisal Saleem, Uzma Rahim Khan, Mohammed Umer Mir, and Bushra Aashiq
Unravelling the enigma of health statistics in China, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Unusual presentation of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: case report, N. Twahirwa and J. Rees
Use of "Parasep filter fecal concentrator tubes" for the detection of intestinal parasites in stool samples under routine conditions., Mohammad Zeeshan, Afia Zafar, Zeb Saeed, Seema Irfan, Zain A Sobani, Sadia Shakoor, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Use of p-nitrobenzoic acid in 7H10 agar for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: a field study, S. Shakoor, T. Ahsan, K. Jabeen, M. Raza, and Rumina Hasan
Use of psychoactive drugs among patients visiting outpatient clinics in Karachi, Pakistan reply, Ali Khan Khuwaja
Use of secondary prevention drugs for cardiovascular disease in the community in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (the PURE Study): a prospective epidemiological survey, Salim Yusuf, Shofiqul Islam, Clara K. Chow, Sumathy Rangarajan, Gilles Dagenais, Rafael Diaz, Rajeev Gupta, Roya Kelishadi, Romaina Iqbal, Alvaro Avezum, Annamarie Kruger, Raman Kutty, Fernando Lanas, Liu Lisheng, Li Wei, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Aytekin Oguz, Omar Rahman, Hany Swidan, Khalid Yusoff, Witold Zatonski, Annika Rosengren, and Koon K. Teo
Use of tranexamic acid is a cost effective method in preventing blood loss during and after total knee replacement., Yasir J Sepah, Masood Umer, Tashfeen Ahmad, Faria Nasim, Muhammad Umer Chaudhry, and Muhammad Umar
Using a feminist standpoint for researching women’s lives in the rural mountainous areas of Pakistan, Dilshad Ashraf
Using innovative teaching approaches through action research for B.Ed. programme in IER, University of Peshawar, Kulsoom Jaffer, Mohammad Asif, and Rakshinda Meher
Using SERVQUAL for assessing and improving patient satisfaction at a rural health facility in Pakistan., B. T. Shaikh, N. Mobeen, Iqbal Azam Syed, and F. Rabbani
Using verbal autopsy to ascertain perinatal cause of death: are trained non-physicians adequate?, C. Engmann, Imtiaz Jehan, J. Ditekemena, A. Garces, M. Phiri, M. Mazariegos, E. Chomba, Omrana Pasha, A. Tshefu, Y. Hemed, E. M. McClure, V. Thorsten, C. Bann, R. L. Goldenberg, C. Bose, P. Setel, W. A. Carlo, and L. L. Wright
Utility of DNA methylation markers for diagnosing cancer., Sohail A Qureshi, Muhammed Umair Bashir, and Ahmed Yaqinuddin
Utility of free to total PSA ratio in the prediction of prostate cancer in patients with intermediate total PSA levels and negative digital rectal examination, Muthoni .J .F. Kirimi
Utility of liver biopsy in HIV-infected patients presenting with febrile illnesses and inconclusive evaluation, J. Shavadia, S. Mwanzi, F. Rana, and M. Twahir
Utilization and outcome of thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke in Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Hazim Barohi, Abdul Malik, Adnan Yousuf, Safia Awan, and Ayeesha K. Kamal
Vaccination Guidelines for Children With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Living in Resource-Poor Countries, Ahmed Naqvi, Zehra Fadoo, and Saima Alvi
Validation of a food frequency questionnaire to assess macro and micro-nutrient intake among South Asians in the United Kingdom, Leena Sevak, Punam Mangtani, Valerie McCormack, Dee Bhakta, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, and Isabel dos Santos Silva
Validity of neonatal jaundice evaluation by primary health-care workers and physicians in Karachi, Pakistan, L. Hatzenbuehler, Anita K. M. Zaidi, S. Sundar, S. Sultana, F. Abbasi, A. Rizvi, and G. L. Darmstadt
Vanishing Platelets Rapid and Extreme Tirofiban-Induced Thrombocytopenia after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Nasir Rahman and Fahim H. Jafary
