Submissions from 2013
Cost effective improvement in the protocol for detection of haemoglobin variants –A step forward in quality assurance, Natasha Ali and Mohammad Khurshid
Overview of benign and malignant prostatic disease in Pakistani patients: A clinical and histopathological perspective, Huma Arshad and Zubair Ahmad
Malignant vascular tumours associatedwith the breast: A study of 7 cases, Azizun-Nisa, Zeeshanuddin, and Naila Kayani
Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma: a morphologic and immunohistochemical study of 45 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Saira Fatima, and Zubair Ahmad
Secretory carcinoma of breast: clinicopathologic study of 8 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Romana Idrees, Saira Fatima, and Naila Kayani
Invasive candidiasis in Pakistan: clinical characteristics, species distribution and antifungal susceptibility, J Q. Farooqi, K Jabeen, N Saeed, N Iqbal, B Malik, S R. Lockhart, A Zafar, M E. Brandt, and R Hasan
Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 6 cases, Syeda Samia Fatima, Khurrum Minhas, Nasir Ud Din, Saira Fatima, Arsalan Ahmed, and Zubair Ahmad
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma presenting as testicular mass; a diagnostic challenge, Saroona Haroon and Arsalan Ahmed
Frequency of precancerous lesions in endoscopic gastric biopsies in chronic gastritis, Saroona Haroon, Naveen Faridi, Faisal Rashid Lodhi, and Shafaq Mujtaba
Ki67 index in breast cancer: correlation with other prognostic markers and potential in pakistani patients, Saroona Haroon, Atif Ali Hashmi, Amna Khurshid, Muhammad Adnan Kanpurwala, Shafaq Mujtuba, Babar Malik, and Naveen Faridi
Clinicopathological spectrum of ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors; 20years' retrospective study in a developing country, Saroona Haroon, Aleena Zia, Romana Idrees, Aisha Memon, Saira Fatima, and Naila Kayani
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever nosocomial infection in a immunosuppressed patient, Pakistan: case report and virological investigation, Zahra Hasan, Faisal Mahmood, Bushra Jamil, Barry Atkinson, Murtaza Mohammed, Azra Samreen, Lamia Altaf, tariq moatter, and Roger Hewson
Measurement of ESAT6-induced IFNγ responses adjunct with CXCL9 increases the rate of diagnosis of active tuberculosis in an endemic region, Zahra Hasan, Nisar Rao, Naseem Salahuddin, Mussarat Ashraf, Muniba Islam, and Bushra Jamil
Serous carcinoma arising in endometrial polyps: clinicopathologic study of 4 cases, Romana Idrees, Nasir Ud Din, Saira Fatima, and Naila Kayani
Illuminating the dark side-vitamin D status in different localities of Karachi, Romaina Iqbal, Lena Jafri, Ali Haroon, and Aysha Habib Khan
Agreement between serology and histology for detection of helicobacter pylori infection, Sahar Iqbal, Samia Fatima, Ahmed Raheem, and Aysha Habib Khan
B-type natriuretic peptide versus amino terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide: selecting the optimal heart failure marker in patients with impaired kidney function, Lena Jafri, Waqar Kashif, Javed Tai, Imran Siddiqui, Iqbal Azam, Hira Shahzad, and Farooq Ghani
No change in calcium absorption in adult Pakistani population before and after vitamin D administration using strontium as surrogate, Aysha Habib Khan, Rohra D. K, Saghir S. A, Udani S. K, Wood R. J, and Jabbar A
Assessing the effect of dietary calcium intake and 25 OHD status on bone turnover in women in Pakistan, Aysha Habib Khan, Ghazala Naureen, Romaina Iqbal, and Farhan Javed Dar
Implementation of maximum surgical blood ordering schedule and an improvement in transfusion practices of surgeons subsequent to intervention, Farheen Mahar, Bushra Moiz, Mohammad Khurshid, and Tabish Chawla
