Submissions from 2019
Retrospective study of patients with hyperphenylalaninemia: Experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Sibtain Ahmed, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Zeba Zulfiqar Ali, and Bushra Afroze
Chimeric antigen T cell receptor treatment in hematological malignancies, Natasha Ali
Assessing nutritional status of critically Ill patients using serum prealbumin levels, Khushbakht Arbab, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib, Ahmed Raheem, Bushra Jamil, Bushra Akram, and Madiha Hashmi
Factors leading to meconium aspiration syndrome in term- and post-term neonates, Saroop Chand, Aamna Salman, Razia Mustafa Abbassi, Abdul Rehman Siyal, Fayaz Ahmed Memon, Abdul Lateef Leghari, Ashmal Sami Kabani, and Sajid Ali
Solitary brain metastasis: A rare initial presentation of prostate carcinoma, Asim Hafiz, Muneeb Uddin Karim, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Adnan Jabbar, and Zubair Ahmad
Raised levels of IFN-gamma and IL-13 are associated with pre-diabetes amongst newly diagnosed patients with tuberculosis, Zahra Hasan, Muhammad Irfan, Qamar Masood, Owais Ahmed, Shoaib Rao, Umme Salama Moosajee, and Naseem Salahuddin
Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern, demographic findings and risk factors amongst meningitis and non-meningitis invasive streptococcus pneumoniae at aga khan university hospital clinical laboratory, Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Irfan, Joveria Farooqi, Afia Zafar, and Haresh Kumar
Antimicrobial susceptibility against metronidazole and carbapenem in clinical anaerobic isolates from Pakistan, Kauser Jabeen, Yusra Shafquat, Joveria Farooqi, Kiran Mehmood, Seema Irfan, Rumina Hasan, and Afia Zafar
Are serum leptin levels predicted by lipoproteins, vitamin D and body composition?, Aysha Habib Khan, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Ahmed Raheem, and Lena Jafri
Unique classification of parathyroid dysfunction in patients with transfusion dependent thalassemia major using nomogram: A cross sectional study, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Jamsheer Jehangir Talati, Sibtain Ahmed, Bushra Moiz, and Aysha Habib Khan
Polymorphisms in the GC gene for vitamin D binding protein and their association with vitamin D and bone mass in young adults, Tariq Moatter, Aysha Habib Khan, Lena Jafri, Areeba Siddiqui, Ghazala Naureen, and Howard Morris
Survival and treatment outcomes of metaplastic breast carcinoma: Single tertiary care center experience in Pakistan, Zarka Samoon, Madiha Beg, Romana Idress, and Adnan Jabbar
Incidentally found metastatic prostatic carcinoma in a therapeutic orchiectomy specimen, Zeeshan Uddin, Muhammad Bilal, and Mohammad Ayaz Khan
Submissions from 2018
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Clinicopathological spectrum of an intriguing neoplasm, Mariam Abid, Saroona Haroon, Aisha Hassan Memon, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema Habib Hasan
Mixed IgM cold and IgG warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia complicated by acral gangrene, Imran Ahmad, Ayesha Majeed Memon, and Bushra Moiz
Fatal invasive gastrointestinal fungal infection in three non-immunocompromised patients, Zubair Ahmad, Sidra Arshad, Romana Idress, Nasir Uddin, and Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar
Meningeal solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma: emphasizing on STAT 6 immunohistochemistry with a review of literature, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Nasir Ud Din
Prospective evaluation of serum procalcitonin in critically ill patients with suspected sepsis- experience from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Sibtain Ahmed, Imran Siddiqui, Lena Jafri, Madiha Hashmi, Aysha Habib, and Farooq Ghani
Evidence of chikungunya virus disease in Pakistan since 2015 with patients demonstrating involvement of the central nervous system, Kelli L. Barr, Erum Khan, Joveria Farooqi, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Dhani Prakoso, Faisal Malik, John A. Lednicky, and Maureen T. Long
