Submissions from 2025
Unveiling the clinical spectrum: Exploring the role of anti-β2glycoprotein-1 antibodies (anti-β2GPI) in antiphospholipid syndrome suspects, Muhammad Umer Naeem Effendi, Hafsa Majid, Bushra Moiz, Lena Jafri, Nawazish Zehra, and Aysha Habib Khan
Antiviral efficacy of fluoxetine in early symptomatic COVID-19: An open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial (PLATCOV), Podjanee Jittamala, Simon Boyd, William H.K. Schilling, James A. Watson, Thundon Ngamprasertchai, Tanaya Siripoon, Viravarn Luvira, Elizabeth M. Batty, Phrutsamon Wongnak, Lisia M. Esper, Pedro J. Almeida, Cintia Cruz, Fernando R. Ascencao, Renato S. Aguiar, Najia K. Ghanchi, James J. Callery, Shivani Singh, Farah Qamar, Varaporn Kruabkontho, Thatsanun Ngernseng, Abdul Momin Kazi, M Asim Beg, Jaruwan Tubprasert, and Nicholas J. White
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia: A rare complication of acute pancreatitis, Muhammad Masood Karim, Syedda Ayesha, Maria Ali, salman adil, and Abdul Hadi Shahid
Uncommon discovery: infrasellar intrasphenoidal Rathke's cleft cyst, Kumail Khandwala, Usman Atique, Kiran Hilal, and Ayesha Nazeef
Doctors taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies is common and not substantially reduced by an educational intervention: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Pakistan, Mishal Khan, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Afifah Rahman- Shepherd, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Nina van der Mark, Afshan Khurshid Isani, Ahson Q. Siddiqi, Charles Opondo, Faisal Ziauddin, Iqbal Azam Syed, Johanna Hanefeld, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Robyna Irshad Khan, Syed Ahmed Raza Kazmi, Virginia Wiseman, Wafa Aftab, Zafar Mirza, Zainab Hasan, Sameen Siddiqi, Rumina Hasan, and Sadia Shakoor
EEFSEC deficiency: A selenopathy with early-onset neurodegeneration, Lucia Laugwitz, Rebecca Buchert, Patricio Olguín, Mehrdad A. Estiar, Mihaela Atanasova, Wilson Marques Jr., Jörg Enssle, Brian Marsden, Javiera Avilés, Andrés González- Gutiérrez, Noemi Candia, Marietta Fabiano, Susanne Morlot, Susana Peralta, Alisa Groh, Carmen Schillinger, Carolin Kuehn, Linda Sofan, Marc Sturm, Muhammad Bilal, Benjamin Bender, and Pedro J. Tomaselli
Anti-LW masquerading as anti-D in a D+ patient, Bushra Moiz, Muhammad Hasan, Muhammad Salman, Bhawna Kumari, Emily Black, and Yew Wah Liew
Association between emotional intelligence and professionalism in medical students: The Compassion-competence nexus, Javeria Rehman and Syed Imran Mehmood
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the breast: A clinicopathological study of a rare cutaneous low-grade sarcoma, Fatima Safdar, Nasir uddin, Abida K. Sattar, Syeda Samia Fatima, and Romana Idress
Indirect determination of hemoglobin A2 reference intervals in Pakistani infants using data mining, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Sibtain Ahmed, Saba Farrukh, and Shahnawaz Bayunus
Characterization of thrombocytopenia in pediatric patients in noncritical hospital setting: An institutional review from Pakistan, Haleema Urooj, Bushra Moiz, Sadaf Altaf, Eisha Saadat, and Mohammad Shahzaib Qadir
Isolation and epidemiology of respiratory bacteria from unusual sites: Demographic, seasonal, and geographic distribution in a laboratory-based study from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Syeda Rija Zehra, Sobia Khan, Samavia Mehmood, Joveria Farooqi, and Kauser Jabeen
Chest X-ray scoring to screen for chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with a history of pulmonary TB, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, S M Zubair, Kauser Jabeen, and Muhammad Irfan
Submissions from 2024
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 viral load on restrictive spirometry patterns in mild COVID-19 recovered middle-aged individuals: A six-month prospective study, Uzair Abbas, Ishfaque Ahmed, Saba Afshan, Zulfiqar Haider Jogezai, Maliha Yameen, Parshad Kumar, Aiman Ahsan, Fatima Rehan, Samar Faheem, Niaz Hussain, and Israr Ahmed Baloch
Higher interferon gamma response to mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen is associated with less severe COVID-19, Uzair Abbas, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Tulaib Iqbal, Rabia Hussain, and Zahra Hasan
Game of clades: A global mpox snapshot, Muhammad Abbas Abid
Extra-abdominal and intra-abdominal FET::CREM fusion mesenchymal neoplasms: Comparative clinicopathological study of 9 new cases further supporting a distinct potentially aggressive sarcoma and report of novel sites, Abbas Agaimy, Morgan Blakely, Nasir uddin, Gerben E. Breimer, Annett Hölsken, Robert Stoehr, Sjors A. Koppes, Norbert Meidenbauer, Johannes A. Rijken, Arno Schad, Adrian G. Simon, and Justin A. Bishop
Evaluation of the clinical, biochemical, and molecular spectrum of Cobalamin C (CblC) defect in 33 patients from Pakistan, Sibtain Ahmed, Ling Cai, Fizza Akbar, Ayra Siddiqui, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Min Ni, Hieu Vu, and Bushra Afroze
Dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 is related to increased mortality in hematologic malignancy patients: Results from the EPICOVIDEHA Registry, Tommaso Francesco Aiello, Jon Salmanton-Garcia, Francesco Marchesi, Barbora Weinbergerova, Andreas Glenthoj, Jens Van Praet, Francesca Farina, Julio Davila-Valls, Sonia Martin-Perez, and Natasha Ali
Significant association of PD-L1 with CD44 expression and patient survival: Avenues for immunotherapy and cancer stem cells downregulation in pancreatic cancers, Saleema Mehboob Ali, Yumna Adnan, Zubair Ahmad, Tabish Chawla, and Syed Adnan Ali
A fetus with a mass in the oral cavity: A rare case of large oral immature teratoma, Saba Anjum, Humza Faisal Siddiqu, and Sidra Arshad
Safety and efficacy of antithrombotics in outpatients with symptomatic COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Saad Ali Ansari, Nooraldin Merza, Madiha Salman, Adarsh Raja, Bushra Zafar Sayeed, Hafsah Alim Ur Rahman, Sunaina Bhimani, Afrah Saeed Shaikh, Unaiza Naqi, and Areeba Farooqui
Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus in oral squamous cell carcinoma with or without chewing habits, Namrah Anwar, Qurratulain Chundriger, Tariq Moatter, Shahid Pervez, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Tazeen S. Ali, and Maria Abdul Rasheed
Microbiological evaluation of commercial hand sanitisers available in Pakistan using European standard and membrane filtration method, Muhammad Arsalan Ashraf and Seema Irfan
Role of Xpert PCR kit in assessing MRSA colonization in medical and surgical units of a tertiary care teaching hospital, Muhammad Arsalan Ashraf, Seema Irfan, Ammarah Baig, Mohammad Zeeshan, Hira Khan, Israr Ahmed, Nazleen Virani, and Rozina Roshan
AB059. Molecular signatures for survival prediction in glioma: A prospective, real-world data analysis, Mohammad Hamza Bajwa; Altaf Ali Laghari; Sufiyan Sufiyan; , Wajiha Amin; Arsalan Ahmed; Syed Hani Abidi; Ahmed Gilani Gilani; Nouman Mughal; and Ather Enam
WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health, Silvia Bertagnolio, Zlatina Dobreva, Chad M. Centner, Ioana Diana Olaru, Daniele Donà, Stefano Burzo, Benedikt D. Huttner, Joveria Farooqi, Fyezah Jehan, and Sadia Shakoor
Clinico-biochemical spectrum of Pakistani patients with Glutaric Aciduria Type 1 (GA1): Experience from a Specialised Biochemical Genetics Laboratory in Pakistan, Muhammad Bilal, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib, and Sibtain Ahmed
Immune mapping of human tuberculosis and sarcoidosis lung granulomas, Berit Carow, Victoria Muliadi, Kristina Skålén, Chika Yokota, Gokul Raj Kathamuthu, Todia Pediatama Setiabudiawan, Christoph Lange, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Shahid Pervez, and Zahra Hasan
Evaluating compliance with the care standard of proactively assessing bone health in patients with diabetes: A pilot audit of practice across Asia by the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO), M Chandran, N Aftab, A Amin, T Amphansap, S K. Bhadada, Aysha Habib, Nawazish Zehra, M Chadha, D C. Chan, F L. Hew, S Kaur, A K. Kwee, L T. Ho-Pham, S Lekamwasam, D C. Minh, A Prasanth, R Sharma, A Mithal, and T Valleenukul
A successful UN high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance must build on the 2023 UN high-Level meeting on tuberculosis, Daniela Cirillo, Richard Anthony, Sebastien Gagneux, Rumina Hasan, C Robert Horsburgh Jr, Saffiatou Darboe, Rafael Laniado- Laborin, Ari Probandari, Nestani Tukvadze, and Ricardo A. Arcêncio
Clinical and biological landscape of constitutional mismatch-repair deficiency syndrome: An international replication repair deficiency consortium cohort study, Ayse Bahar Ercan, Melyssa Aronson, Nicholas R. Fernandez, Yuan Chang, Adrian Levine, Zhihui Amy Liu, Logine Negm, Melissa Edwards, Vanessa Bianchi, and Mohammad Khurram Minhas
The Second International Collaborative Mycology Conference: Evidence-informed fight against fungal diseases in Pakistan, Joveria Farooqi, Felix Bongomin, Rumina Hasan, Nosheen Nasir, Muhammad Irfan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Afia Zafar, Fatima Mir, Summiya Nizamuddin, and Kauser Jabeen
Navigating the vast landscape of academic research databases: A guide for researchers, Muhammad Farooq, Hafsa Majid, and Muhammad Umer Naeem Effendi
Decoding the historical tale: COVID-19 impact on haematological malignancy patients-EPICOVIDEHA insights from 2020 to 2022, Jon Salmanton García, Francesco Marchesi Marchesi, Francesca Farina, Federico Itri, Sonia Martín -Pérez, Andreas Glenthoj, Yavuz M. Bilgin, Emanuele Ammatuna, Monia Marchetti, and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Disparities in age and gender-specific SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing trends: A retrospective study from Pakistan, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Shahira Shahid, Asghar Nasir, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Muhammad Imran Nisar, and Zahra Hasan
Evaluation of a point-of-care multiplex immunochromatographic assay for the diagnosis of typhoid: Results from a retrospective diagnostic accuracy study, Rumina Hasan, Zahida Azizullah, Hina Shams, Sabine Dittrich, Jason R. Andrews, Richelle C. Charles, Javan Esfandiari, Dhammika Gunasekera, Kevin K A Tetteh, and Jyotshna Sapkota
Efflux pump gene single nucleotide variants associated with resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with discrepant drug genotypes, Zahra Hasan, Safina Abdul Abdul Razzak, Akber Kanji, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan
Pre-existing Igg antibodies to Hcovs Nl63 and Oc43 spike increased during the pandemic and after Covid-19 vaccination, Zahra Hasan, Kiran I. Masood, Shama Qaiser, Mishgan Akhtar, Sadaf Balouch, Junaid Mehmood, Yaqub Wasan, Shahneel Hussain, Khalid Feroz, Atif Habib, Akber Kanji, Erum Khan, Afsar Ali Mian, Rabia Hussain, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Choosing the right equation for calculating indirect LDL-Cholesterol (LDL-C) in adult Pakistani population: Evaluation of seven equations using big data analytics, Syed Bilal Hashmi, Sibtain Ahmed, Shiraz Hashmi, Rasool Bux, and Imran Siddiqui
Fibrin glue in managing intractable gingival bleeding in patients with inherited bleeding disorders-a quasi-experimental pilot study, Shabneez Hussain, Syed Aijaz Ali Zaidi, Sobiya Sawani, and Bushra Moiz
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with CT-based central adiposity measures: A cross-sectional study at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Zainab Hussain, Aysha Habib, and Zafar Sajjad
Pneumococcal carriage and changes in serotype distribution post- PCV13 introduction in children in Matiari, Pakistan, Izn Iqbal, Shahira Shahid, Samiah Kanwar, Furqan Kabir, Fayyaz Umrani, Sheraz Ahmed, Waqasuddin Khan, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Fatima Aziz, Sahrish Muneer, Adil Kalam, Aneeta Hotwani, Junaid Mehmood, Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Zahra Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Iqbal Azam Syed, Fyezah Jehan, and Muhammad Imran Nisar