Vanishing Surgeons: Cultural, Economical, and Social Limitations for Pakistani Medical Students and Trainees, Ranish Deedar-Ali-Khawaja
Variation in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi IncHI1 Plasmids during the Global Spread of Resistant Typhoid Fever, Minh-Duy Phan, Claire Kidgell, Satheesh Nair, Kathryn E. Holt, Arthur K. Turner, Jason Hinds, Philip Butcher, Fiona J. Cooke, Nicholas R. Thomson, Richard Titball, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Rumina Hasan, Gordon Dougan, and John Wain
Variations in dicto-comp, Ayesha Bashiruddin
Variations in levels of blood pressure: Of prognostic value or not?, Tazeen H. Jafar and Shah B. J. Ebrahim
Variations in Practice Patterns among Neurosurgeons and Orthopaedic Surgeons in the Management of Spinal Disorders., Manzar Hussain, Sadaf Nasir, Amber Moed, and Ghulam Murtaza
Vasopressin for the management of catecholamine-resistant anaphylactic shock, Aziza Mohammad Hussain, B. Yousuf, M. A. Khan, F. H. Khan, and F. A. Khan
Very late sirolimus-eluting stent displaced fracture in the mid-left anterior descending artery., Nasir Rahman, Sajid Dhakam, and Khawar Abbass Kazmi
Vibrio cholerae O1 bacteremia in Pakistan: analysis of eight cases, Kauser Jabeen, Jaweriah Siddiqui, Afia Zafar, Sadia Shakoor, Natasha Ali, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Violence and abuse faced by junior physicians in the emergency department from patients and their caretakers: a nationwide study from Pakistan, Nabil Mahmood Mirza, Ali Imran Amjad, Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti, Fatima Tuz Zahra Mirza, Kashif Shakoor Shaikh, Jawad Kiani, Muhammad Muneeb Yusuf, Muhammad Umair Khan, Muhammad Enoos Nazir, Qazi Assad, Ayesha Humayun, Ismaa Ghazanfar Kiani, Sami Imran Amjad, and Sardar Zakariya Imam
Virological and clinical characteristics of hepatitis delta virus in South Asia, Khalid Mumtaz, Umair S. Ahmed, Sadik Memon, Ali Khawaja, Muhammad T. Usmani, Tariq Moatter, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Virulence markers of Helicobacter pylori in patients with diarrhoea-dominant irritable bowel syndrome., Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, S. Naz, M. Islam, and Waseem Jafri
Vision and Quality in the Digital Imaging Environment: How Much Does the Visual Acuity of Radiologists Vary at an Intermediate Distance?, Nabile M. Safdar, Khan M. Siddiqui, Farah Qureshi, Kashif Mirza, Nancy Knight, Paul Nagy, and Eliot Siegel
Vitamin A supplementation for preventing morbidity and mortality in children from 6 months to 5 years of age, Aamer Imdad, Kurt Herzer, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Vitamin A supplements for preventing mortality, illness, and blindness in children aged under 5: systematic review and meta-analysis, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Aamer Imdad, Kurt Herzer, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Vitamin D and child health: some emerging issues, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression, Najeeha Talat, Sharon Perry, Julie Parsonnet, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Vitamin D levels in asymptomatic adults--a population survey in Karachi, Pakistan., Adil Sheikh, Zeb Saeed, Syed Ali Danial Jafri, Iffat Yazdani, and Syed Ather Hussain
Vitamin D status of socio-economically deprived children in Kabul, Afghanistan, Semira Manaseki-Holland, M. Zulf Mughal, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and M. Qasem Shams
Vitamin E supplementation enhances hemoglobin and erythropoietin levels in mildly anemic adults, Tanveer Jilani, Bushra Moiz, and Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
War of the microbial worlds: Who is the beneficiary in Acanthamoeba-bacterial interactions?, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui and Naveed Ahmed Khan