Neurological complications in patients with plasmodium vivax malaria from Karachi, Pakistan, Mohammad Asim Beg, A Akhlaq, Najia Karim Ghanchi, B Usmani, R Shahzad, A Rahim, and Mohammad Wasay
Lipoblastoma: a clinicopathologic review of 23 cases from a major tertiary care center plus detailed review of literature, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Naila Kayani Naila Kayani, and Nasir Ud Din
Evaluation of quality of warfarin therapy by assessing patient's time in therapeutic range at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Haris Hakeem, Ammar Zaman Khan, Kashif Aziz, Ayesha Abbasi, Anam Haider, Bushra Moiz, and Mohammad Wasay
Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis, Rumina Hasan, Zahra Hasan, Taane G. Clark, Francesc Coll, Mridul B. Nair, Grant A. Hill-Cawthorne, Saad Alghamdi, Abdallah O. Ahmed, Stephanie Portelli, and Adriana Alves
Emergence of an extensively drug-resistant salmonella enterica serovar typhi clone harboring a promiscuous plasmid encoding resistance to fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Farah Naz Farid, Dania Khalid Saeed, Ghazala Shaheen, Shahida Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Muhammad Khalid Salim, Zahra Hasan, Elizabeth J. Klemma, Andrew J. Page, Kim Judge, Vanessa K. Wong, Timothy J. Dallman, Satheesh Nair, Stephen Baker, and Gordon Dougan
Integrating tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance control programmes, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Johanna Hanefeld, and Mishal Khan
Clinicopathologic features of invasive metaplastic and micropapillary breast carcinoma: comparison with invasive ductal carcinoma of breast, Atif Ali Hashmi, Saher Aijaz, Raeesa Mahboob, Saadia Mehmood Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Narisa Iftikhar, Mariam Nisar, Maham Siddiqui, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Naveen Faridi, and Amir Khan
Clinicopathologic features and prognostic grouping of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in Pakistani patients: An institutional perspective, Atif Ali Hashmi, Mahrukh Faraz, Zareeha Nauman, Mohammad Usman Qureshi, Shumaila Kanwal Hashmi, Hira Fatima Waseem, Muhammad Muzzammil Edh, Naveen Faridi, and Amir Khan
Inherited bleeding disorders-experience of a not-for-profit organization in Pakistan, Shabneez Hussain, Shahida Baloch, Azra Parvin, Akbar Najmuddin, Farhana Musheer, Mubashra Junaid, Rab Nawaz Memon, Fareeda Bhanbhro, Hayat Ullah, and Bushra Moiz
Cancer prevalence in Pakistan: Meta-analysis of various published studies to determine variation in cancer figures resulting from marked population heterogeneity in different parts of the country, Romana Idress, Saira Fatima, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Ahmed Raheem, and Zubair Ahmad
Relationship of serum procalcitonin, c-reactive protein, and lactic acid to organ failure and outcome in critically Ill pediatric population, Lena Jafri, Imran Siddiqui, Qalab Abbas, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Anwar Ul Haque
Value of dedicated research time for IMGs in obtaining surgical residency training positions: a 10-year review of applicants from a medical college in Pakistan, Mohammad Raheel Jajja, Marvi Tariq, Salila Shoaib Hashmi, Thomas F. Dodson, and Rashida Ahmed
Tuberculous granuloma on bone marrow trephine, Farheen Karim and Hira Qadir
Seven decades of vitamin D research in Pakistan : Too little, too much or just right!, Aysha Habib Khan
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for analysis of kidney stones, Aysha Habib Khan, Sheharbano Imran, Jamsheer Talati, and Lena Jafri
Osteoporosis and its perspective in Pakistan: A review of evidence and issues for addressing fragility fractures, Aysha Habib Khan, Lena Jafri, Sibtain Ahmed, and Shahryar Noordin
Frequency of macroprolactin in hyperprolactinemia, Aysha Habib Khan, Noreen Abbas Sherazi, and Mirza Zain Baig
Human west nile virus disease outbreak in Pakistan, 2015–2016, E. Khan, Kelli L. Barr, Joveria Farooqi, Dhani Prakoso, Alizae Abbas, Zain Y. Khan, Shanze Ashi, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Z Aziz, and Faisal Malik
Neurological involvement associated with plasmodium vivax malaria from Pakistan, Yousaf Abdullah Khan, Usman Hameed Mian, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Low grade mullerian adenosarcoma of pouch of douglas recurring as bilateral ovarian high grade mullerian adenosarcoma with rhabdomyosarcomatous overgrowth after 11 years, Sandeep Kumar, Muhammad Raza, and Muhammad Usman Tariq
Patient and physician perspective on sperm banking to overcome post-treatment lnfertility in young cancer patients in Pakistan, Nida Latif and N. Ali
Resistome of carbapenem- and colistin-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates, Sara Lomonaco, Matthew A. Crawford, Christine Lascols, Ruth E. Timme, Kevin Anderson, David R. Hodge, Debra J. Fisher, Segaran P. Pillai, Stephen A. Morse, and Erum Khan
Global distribution of invasive serotype 35D streptococcus pneumoniae post-PCV13 introduction, Stephanie W. Lo, Rebecca A. Gladstone, Andries J. van Tonder, Paulina A. Hawkins, Brenda Kwambana Adams, Jennifer E. Cornick, Shabir A. Madhi, Susan A. Nzenze, Mignon du Plessis, Rama Kandasamy, Philip E. Carter, and Sadia Shakoor
Diagnostic dilemma of patients with methylmalonic aciduria: Experience from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib Khan, Lena Jafri, Azeema Jamil, Nasir Yousufzai, Midhat Fatima, Zeba Zulfiqar Ali, and Bushra Afroze
Role of TNF α, IL-6 and CXCL10 in dengue disease severity, Kiran I. Masood, Bushra Jamil, Maryam Rahim, Muniba Islam, Muhammad Farhan, and Zahra Hasan
Cold agglutinins in peripheral blood with atypical cells with an owl-eye appearance in bone trephine, Ayesha Majeed Memon and Farheen Karim
Frequency of ALK rearrangement by FISH testing and its correlation with ALK-IHC in adenocarcinoma of primary lung origin, Samar Moattar, Namrah Anwar, Tariq Moatter, and Shahid Pervez
Paradigm shift in anti-coagulating patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, Bushra Moiz
Spoon nails: still seen in today's world, Bushra Moiz
Fulminant hemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, Bushra Moiz and Sidra Asad Ali
No risk reduction for plasmodium vivax malaria in sickle cell disease, Bushra Moiz and Ayesha Majeed Memon
Prospective comparison of point-of-care device and standard analyzer for monitoring of international normalized ratio in outpatient oral anticoagulant clinic, Bushra Moiz, Ahmed Raheem, Anila Rashid, Muhammad Hasan, and Lena Jafri
Amniotic fluid embolism, Nadia Nawaz and Ahmed Raheem Buksh
HER2 basolateral versus circumferential IHC expression Is dependent on polarity and differentiation of epithelial cells in gastric/GE adenocarcinoma, Shahid Pervez, Sidra Arshad, and Brooj Abro
Methylation in mycobacterium tuberculosis is lineage specific with associated mutations present globally, Jody Phelan, Paola Florez de Sessions, Leopold Tientcheu, Joao Perdigao, Diana Machado, Rumina Hasan, Zahra Hasan, Indra L. Bergval, Richard Anthony, and Ruth McNerney
Invasive mediastinal aspergillosis presenting as superior vena cava syndrome in an immunocompetent patient, Yasmin Rahim, Aisha Memon, and Javaid Khan
Upshaw-Schulman syndrome with c.2728C>T Mutation in ADAMTS13 Gene, Shahzadi Resham, Zehra Fadoo, and Bushra Moiz
Primitive myxoid mesenchymal tumor of infancy with brain metastasis: first reported case, Amna Afzal Saeed, Quratulain Riaz, Nasiruddin Ahmed, and Sadaf Altaf
Microbiological and clinical profile of infective endocarditis patients: an observational study experience from tertiary care center Karachi Pakistan, Uzma Shahid, Hasanat Sharif, Joveria Farooqi, Bushra Jamil, and E. Khan
Distribution of chromosomal abnormalities commonly observed in adult acute myeloid leukemia in Pakistan as predictors of prognosis, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, salman adil, Mohammad Khurshid, tariq moatter, Anila Rashid, Farheen Karim, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and N. Ali
Distribution of chromosomal abnormalities commonly observed in adult acute myeloid leukemia in Pakistan as predictors of prognosis, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Salman Naseem Adil, Mohammad Khurshid, Tariq Moatter, Anila Rashid, Farheen Karim, Ahmed Raheem, and Natasha Ali