BCG activation of trained immunity is associated with induction of cross reactive COVID-19 antibodies in a BCG vaccinated population, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Kumail Ahmed, Tehniat Sattar, Fatima Aziz, and Rabia Hussain
A shared group of bacterial taxa in the duodenal microbiota of undernourished Pakistani children with environmental enteric dysfunction, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Aqsa Khalid, Kamran Sadiq, Zehra Jamil, Kumail Ahmed, Junaid Iqbal, Aneeta Hotwani, Furqan Kabir, Najeeb Rehman, Arjumand Rizvi, Romana Idress, Zubair Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Fayyaz Umrani, Sana Syed, and Syed Asad Ali
Insights from semi-structured interviews on integrating artificial intelligence in clinical chemistry laboratory practices, Lena Jafri, Arsala Jameel Farooqui, Janet Grant, Usmaan Omer, Rodney Gale, Sibtain Ahmed, Aysha Habib, Imran Siddiqui, Farooq Ghani, and Hafsa Majid
Developing and piloting an online course on osteoporosis using a multidisciplinary multi-institute approach- A cross-sectional qualitative study, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Arsala Jameel Farooqui, Sibtain Ahmed, Muhammad Umer Naeem Effendi, Maseeh uz Zaman, Qamar` Riaz, Noreen Nasir, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Sarah Nadeem, Rizwan Haroon Rashid, and Aysha Habib
Extensive cytomegalovirus gastroduodenitis causing gastric outlet obstruction in an immunocompetent patient, Zunaira Jalil, Zubia Zaman, Sundarta Lund, Naresh Kumar Seetlani, and Sidra Arshad
Extensive cytomegalovirus gastroduodenitis causing gastric outlet obstruction in an immunocompetent patient, Zunaira Jalil, Zubia Zaman, Sundarta Lund, Naresh Kumar Seetlani, and Sidra Arshad
Strain features of pneumococcal isolates in the pre- and post-PCV10 era in Pakistan, Nida Javaid, Asma Basharat, Hadiqa Jaleel, Shaper Mirza, Stephanie W. Lo, Stephen D. Bentley, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Sadia Shakoor, Furqan Kabir, and Aneeta Hotwani
Clinical characteristics, outcome, and factors associated with mortality of pulmonary mucormycosis: A retrospective single-center study from Pakistan, Rameesha Khalid, Iffat Khanum, Kiren Habib, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Joveria Farooqi, Nousheen Iqbal, Taymmia Ejaz, Kauser Jabeen, and Muhammad Irfan
Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: Insights from a focus group study on technologists' training needs, Fatima Muhammad Asad Khan, Bushra Moiz, Javeria Rehman, Hafsa Majid, Mohammad Zeeshan, Lena Jafri, and Aysha Habib
The Lancet and colonialism: past, present, and future, Mishal Sameer khan, Thirusha Naidu, Irene Torres, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Jesse B Bump B. Bump, and Seye Abimbola
"Caught in Each Other's Traps": Factors perpetuating incentive-linked prescribing deals between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, Mishal Sameer Khan, Afifah Rahman Shepherd, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sadia Shakoor, Sameen Siddiqi, Rumina Hasan, Sabeen Sharif, Amna Siddiqui, Wafa Aftab, and Catherine Goodman
Beyond the ordinary: Paeniclostridium sordellii osteomyelitis in a young male patient from Pakistan, Moiz Ahmed Khan, Syeda Samiya Kamal, and Summaiya Zafar
The race against time: Zika virus on the horizon in Pakistan, Moiz Ahmed khan and Summaiya Zafar
Fertility patterns in Pakistan: A comparative analysis of family planning trends across different geographic regions, Noor Ullah Khan, Nida Asif, Itrat Zehra, Gopika Mg, Sameen Arshad, and Mah I Kan Changez
Building research capacity in low- and middle-income countries and pandemic preparedness: Lessons learned and future directions, Peter H. Kilmarx, Karen A. Goralesk, Erum Khan, John F. Lindo, and Nancy Gore Saravia