Well-being of medical students and their awareness on substance misuse: a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan., Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Syed Ahmer, Ehsanullah Syed, Naila Bhutto, Saman Iqbal, Mohammed Naim Siddiqi, and Mohammed Zaman
What about the govt schools?, Sajid Ali
What do patients want from their psychiatrist? A cross-sectional questionnaire based exploratory study from Karachi, Roomasa Channa and M. N. Siddiqi
What do young adults know about the HIV/AIDS epidemic? Findings from a population based study in Karachi, Pakistan., Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain, Eva Johansson, and Gunilla Krantz
What families want - an assessment of family expectations in the ICU., Shahla Siddiqui, Farheen Sheikh, and Rehana Kamal
What is self-esteem, Nilofar Vazir and Syeda Imrana Raza
What is the relationship of low back pain to signs of abnormal skeletal metabolism detected by bone scans?, Brenda Breuer, Marco Pappagallo, Fukiat Ongseng, Hena Akhtar, and Richard Goldfarb
Where there is no PET/CT, Muhammad Nadeem Ahmad, Abdul Mueed Zafar, and Naila Nadeem
Why do families of sick newborns accept hospital care? a community-based cohort study in Karachi, Pakistan, A. Owais, S. Sultana, A. D. Stein, N. H. Bashir, R. Awaldad, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Why Pakistani medical graduates must remain free to emigrate, Zarmeneh Aly and Fawad Taj
Will histopathology survive in Pakistan?, Zubair Ahmad, A. Qureshi, N. S. Azad, and A. Khurshid
Woman as educational leaders and challenges, Muhammad Memon
Women empowerment through higher education in Gilgit-Baltistan, Khush Funer Murtaza
Women in educational leadership: A comparison of Kenyan and Pakistani women educational leaders, Jane F. A. Rarieya
Women in surgery: possible interventions at medical school?, Ranish Deedar-Ali-Khawaja, Tabish Chawla, and Amarah Shakoor
Women, Literacy and Development: Alternative Perspectives, Anna Robinson-Pant (Ed.), Iffat Farah
"Women's bodies are shops": beliefs about transactional sex and implications for understanding gender power and HIV prevention in Tanzania, Joyce Wamoyi, Angela Fenwick, Mark Urassa, Basia Zaba, and William Stones
Women's Empowerment in Pakistan-Definitions and Enabling and Disenabling Factors: A Secondary Data Analysis, Maria Irma Bustamante-Gavino, Salma Rattani, and Kausar Khan
Women's social position and health-seeking behaviors: is the health care system accessible and responsive in Pakistan?, Babar T Shaikh, David Haran, and Juanita Hatcher
Workplace learning in Pakistani schools: A myth or reality?, Ali Nawab
World Gastroenterology Organisation Global Guidelines Constipation-A Global Perspective., Greger Lindberg, Saeed Hamid, Peter Malfertheiner, Ole Ostergaard Thomsen, Luis Bustos Fernandez, James Garisch, Alan Thomson, Khean-Lee Goh, Rakesh Tandon, Suliman Fedail, Benjamin C. Y. Wong, Aamir Ghafoor Khan, Justus H. Krabshuis, and Anton LeMair
Writeshops: An effective tool to enable African academics to publish, K. Vincent, T. Cull, E. Archer van Garderen, and Alex Awiti
XDR tuberculosis and the Indian-subcontinent: Effective prevention strategies needed, Imad S. Khan, Omer Afzal, and Mohammad A. Rai
Youth and civic participation: Government accountability to citizens, Bernadette L. Dean`, Rahat Joldoshalieva, Cassandra Faria, Umme-laila Amin, and Tehseen Tanveer
Zinc supplementation as an adjunct to antibiotics in the treatment of pneumonia in children 2 to 59 months of age, Batool A. Haider, Zohra S. Lassi, Amina Ahmed, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Zinc supplementation for the prevention of pneumonia in children aged 2 months to 59 months, Zohra S. Lassi, Batool A. Haider, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Zinc Supplementation in Infants Less Than 6 Months of Age, Taimur Saleem and Umair Khalid