Performance evaluation of a coagulation laboratory using sigma metrics, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Sidra Asad Ali, Anila Rashid, Farheen Kareem, and Bushra Moiz
Adequacy of platelet counting by automated haematology analyzers: An insight on current methodologies, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Noor Rahman Khan, and Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed
Disseminated histoplasmosis in an immuno-competent young male: role of bone marrow examination in rapid diagnosis, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Ayesha Majeed Memon
High heterotrophic counts in potable water and antimicrobial resistance among indicator organisms in two peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan, Sadia Shakoor, Imran Ahmed, Saima Mukhtiar, Israr Ahmed, Farzeen Hirani, Shazia Sultana, and Rumina Hasan
Pattern of bone marrow involvement in non hodgkin's lymphoma classified according to WHO classification: report of a developing country Pakistan, Sadia Sultan, Naseer Baloch, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Syed Mohammad Irfan, and Saira Parveen
Serous cystadenoma of pancreas : A clinicopathologic experience of 23 cases from a major tertiary care center, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Zubair Ahmad, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, and Nasir Ud Din
Expression analysis of cyclooxygenase-2 in patients suffering from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, Shahida Tasneem; , Muhammad Tahir Sarwa; Muhammad Rizwan Bashi; Hamid Hussain; Jawad Ahmed; and Shahid Pervez
Abdominopelvic and retroperitoneal low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: a clinicopathologic study of 13 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, Riyam Zreik, Andrew Horvai, Andrew L. Folpe, and Karen Fritchie
Frequency and Impact of Cerebral Infarctions in Patients With Tuberculous Meningitis, Mohammad Wasay, Maria Khan, Salman Farooq, Zubair Ali Khowaja, Zeeshan Ali Bawa, Shehzad Mansoor Ali, Safia Awan, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Ectopic enterobius vermicularis Iinfestation; an extremely rare cause of mesenteric lymphadenopathy mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis, Summaya Zafar, Muhammad Usman, and Zubair Ahmad
Genetic sequencing for surveillance of drug resistance in tuberculosis in highly endemic countries: a multi-country population-based surveillance study, Matteo Zignol MD, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Anna S. Dean, Philippe Glaziou, Natavan Alikhanova, Cecilia Ama, Sönke Andres, Anna Barbova, Rumina Hasan, and Zahra Hasan
Submissions from 2017
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Pakistan – country report, Salman Naseem Adil, Natasha Ali, Parvez Ahmed, Tariq Mahmood Satti, Qamar un Nisa Chaudhry, Tahir Sultan Shamsi, Syed Kamran Mahmood, Saqib Ansari, and Kamran Rashid
Intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma mimicking hydatid cyst of liver: A clinicopathologic study of six cases, Zubair Ahmad, Nasir Uddin, Wasim Memon, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, and Arsalan Ahmed
Evaluation of 'CKD-EPI Pakistan' equation for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR): a comparison of eGFR prediction equations in Pakistani population, Sibtain Ahmed, Lena Jafri, and Ayesha Habib Khan
An Analysis of Blood Utilization for Stem Cell Transplant Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Natasha Ali
Iron overload assessment in beta thalassemia major - is T2* magnetic resonance imaging the answer?, Natasha Ali
Red blood cell transfusion in infants and children - Current perspectives, Natasha Ali
Identifying potential barriers to sperm cryopreservation among Pakistani male cancer patients, Natasha Ali and Nida Latif
Case series of naegleria fowleri primary ameobic meningoencephalitis from Karachi, Pakistan, Zeeshan Ansar, Bushra Jamil, Azra Samreen, E. Khan, Zahra Hasan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, and Afia Zafar
Utility of peripheral film findings and its correlation with automated analyzer: An audit from tertiary care hospital, Sidra Asad, Imran Ahmed, and Natasha Ali