Bacterial contamination of platelets concentrates in a lower middle-income country: Data from a single tertiary care hospital, Bhawna Kumari, Hasan Hayat, Seema Irfan, Abdullah Khalid, and Bushra Moiz
Need for ICU and outcome of critically ill patients with COVID-19 and haematological malignancies: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey, Tobias Lahmer, Jon Salmanton García, Francesco Marchesi, Shaimaa El Ashwah, Marcio Nucci, Caroline Besson, Federico Itri, Ozren Jaksic, Natasha Colovic, and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Myoepithelial tumors of soft tissue and bone in children and young adults: A clinicopathologic study of 40 cases occurring in patients ≤ 21 Years of age, Suzanna J. Logan, Carina A. Dehner, Fatimah I. Alruwaii, Nasir uddin, Damon R. Olson, Karen J. Fritchie, Gregory W. Charville, Melissa M. Blessing, and Andrew L. Folpe
Metabolomics in Pakistan: A comprehensive analysis of availability, practices, and challenges in clinical laboratories, Hafsa Majid, Aamir Ijaz, Lena Jafri, Imran Siddiqui, Sibtain Ahmed, and Aysha Habib
Enhancing specimen collection skills for dried blood spots through an immersive virtual learning environment: A cross-sectional study, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Shanzay Rehman, Azeema Jamil, Aysha Habib, Fatima Khanam, and Nadir Shah
Reappraisal of soft tissue myoepithelial tumors by DNA methylation profiling reveals an epigenetically distinct group of mostly fusion-driven neoplasms, Faizan Malik, Selene C. Koo, Nasir uddin, Quynh T. Tran, Oscar Lopez- Nunez, Sabina Barresi, Silvia Vallese, Giuseppe Milano, Evelina Miele, Michael R. Clay, Rita Alaggio, and Brent A. Orr
SARS-CoV-2 variants induce increased inflammatory gene expression but reduced interferon responses and heme synthesis as compared with wild type strains, Mariam Merchant, Javaria Ashraf, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Maliha Yameen, Rabia Hussain, Asghar Nasir, and Zahra Hasan
Shift in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern from Delta to Omicron was associated with reduced hospitalizations, increased risk of breakthrough infections but lesser disease severity, Fridah Mwendwa, Akber Kanji, Sayed Ali Raza Bukhari, Unab Khan, Ayesha Sadiqa, Zain Mushtaq, Nosheen Nasir, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Uzma Bashir Aamir, and Zahra Hasan
Linezolid-resistant enterococcus faecium clinical isolates from Pakistan: A genomic analysis, Syed Ali Raza Nasir, Mohammad Zeeshan, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Noureen Saeed, Hassan Ghayas, Sadaf Zaka, Javaria Ashraf, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Zahra Hasan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Mehreen Arshad, Erum Khan, and Rumina Hasan
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with BRCA1 mutation: A rare association, Saad Salim Naviwala, Mirza Rameez Samar, Daania Shoaib, Fizza Akbar, Romana Idress, and Yasmin Abdul Rashid
Healthcare consumers' perceptions of incentive-linked prescribing: A scoping review, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Haider Safdar Abbasi, Zahida Azizullah, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor, Nina van Der Mark, Janice Linton, Afifah Rahman Shepherd, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, and Mishal Sameer Khan
What happens when private general practitioners receive incentivisation offers from pharmaceutical sales representatives? A qualitative study in Pakistan, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Rumina Hasan, Iqbal Azam Syed, Sameen Siddiqi, Sadia Shakoor, Robyna Irshad Khan, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Faiza Bhutto, and Afshan Khurshid Isani
Guiding postmenopausal care for osteoporosis: First evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for Pakistan, Alina Pervez, Manju Chandran, and Aysha Habib