Tuberculosis comorbidity with communicable and non-communicable diseases: integrating health services and control efforts, Ben J Marais, Knut Lönnroth, Stephen D Lawn, Giovanni Battistai Migliori, Peter Mwaba, Philippe Glaziou, Matthew Bates, Ruth Colagiuri, Lynn Zijenah, Soumya Swaminathan, Ziad A Memish, Michel Pletschette, Michael Hoelscher, Ibrahim Abubakar, Rumina Hasan, Afia Zafar, Guiseppe Pantaleo, Gill Craig, Peter Kim, Markus Maeurer, Marco Schito, and Alimuddin Zumla
A review of G6PD deficiency in Pakistani perspective, Bushra Moiz
Reed Sternberg cells in bone marrow touch imprints, Bushra Moiz and Sidra Asad
BSS misdiagnosed as ITP, Bushra Moiz and Anila Rashid
Correlation of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2/neu) receptor status with hormone receptors Oestrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor status and other prognostic markers in breast cancer: an experience at tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Shafaq Mujtaba, Saroona Haroon, Naveen Faridi, and Faisal Rashid Lodhi
Population genetics and drug resistance markers: an essential for malaria surveillance in Pakistan, Afsheen Raza and Mohammad Asim Beg
Prevalence of drug resistance associated mutations in plasmodium vivax against sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in southern Pakistan, Afsheen Raza, Najia K. Ghanchi, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax clinical isolates from southern Pakistan using pvcsp and pvmsp1 genetic markers, Afsheen Raza, Najia K. Ghanchi, Ali M. Thaver, Sana Jafri, and Mohammad A. Beg
Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacterial and fungal isolates from patients with chronic suppurative otitis media in perspective of emerging resistance, Zeeshan Raza, Ghulam Fatima, Maria Shoaib, and Syed Bilal Hashmi
Young people with aging ears: A consequence of early presbycusis due to earphones misuse, Zeeshan Raza, Syed Bilal Hashmi, and Maria Shoaib
Bone marrow necrosis - Initial presentation in sickle cell anemia, Maria Shafiq and Natasha Ali
How to break the ice — preparing for the bad or sad, Maria Shoaib, Muhammad Zeeshan Raza, and Syed Bilal Hashmi
Mixed salmonella infection: a case series from Pakistan, Binish Arif Sultan, Naima Fasih, Saba Qaiser, Erum Khan, Afia Zafar, and Seema Irfan
Hairy polyp, a clinicopathologic study of four cases, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Nasir Ud Din, and Muhammad Rizwan Bashir
Bronchial carcinoid presenting as multiple lung abscesses, Zeeshan Waheed, Muhammad Irfan, Saulat H. Fatimi, and Ruqaiya Shahid
Submissions from 2012
Outcome of match related allogeneic stem cell transplantation procedures performed from 2004 till 2011, Natasha Ali, Salman Naseem Adil, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Munira Moosajee, and Nehal Masood
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation in acute myeloid leukemia, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Salman Adil, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Nehal Masood
Carrier detection for beta-thalassemia trait in general Pakistani population: A way forward, Natasha Ali, Bushra Moiz, Waleed Bin Azhar, Nazneen Zaidi, and Rabnawaz Memon
Evaluation of elevated alanine aminotransferase and hepatitis B virus DNA in healthy seronegative blood donors, Natasha Ali, Bushra Moiz, and Tariq Moatter
Histologic findings in biopsies/resection specimens from the small intestine with special emphasis on celiac disease: experience from a developing country in South Asia, Huma Arshad and Zubair Ahmad
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
Infectious diseases in the aftermath of monsoon flooding in Pakistan, Maryam Baqir, Zain A. Sobani, Amyn Bhamani, Nida Shahab Bham, Sidra Abid, Javeria Farook, and M Asim Beg
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
Bone health status of Premenopausal healthy adult females in Pakistani females, Farhan Javed Dar, Romaina Iqbal, Farooq Ghani, Imran Siddiqui, and Aysha Habib Khan
