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Submissions from 2010

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Vibrio cholerae O1 bacteremia in Pakistan: Analysis of eight cases, Kauser Jabeen, Jaweriah Siddiqui, Afia Zafar, Sadia Shakoor, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Anita K. M. Zaidi

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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

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Successful use of rituximab in Evans syndrome and refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura, Muhammad Kashif, Adnan Qureshi, Salman Naseem Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid

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Retrospective review of pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a single center experience, Safoorah Khalid, Bushra Moiz, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid

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Increased isolation of ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with emergence of carbapenem resistant isolates in Pakistan: report from a tertiary care hospital, Erum Khan, Muslima Ejaz, Afia Zafar, Kauser Jabeen, Sadia Shakoor, Raunaq Inayat, and Rumina Hasan

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Demographic and clinical features of dengue fever in Pakistan from 2003-2007: a retrospective cross-sectional study., Erum Khan, Mehreen Kisat, Nabil Khan, Amna Nasir, Salma Ayub, and Rumina Hasan

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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

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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

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Prevalence and significance of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency among apparently healthy adults, Shireen Mansoor, Aysha Habib Khan, Farooq Ghani, Zafar Fatmi, Salma Badruddin, Sarwat Mansoor, Imran Siddiqui, and Abdul Jabbar

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Trends in undergraduate teaching of parasitology in medical schools of Pakistan, Vikram Mehraj, Taimur Saleem, Saima Lalani, Nadia Sani, Imran Khan, Fatima Afridi, Hina Irfan, and Mohammad Asim Beg

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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

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in a soldier, Bushra Moiz, Mohammad Asim Beg, and Natasha Bahadur Ali

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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

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Mediastinal lymphomas: Primary Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-cell Lymphoma versus classical Hodgkin lymphoma, histopathologic dilemma solved?, Shahid Pervez and Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja

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Epidemiological data for common bone sarcomas., Asim Qureshi, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Azam, and Romana Idrees

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Primary non-hodgkin's lymphoma of bone: Experience of a decade, Asim Qureshi, Anum Ali, Nashmia Riaz, and Shahid Pervez

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Allred scoring for ER reporting and it's impact in clearly distinguishing ER negative from ER positive breast cancers, Asim Qureshi and Shahid Pervez

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The morphologic and immunohistochemical spectrum of 16 cases of sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary, Asim Qureshi, Azizunissa Raza, and Naila Kayani

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Carcinosarcoma of the esophagus, Ziaur Rehman, Inam Pal, Zubair Ahmad, and Asim Qureshi

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Doxazosin induces apoptosis in PTEN–positive androgen-independent PC cells via inhibition of Akt activation, Hanna M Romanska, Maciej Salagierski, Rachel Bruton, P D Abel, Marek Sosnowski, and El Nasir Lalani

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Clinical audit of inherited bleeding disorders in a developing country., Raihan Sajid, Safoorah Khalid, Nazish Mazari, Waleed Bin Azhar, and Mohammad Khurshid

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Therapeutic outcomes of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia, Raihan Sajid, Bushra Moiz, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Nausheen Kamran, Salman Adil, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Mohammad Khurshid

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Clinicopathologic spectrum of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia: a single center experience., Raihan Sajid, Sarah Hasan Siddiqui, Usman Shaikh, and Salman Adil

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical students regarding needle stick injuries, Taimur Saleem, Umair Khalid, Sidra Ishaque, and Afia Zafar

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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

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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

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An unusual urinary tract infection!, S. Shakoor and Mohammad Asim Beg

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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

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Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression, Najeeha Talat, Sharon Perry, Julie Parsonnet, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain

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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

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New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 – Authors' reply, Timothy R. Walsh, Mark A. Toleman, Jayanta B. Sarma, Seema Irfan, Neil Woodford, and David M. Livermore

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Chronic gastritis and Helicobacter pylori: a histopathological study of gastric mucosal biopsies, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob and Akbar Shah Hussainy

Submissions from 2009

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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

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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 Naila Kayani

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Will histopathology survive in Pakistan?, Zubair Ahmad, A. Qureshi, N. S. Azad, and A. Khurshid

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Prostatic carcinoma: a Pakistani perspective., Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Romana Idrees, and Kanwal Aftab

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Antimicrobial activity of tigecycline against nosocomial pathogens in Pakistan: a multicenter study, Altaf Ahmed, Afia Zafar, and Sajjad Mirza

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Osseous metaplasia in a juvenile retention polyp: a case report., Rashida Ahmed, Zubair Ahmad, and Asim Qureshi

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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

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Azurophilic inclusions in plasma cells, Natasha Bahadur Ali and Bushra Moiz

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The frequency of heparin induced thrombocytopenia in patients undergoing elective cardiac bypass surgeries, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Bushra Moiz, