Submissions from 2018
A Rare Cause of Recurrent Constipation With Abdominal Pain and Distension, Shahab Abid and Dawar Khan
Flare of Autoimmune Hepatitis causing acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF): diagnosis and response to corticosteroid therapy., Lovkesh Anand, Ashok Choudhury, Chhagan Bihari, Barjesh C. Sharma, Manoj Kumar, Rakhi Maiwall, Saeed Hamid, Amna Subhan Butt, Wasim Jafri, and Z Abbas
Rapid Development of hepatocellular carcinoma after eradication of hepatitis C virus with directly acting antiviral treatment, Fakhar Ali Qazi Arisar and Saeed Hamid
Predictors of serious findings on bi-directional endoscopy in young patients with anemia and GI symptoms, Faisal Aslam, A. B. Khalid, Faraz Siddiqui, and Yamna Jadoon
Treatment of people diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, Marc Bulterys and Saeed Hamid
Impact of direct acting antivirals on occurrence and recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma: Biologically plausible or an epiphenomenon?, Amna Subhan Butt, Fatima Sharif, and Shahab Abid
Frequency of food hypersensitivity in patients with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Shahab Abid, Safia Awan, and Lubna Farheen
Training in emerging advances in chronic hepatitis C infection in Pakistan: the Teach-Pak project, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Shahab Abid, Minaz Mawani, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
APASL clinical practice recommendation: how to treat HCV-infected patients with renal impairment?, Tatsuo Kanda, George K. K. Lau, Lai Wei, Mitsuhiko Moriyama, Ming-Lung Yu, Wang-Long Chuang, Alaaeldin Ibrahim, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana, Jose Sollano, and Saeed Hamid
Curbing the hepatitis C virus epidemic in Pakistan: The impact of scaling up treatment and prevention for achieving elimination, Aaron G. Lim; Huma Qureshi; Hassan Mahmood; Saeed Hamid; Charlotte F. Davies; Adam Trickey; Nancy Glass; Quaid Saeed; Hannah Fraser; and Josephine G. Walker,
Assessment of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis using protein calorie malnutrition (PCM) score verses bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA), Om Parkash, Wasim Jafri, S. M. Munir, and Romaina Iqbal
Impact of sepsis and non-communicable diseases on prognostic models to predict the outcome of hospitalized chronic liver disease patients, Fakhar Qazi, Shahab Abid, Preet Ayoub Shaikh, and Safia Awan
Clinical and virological heterogeneity of hepatitis delta in different regions world‐wide: The Hepatitis Delta International Network (HDIN), Anika Wranke, Lourdes M. Pinheiro Borzacov, Raymundo Parana, Cirley Lobato, Saeed Hamid, Emanoil Ceausu, George N. Dalekos, Mario Rizzetto, Adela Turcanu, and Grazia A. Niro
Association of helicobacter pylori and protozoal parasites in patients with chronic diarrhoea, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Kanwal Tariq, Safia Awan, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Submissions from 2017
Amoebic brain abscess associated with renal cell carcinoma, Umme Hani Abdullah,; Mirza Zain Baig,; Muhammad Azeemuddin,; Mohammad Wasay,; javed Yakoob; and Mohammad Asim Beg
Itopride for gastric volume, gastric emptying and drinking capacity in functional dyspepsia, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Maseeh uz Zaman, Rakhshanda Bilal, Safia Awan, and Aamir Abbas
Liver failure determines the outcome in patients of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF): comparison of APASL ACLF research consortium (AARC) and CLIF-SOFA models, A. Choudhury, A. Jindal, R. Maiwall, M. K. Sharma, B. C. Sharma, V. Pamecha, M. Mahtab, S. Rahman, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Findings from a large Asian chronic hepatitis C real-life study, Seng Gee Lim, Wah Wah Phyo, Samir R. Shah, Khin Maung Win, Saeed Hamid, Teerha Piratvisuth, Soek Siam Tan, Taufique Ahmed, Wei Lyn Yang, and Manav Wadhawan
De novo descending aorta thrombus in a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer: A case report, Om Parkash, Adil Ayub, Buria Naeem, and Saeed Hamid
Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Budd-Chiari Syndrome at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan., Om Parkash, Aysha Khan, and Saeed Hamid
Prevalence and risk of hepatitis E virus infection in the HIV population of Nepal, Ananta Shrestha, Anurag Adhikar, Manjula Bhattarai, Ramanuj Rauniyar, Jose D. Debes, André Boonstra, Thupten K. . Lama, Mamun Al Mahtab, Amna Subhan Butt, and Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar
Gastric lymphoma: association with Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein Q (HopQ) and cytotoxic-pathogenicity activity island (CPAI) genes, J Yakoob, Z Abbas, Z Ahmad, K Tariq, S Awan, K Mustafa, and R Khan
Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein Q genotypes and their susceptibility to anti-adhesive phytotherapeutic agents., javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Kanwal Tariq, Saima Azhar Saleem, Safia Awan, Abdul Malik, Saeed Hamid, Rustam Khan, and Wasim Jafri
Distribution of gastric carcinoma in an area with a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori., javed Yakoob, syeda sadia fatima, Z Abbas, syed farrukh mustafa, Hamza Abdur Rahim Khan, muhammad faraz raghib, Safia Awan, and Zubair Ahmad
Cytokine changes in gastric and colonic epithelial cell in response to Planta ovata extract., javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Z Abbas, and Kanwal Tariq
Submissions from 2016
Proton pump inhibitors and other disease-based factors in the recurrence of adverse cardiovascular events following percutaneous coronary angiography: A long-term cohort, Adil Ayub, Om Parkash, Buria Naeem, Duraiz Murtaza, Aamir Hameed Khan, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
UNDERSTANDING HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS IN PAKISTAN, Shazia Bana,; javed Yakoob; Nourin Jivany; Asima Faisal; Humeira Jawed; and Safia Awan
Metastatic Cutaneous Crohn's Disease: A Case Report., Amna Subhan Butt, Fakhar Qazi, and sadia tabassum
Viral Hepatitis in Pakistan: Past, Present, and Future, Amna Subhan Butt and Fatima Sharif
Professional Practices Promoting Health of Healthcare Workers: Comparison of Public and Private Hospitals in Pakistan, Nourin Jivany, javed Yakoob, Shazia Bana, Asima Faisa, and Humeira Jawed
Primary Hepatic Carcinoid Tumor with Poor Outcome, Om Parkash, Adil Ayub, Buria Naeem, Sehrish Najam, Zubair Ahmed, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
Next big threat for Pakistan Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), Om Parkash and Saeed Hamid
Electrophysiological changes in patients with liver cirrhosis in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Om Parkash, Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin, Adil Ayub, Irfan Nazir, Arslan Arif Maan, and Saeed Hamid
Awareness about hepatitis C among patients suffering from hepatitis C in Karachi, Pakistan, Shahina Pirani, Tazeen S. Ali, Saleema Allana, and Faisal Wasim Ismail
Predictors of Poor Outcome in Hospitalized Chronic Liver Disease Patients., Fakhar Qazi, Shahab Abid, Safia Awan, and faiza farooq
Changes in Serum Lipid Profile among Patients Suffering from Chronic Liver Disease Secondary to Hepatitis C, Fakhar Qazi, Shameem Behram Khan, Anam Umar, Noor ul Saba Shaikh, and Fizza Choudhry
Abdominal Cocoon: Primary Sclerosing Encapsulating Peritonitis., Fakhar Qazi and Wasim Ahmed Memon
Meckel's Diverticulum: A Case Report of Overt Obscure GI Bleed with Combine Gastric and Pancreatic Heterotopic Tissues., Fakhar Qazi, Om Parkash, Kamran Siddiqui, and Zafar Nazir
Environmental enteric dysfunction in children, Sana Syed, Syed Asad Ali, and Christopher Duggan
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C in southeast and southern Asia: challenges for governments, Suzanne Wait; Emily Kell; Saeed Hamid; David H. Muljono; Jose Sollano; Rosmawati Mohamed,; Samir Shah; Mamun Al-Mahtab; Z Abbas; Jennifer Johnston,; Tawesak Tanwandee,; and Jack Wallace,
Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein Q allele distribution is associated with distinct pathologies in Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Saima Azhar Salim, Safia Awan, Ambar Abrar, and Wasim Jafri
Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein and virulence marker differences in expatriate patients, javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, and R KHAN
Immunomodulatory Effects of Psyllium Extract on Helicobacter pylori Interaction With Gastric Epithelial Cells., javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Z Abbas, and Kanwal Tariq
Submissions from 2015
Interferon lambda-3 polymorphism and response to pegylated interferon in patients with hepatitis D, Zaigham Abbas; javed Yakoob; Muhammad A. Umer,; Minaam Abbas; and Saeed Hamid
Is it time to replace propranolol with carvedilol for portal hypertension?, Shahab Abid, Saadat Ali, Muhammad Asif Baig, and Anam Akbar Waheed
Epidemiology of Viral Hepatitis and Liver Diseases in Pakistan, Amna Subhan Butt
Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease: predisposing factors in a developing country, Fakhar Qazi, Shameem Behram Khan, and Anam Umar
Non-invasive parameters for the detection of variceal bleed in patients of liver cirrhosis, an experience of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Anam Umar, Fakhar Qazi, Rukhsana Abdul Sattar, and Beena Umar
Helicobacter pylori: correlation of the virulence marker iceA allele with clinical outcome in a high prevalence area, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Saima Azhar Salim, Ambar Abrar, Safia Awan, and Zubair Ahmad