Species identification of invasive yeasts including candida in Pakistan: limitations of phenotypic methods, Joveria Farooqi, Kauser Jabeen, Noureen Saeed, Afia Zafar, Mary Eleanor Brandt, and Rumina Hasan
Line probe assay for detection of rifampicin and isoniazid resistant tuberculosis in Pakistan, Joveria Qais Farooqi, Erum Khan, Syed Muhammed Zaheer Alam, Asho Ali, Zahra Hasan, and Rumina Hasan
High isoniazid resistance rates in rifampicin susceptible mycobacterium tuberculosis pulmonary isolates from Pakistan, Naima Fasih, Yasraba Rafiq, Kausar Jabeen, and Rumina Hasan
Diagnostic utility of anti-citrullinated protein antibody and its comparison with rheumatoid factor in rheumatoid arthritis, Aysha Habib, Lena Jafri, M. Ahraz Hussain, and Saliha Ishaq
Response of a single 'mega intramuscular dose' of vitamin D on serum 25OHD and parathyroid hormone levels, Aysha Habib, Dileep K Rohra, Shakil A Saghir, Shamsa K Udani, Richard Wood, and Abdul Jabbar
Lymphangioma circumscriptum in the scrotum: A case report, Saroona Haroon and Sheema H. Hasan
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
Development and validation of sunlight exposure measurement questionnaire (SEM-Q) for use in adult population residing in Pakistan, Quratulain Humayun, Romaina Iqbal, Iqbal Azam, Aysha Habib Khan, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, and Naila Baig Ansari
Fluoroquinolone and macrolide co-resistance in clinical isolates of campylobacter species: a 15-year study in Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Irfan, A Ahmad, D Guhar, E Khan, Fasial Malik, Syed Mahmood, and Afia Zafar
Is nalidixic acid screening still valid for the detection of reduced susceptibility of fluoroquinolone with salmonella typhi?, Seema Irfan, Kauser Jabeen, Umair Anwar Jilani, Bushra Ahmed, Jaishri Mehraj, Tanwir Ahsan, and Afia Zafar
Multifocal venous thrombosis in behcet’s disease, Lena Jafri, Nosheen Nasir, and Aysha Almas
Haemovigilance, Farheen Karim, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Salman Adil
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlates: results of a community-based study conducted in Karachi, Pakistan, Aysha Habib Khan, Romaina Iqbal, Ghazala Naureen, Farhan Javed Dar, and Feroza Nazir Ahmed
Macro CK in patients with elevated troponin I levels., Ruchika Kohli-Kochhar, Evelyne Mulwa, Geoffrey Omuse, and Peter Ojwang
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma in bone marrow, Shabneez Malik and Salman Naseem Adil
Clinical significance of maternal anti-Cw antibodies: a review of three cases and literature, Shabneez Malik and Bushra Moiz
SOCS1 gene expression is increased in severe pulmonary tuberculosis, K I. Masood, M E. Rottenberg, B Carow, N Rao, M Ashraf, R Hussain, and Z Hasan
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
Plasma cell leukemia in pregnancy, Bushra Moiz and Syed Sarwar Ali
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in infants with G6PD c563C > T variant, Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, Sarosh Ahmed Khan, Saleema Amin Kherani, and Maqbool Qadir
Hemoglobin E syndromes in Pakistani population., Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, Anila Rashid, Tariq Moatter, and Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi
Transient myeloproliferative disorder, Bushra Moiz and Maria Shafiq
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) in Pakistan, Shahid Pervez
Macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in helicobacter pylori isolates: An experience at a tertiary care centre in Pakistan, Sana Rajper, Erum Khan, Zubair Ahmad, Syed Muhammad Zaheer Alam, Adil Akbar, and Rumina Hasan
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
Retrospective review of 25 cases of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in Pakistan, Safoorah Sagheer, Bushra Moiz, Mohammad Usman, and Mohammad Khurshid
Molecular diagnostic assays detection of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Azra Samreen, Lamia Altaf, Bushra Jamil, tariq moatter, and Zahra Hasan