Perception of pathology as a future career choice among medical students from Karachi, Pakistan: experience from a private medical school., Najia Karim Ghanchi, Raabia Nizamuddin Nizamuddin, Amna Qasim, Zahra Nur Khaled, Ahmed Buksh Raheem, Natasha Ali, Naila Kayani, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Increasing usage of rapid diagnostics for dengue virus detection in Pakistan, Zahra Hasan, Saher Razzak, Muhammad Farhan, Maryam Rahim, Nazneen Islam, Azra Samreen, and E. Khan
Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF testing for rapid diagnosis of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis in children by Xpert MTB/RIF testing of stool samples in a low resource setting, Zahra Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Fehmina Arif, Aisha Mehnaz, Alnoor Akber, Marium Haider, Akber Kanji, and Rumina Hasan
Issues in reproductive health in females having inherited bleeding disorders in Pakistan, Shabneez Hussain, Bushra Moiz, Aqeel s, and Zaidi N
Rapid detection of in vitro antituberculous drug resistance among smear-positive respiratory samples using microcolony detection-based direct drug susceptibility testing method, Irim Iftikhar, Seema Irfan, Joveria Farooqi, Zahida Azizullah, and Rumina Hasan
Disseminated hydatid cyst of liver and lung, Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Hussain, Romana Idress, and Muhammad Irfan
Serious fungal infections in Pakistan, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Afia Zafar, Sajjad Mirza, and D Denning
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in efflux pumps genes in extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan, Akbar Kanji, Rumina Hasan, Asho Ali, Ambreen Zaver, Ying Zhang, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Wanliang Shi, Taane G. Clark, Ruth McNerney, and Jody Phelan
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in efflux pumps genes in extensively drug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan, Akber Kanji, Rumina Hasan, Asho Ali, Ambreen Zaver, Ying Zhang, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Wanliang Shi, Shoaib Rao, Samreen Shafiq, and Zahra Hasan
Eliminating wrong blood transfusions - recent advances, Farheen Karim and Salman Naseem Adil
Transfusion transmitted dengue: one donor infects two patients, Farheen Mahar Karim, Nadia Nasir, and Bushra Moiz
CXC chemokines exhibit bactericidal activity against multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens, Erum Khan; Matthew A. Crawford; Debra J. Fisher; Lisa M. Leung; Sara Lomonaco; Christine Lascols; Antonio Cannatelli,; Gian Maria Rossolini; Yohei Doi; and David R. Goodlett
High burden of subclinical lead toxicity after phase out of lead from petroleum in Pakistan, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Imran Siddiqui, Farooq Ghani, and Lena Jafri
High burden of subclinical lead toxicity after phase out of lead from petroleum in Pakistan, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Imran Siddiqui, Farooq Ghani, and Lena Jafri
Burden of zinc (Zn) deficiency: A high volume clinical laboratory data analysis, Hafsa Majid, Shabnum Khawaja, Aysha Habib Khan, Imran Siddqui, Farooq Ghani, and Lena Jafri
Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR): A Better Marker for Evaluating Insulin Resistance Than Fasting Insulin in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Hafsa Majid, Qamar Masood, and Aysha Habib Khan
Pelvic abscess caused by a slow growing anaerobic bacterium, Eggerthella lenta: First case report from Pakistan, Pushpa Bhawan Mal, Irum Rafiq, Irim Iftikhar, and Seema Irfan
A standardised method for interpreting the association between mutations and phenotypic drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Paolo Miotto, Belay Tessema, Elisa Tagliani, Leonid Chindelevitch, Angela M. Starks, Claudia Emerson, Debra Hanna, Peter S. Kim, Richard Liwski, Matteo Zignol, and Rumina Hasan
Homocysteine as a biomarker for thrombosis: what is the learning curve?, Bushra Moiz
Frequency of G6PD mediterranean in individuals with and without malaria in southern Pakistan, Bushra Moiz, Haroon Muhammad Arshad, Ahmed Raheem Raheem, Hasan Hayat, Najia Karim Ghanchi, and M Asim Beg