Submissions from 2014
Treatment of chronic hepatitis D patients with pegylated interferon: a real-world experience, Zaigham Abbas, Mohammad S. Memon, Hammad Mithani, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
Cytokine and clinical response to Saccharomyces boulardii therapy in diarrhea-dominant irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized trial, Zaigham Abbas, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Zubair Ahmad, Zahid Azam, Muhammad Waqas Usman, Sara Shamim, and Muhammad Islam
Effect of Helicobacter pylori and its virulence factors on portal hypertensive gastropathy and interleukin (IL)-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels, Zaigham Abbas, Javed Yakoob, Muhammad W. Usman, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Effect of Helicobacter pylori and its virulence factors on portal hypertensive gastropathy and interleukin (IL)-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels, Z Abbas, javed Yakoob, usman WM, Shakir T, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Management of bleeding gastric varices: a single session of histoacryl injection may be sufficient, Ali Khawaja, Ambreen A. Sonawalla, Sana F. Somani, and Shahab Abid
Agreement between Serology and Histology for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection, Javed Yakoob and Zaigham Abbas
Cytokine changes in colonic mucosa associated with Blastocystis spp. subtypes 1 and 3 in diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Waqas Usman, Aisha Sultana, Muhammad Islam, Safia Awan, Zubair Ahmad, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Zinc chloride inhibits Helicobacter pylori growth and reduces expression of interleukin-1beta by gastric epithelial cells, Javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Muhammad Waqas Usman, and Safia Awan
Comparison of antimicrobial activity of zinc chloride and bismuth subsalicylate against clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori., Javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Usman Muhammad Waqas, Safia Awan, Shagufta Naz, Fatima Jafri, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Submissions from 2013
Varied presentation of celiac disease in Pakistani adults, Zaigham Abbas, Sajjad Raza, Javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Saeed Hamid, Hasnain Shah, and Wasim Jafri
Consensus interferon plus ribavirin for Hepatitis C genotype 3 patients previously treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin, Zaigham Abbas, Ghiasun Nabi Tayyab, Mustafa Qureshi, Mohammad Sadik Memon, Amna Subhan, Tanzila Shakir, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Native South Asian Pakistani population; trends, clinico-pathological characteristics & differences in viral marker negative & viral-hepatocellular carcinoma, Amna Subhan Butt1, Saeed Hamid, Ashfaq Ahmad Wadalawala, Mariam Ghufran, Ammar Asrar Javed, Omer Farooq, Bilal Ahmed, Tanveer Ul Haq, and Wasim Jafri
Seroprevalence of hepatitis E and Helicobacter pylori in a low socioeconomic area of a metropolitan city in a developing country, Wasim Jafri, Javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Saifa Awan, Shaheer Siddiqui, Fatima Jafri, Saeed Hamid, and S Q. Nizami
Wilson's disease: experience at a tertiary care hospital, Om Parkash, Adil Ayub, Wasim Jafri, Syed hasnain AliShah, and Saeed Hamid
Are we ready for a new epidemic of under recognized liver disease in South Asia especially in Pakistan? Non alcoholic fatty liver disease, Om Parkash and Saeed Hamid
Job's syndrome with an atypical presentation, Abbas Ali Tasneem, Sabahat Sarfaraz, Syed Mujahid Hassan, Nasir Hassan Luck, Sabiha Anis, and Zaigham Abbas
Yield of esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy in cancer of unknown primary, Muhammad Tayyab Usmani, Abdullah Bin Khalid, Syed Hasnain Ali Shah, Tauseef Ahmad, Saeed S Hamid, and Syed M. Wasim Jafri
Comparison of the virulence markers of helicobacter pylori and their associated diseases in patients from Pakistan and Afghanistan, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Muhammad W. Usman, Fatima Jafri, and Safia Awan
Anti-Helicobacter pylori activity and inhibition of Helicobacter pylori-induced release of IL-8 in AGS cells by plant extracts, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Muhammad Waqas Usman, Saeed Hamid, Safia Awan, Kanza Shamim, Syed Faisal Zaidi, Toshiro Sugiyama, and Wasim Jafri
Low rate of recurrence of Helicobacter pylori infection in spite of high clarithromycin resistance in Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, and Rashida Ahmed
Changing trends of Hepatitis B seromarkers amongst pakistani population: a laboratory-based review, Afia Zafar, Erum Khan, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Bushra Moiz, and Wasim Jafri