Tropical bacterial gastrointestinal infections., Sadia Shakoor, Anita K. M. Zaidi, 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
Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma of Breast: An Under-recognized Entity. A series of Eight Cases, Zeeshan Uddin, Romana Idrees, Kanwal Aftab, and Naila Kayani
Submissions from 2011
Giant cell tumor of bone with lymph node metastases: a rare presentation., Kanwal Aftab and Beena Umar
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
Diffuse ganglioneuromatosis of intestine in a 15-year-old girl., Zubair Ahmad, Abrar Barakzai, Arsalan Ahmed, Asim Qureshi, and Rahil Khan
Mixed ductal-endocrine carcinoma of pancreas., Zubair Ahmad, Shazia Mumtaz, Saira Fatima, and Asim Qureshi
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
BK virus associated late onset haemorrhagic cystitis after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Sheema H Hasan
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
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
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
Hodgkin lymphoma in Pakistan: an analysis of subtypes and their correlation with Epstein Barr virus., Samia Fatima, Rashida Ahmed, and Arsalan Ahmed
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
Knowledge and beliefs among health care workers regarding hepatitis B infection and needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital, Karachi, Faiza Habib, Durreshahwar K Khan, Shan-E Abbas, Faiza Bhatti, and Afia Zafar
Knowledge and beliefs among health care workers regarding hepatitis B infection and needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital, Karachi, Faiza Habib, Durreshahwar K Khan, Shan-E-Abbas, Faiza Bhatti, and Afia Zafar
CCL2/MCP-I genotype-phenotype relationship in latent tuberculosis infection, Rabia Hussain, Ambreen Ansari, Najeeha Talat, Zahra Hasan, and Ghaffar Dawood
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
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, Afia Zafar, B. Memona, O. Afzal, and R. Hasan
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
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
Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pakistan, 2005-2009, Kauser Jabeen, Sadia Shakoor, Shazia Chishti, Afsheen Ayaz, and Rumina Hasan
Automated reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: a comparison of creatinine clearance, modification of diet in renal disease and cockcroft gault equations from Pakistan, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Ather Hussain, Farooq Ghani, and Imran Siddiqui
Comparison of high performance liquid Chromatography, Radioimmunoassay and electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay for quantification of serum 25 hydroxy vitamin D, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Shamim Mushtaq, Romaina Iqbal, Farooq Ghani, and Imran Siddiqui
Occurrence of RD149 and RD152 deletions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Pakistan, Akbar Kanji, Zahra Hasan, Mahnaz Tanveer, Rabia Laiq, and Rumina Hasan
Presence of RD149 deletions in m. tuberculosis central Asian strain 1 isolates affect growth and TNFalpha induction in THP-1 monocytes., Akber Kanji, Zahra Hasan, Mehnaz Tanveer, Raunaq Mahboob, Sana Jafri, and Rumina Hasan
Ethnic disparity in 21 hydroxylase gene mutations identified in Pakistanicongenital adrenal hyperplasia patient, Aysha Habib Khan, Muniba Aban, Jamal Raza, Naeem ul Haq, Abdul Jabbar, and Tariq Moatter
Ethnic disparity in 21-hydroxylase gene mutations identified in Pakistani congenital adrenal hyperplasia patient, Aysha Habib Khan, Muniba Aban, Jamal Raza, Naeem ul Haq, Abdul Jabbar, and Tariq Moatter
Ethnic disparity in 21-hydroxylase gene mutations identified in Pakistani congenital adrenal hyperplasia patients, Aysha Habib Khan, Muniba Aban, Jamal Raza, Naeem ul Haq, Abdul Jabbar, and Tariq Moatter