Formulation of workplace-based assessments (WBAs) and entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for postgraduate medical trainees in clinical biochemistry, Tahir S. Pillay, Lena Jafri, and Rivak Punchoo
Unmet needs and barriers in venous thromboembolism education and awareness among people living with cancer: A global survey, Nicola Potere, Isabelle Mahé, Pantep Angchaisuksiri, Gabriela Cesarman Maus, Chee Wee Tan, Anila Rashid, Farjah H. AlGahtani, Egidio Imbalzan, Nick van Es, and Avi Leader
Allostatic load as a mediator and perceived chronic stress as a moderator in the association between maternal mental health and preterm birth: A prospective cohort study of pregnant women in Pakistan, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Sharifa Bashir Lalani, Farooq Ghani, Sidrah Nausheen, Geoffrey Omuse, Wangira Musana, Nazneen Islam, Ntonghanwah Forcheh, Neelofur Babar, Nicole Letourneau, Salima Sulaiman, Shahnaz Shahid Ali, Aliyah Dosani, and Ilona S. Yim
Longevity of immune response after a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine against Salmonella Typhi among children in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Farah Naz Qamar, Sonia Qureshi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Ibtisam Qazi, Seema Irfan, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Zohra Amalik, Aneeta Hotwani, Qumber Ali, Irum Fatima Dehraj, and Najeeb Rehman
Recurrent Wnt Pathway and ARID1A alterations in sinonasal olfactory carcinoma, Lisa M. Rooper, Abbas Agaimy, Diana Bell, Jeffrey Gagan, Gary L. Gallia, Vickie Y. Jo, James S. Lewis, Nyall R. London, Michiya Nishino, and Nasir uddin
Temporary persistence of bedaquiline-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates under bedaquiline pressure as a model to explore resistance mechanisms, Dania Khalid Saeed, Sadia Shakoor, Zahra Hasan, Safina Abdul Razzak, Javaria Ashraf, Zahida Azizullah, Akber Kanji, and Rumina Hasan
A comprehensive clinicopathologic and molecular reappraisal of GLI1-altered mesenchymal tumors with pooled outcome analysis showing poor survival in GLI1- amplified versus GLI1-rearranged tumors, Carla Saoud, Abbas Agaimy, Josephine K. Dermawan, Nasir uddin, Jie- Fu Chen, Marc K. Rosenblum, Brendan C. Dickson, Nooshin Dashti, Michael Michal, and Karen Albritton
Evaluation of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the prevention of COVID-19 (COPCOV): A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, William H. K. Schilling, Mavuto Mukaka, James J. Callery, Martin J. Llewelyn, Cintia V. Cruz, Mehul Dhorda, Thatsanun Ngernseng, Mohammad Asim Beg, Farah Qamar, and Abdul Momin Kazi
Microscopic colitis in a young male: Unveiling the Rarity, Yumna Shahid, Zahabia Sohail, Adeel Ur rehman, and Zeeshan Uddin
Angiosarcoma arising in a vagal schwannoma - Report and literature review, Zeeshan Ali Shaikh, Iqbal A Muhammad Khyani, Asad Diwan, Paras Naseem, and Hasan Abbas
A curious case of primary gastric mucosal melanoma, Zahabia Sohail, Mirza Rameez Samar, Adeeba Zaki, Neelam Jawed Qureshi, and Sidra Arshad
Diagnostic utility of anti-thyroid peroxidase immunohistochemistry in the identification of papillary thyroid carcinoma, Sahar Suleman, Saira Fatima, and Muhammad Usman Tariq
Risk factors of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever in Sindh Province, Pakistan, Muhammad Asif Syed, Ishfaque Hussain Memon, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Muhammad Ilyas Siddiqui, Kishwar Jehandad, Nayyar Nawaz Baloch, Hamza Jamal, Aamir Hussain, Naveed Masood Memon, Masroor Hussain Syed, Robert E. Fontaine, and Paola Rullán- Oliver
Accuracy and comparison of core needle biopsy diagnoses with excision specimen for diagnosing fibroepithelial lesions of the breast, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Alka Rani, Naila Kayani, Abida K. Sattar, Lubna Vohra, and Romana Idress
Clinicopathological characteristics of extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease: A retrospective case series of 25 patients, Pierre T C Tran, Nasir uddin, Zhengfan Xu, and Beena U. Ahsan