Submissions from 2012
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Hepatitis D: does it differ from Hepatitis B monoinfection?, Z Abbas, Qureshi M, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Randomized controlled trial of interferon gamma versus amantadine in combination with interferon alpha and ribavirin for hepatitis C genotype 3 non-responders and relapsers, Z Abbas, Sajjad Raza, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
The clinical, endoscopic and histological spectrum of the solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: a single-center experience of 116 cases, Shahab Abid, Ali Khawaja, Salima Ahmed Bhimani, Zubair Ahmad, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
High Clarithromycin Resistance and a Low Rate of Recurrence and Reinfection of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Pakistan, Shahab Abid, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Z Abbas, Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, and Rashida Ahmed
High Clarithromycin Resistance and a Low Rate of Recurrence and Reinfection, Shahab Abid, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Z Abbas, k Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, and R Ahmad
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
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Pakistan: where do we stand?, Amna Butt, Zaigham Abbas, and Wasim Jafri
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
Idiopathic adult ileoileal and ileocolic intussusception in situs inversus totalis: a rare coincidence, Nazish Butt, Syed H Shah, Abdul R. Alvi, and Saba Hassan
Nutritional status in patients with Hepatitis C, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Rustam A. Khan, Lubna Kamani, Ashfaq A. Wadalawala, Hasnain Ali Shah, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Perception and knowledge about dietary intake in patients with liver cirrhosis and its relationship with the level of education, Rustam Khan, Ashfaq Ahmed, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Shahab Abid, Safia Awan, Hasnain Shah, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Primary billiary cirrhosis (antimitochondrial antibody negative) leading to secondary amyloidosis, Om Parkash and Aysha Almas
Frequency of poor quality of life and predictors of health related quality of life in cirrhosis at a tertiary care hospital Pakistan, Om Parkash, Romaina Iqbal, Fatima Jafri, Iqbal Azam, and Wasim Jafri
Relationship between vitamin B12, folate and homocysteine levels and H. Pylori infection in patients with functional dyspepsia: a cross-section study, Shahid Rasool, Shahab Abid, Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal, Naseema Mehboobali, Ghulam Haider, and Wasim Jafri
Entamoeba species associated with chronic diarrhoea in Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Mohammad Asim Beg, S Naz, Rustam Khan, and Wasim Jafri
Microsporidial infections due to encephalitozoon intestinalis in non-HIV-infected patients with chronic diarrhoea., Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Asim Beg, Wasim Jafri, Shagufta Naz, Abdullah Khalid, and Rustam Khan
Virulence markers of Helicobacter pylori in patients with diarrhoea-dominant irritable bowel syndrome., Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, S. Naz, M. Islam, and Waseem Jafri
Prevalence of non Helicobacter pylori species in patients presenting with dyspepsia., javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Rustam Khan, Chagufta Naz, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Islam, Safia Awan, Fatima jafri, and Wasim Jafri
Submissions from 2011
Interferon alpha for chronic Hepatitis D, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Arsalan Khan, Mohammad Salih, and Wasim Jafri
Efficacy of L-ornithine-L-aspartate as an adjuvant therapy in cirrhotic patients with hepatic encephalopathy, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Khalid Mumtaz, Muhammad Islam, Zaigham Abbas, Hasnain Ali Shah, and Saeed Hamid
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
Haemobilia: a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding, L. Kamani, S. M. Faisal Mosharraf, Tanveer-Ul-Haq, and Hasnain Ali Shah
Regular post dinner walk; can be a useful lifestyle modification for gastroesophageal reflux, Shahid Karim, Wasim Jafri, Afsheen Faryal, Shahid Majid, Mohammad Salih, Fatima Jafri, Saeed Hamid, Hasnain Ali Shah, Zohaib Nawaz, and Usman Tariq
45 25 gram versus 50 gram of 25% albumin in preventing renal impairment after large volume paracentesis in cirrhosis.khali, A. B. Khalid, Mumtaz J Khan, A Ghufran, Syed H Shah, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
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
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
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