WHO model list of essential in vitro diagnostics: strengthening diagnostics capacity to transform health care for all, Dario Trapani, Patricia j. Garcia, Lee Schroeder, Rashad Abdul Ghani, Amina Hansali, Paulinus Nnamdi Offutalu, William Sewell, Sadia Shakoor, Lyu Yunfeng, and Naofumi Hashimoto
A novel homozygous FAM92A gene (CIBAR1) variant further confirms its association with non-syndromic postaxial polydactyly type A9 (PAPA9), Muhammad Umair, Zaheer Ahmed, Bilal Shaker, Muhammad Bilal, Abdulkareem Al Abdulrahman, Hammal Khan, Muhammad Jawad Khan, and Majid Alfadhel
Mutated neuron navigator 3 as a candidate gene for a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, Muhammad Umair, Meshael Alharbi, Essra Aloyouni, Abdulkareem Al Abdulrahman, Mohammed Aldrees, Abeer Al Tuwaijri, Muhammad Bilal, and Majid Alfadhel
Aetiology and use of antibiotics in pregnancy-related infections: results of the WHO global maternal sepsis study (GLOSS), 1-week inception cohort, Carolina C Ribeiro Valle, Mercedes Bonet, Edgardo Abalos, Adama Baguiya, Fernando Bellissimo Rodrigues, Mihaela Budianu, Marian Knight Knight, David Lissauer, Catherine Dunlop, and Sadia Shakoor
A journey of innovation: 40 years of pioneering medical education at the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, Maham Vaqar, Muhammed Tariq, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Sadaf Khan, Qamar` Riaz, Sana Mahmood, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Adil H. Haider
YAP1::KMT2A-rearranged sarcomas harbor a unique methylation profile and are distinct from sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma and low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma, Laura M. Warmke, Baptiste Ameline, Karen J. Fritchie, Carina A. Dehner, Abbas Agaimy, Nasir uddin, Markku M. Miettinen, John M. Gross, Judith J. Thangaiah, and John SA Chrisinger
Xanthogranulomatous epithelial tumors/keratin-positive giant cell-rich tumors involving the head and neck: Report of seven cases and review of the literature, Rumeal D. Whaley, Abbas Agaimy, Julia A. Bridge, Robert Stoehr, Nasir Uddin, Jeffrey Gagan, Debby Rampisela, Andrew L. Folpe, and Justin A. Bishop
Case of embryonal tumor multilayered rosettes in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1, Soha Zahid, Farrah Bashir, Mohammad Khurram Minhas, Kiran Hilal, and Naureen Mushtaq
Daptomycin MICs by broth microdilution method against staphylococcus aureus in clinical specimens: A cross-sectional study from Pakistan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Imran Ahmed, Seema Irfan, Afia Zafar, and Moiz Ahmed khan
Chromoblastomycosis: A single centre clinical laboratory experience of seven years (2016-2022) and literature review from Pakistan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Saira Fatima, Joveria Farooqi, Rabiya Owais, Arsalan Ahmed, Kauser Jabeen, and Afia Zafar
Model for detecting metastatic deposits in lymph nodes of colorectal carcinoma on digital/ non-WSI images, Talat Zehra, Sarosh Moeen, Mahin Shams, Muhammad Raza, Amna Khurshid, Asad Jafri, and Jamshid Abdul- Ghafar
Machine-learning-based integrative -'omics analyses reveal immunologic and metabolic dysregulation in environmental enteric dysfunction, Fatima Zulqarnain, Xueheng Zhao, Yash Sharma, Phillip Fernandes, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Najeeb Rehman, Kamran Sadiq, Zubair Ahmad, Romana Idress, Junaid Iqbal, Sheraz Ahmed, Aneeta Hotwani, Fayyaz Umrani, Syed Asad Ali, Sana Syed, Beatrice Amadi, and Paul Kelly
Submissions from 2023
A versatile tool for precise variant calling in mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic polymorphisms, Safina Abdul Abdul Razzak, Zahra Hasan, M. Kamran Azim, Akber Kanji, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan
Climate change justice goes beyond authorship equity, Muhammad Abbas Abid and Muhammad Bilal Abid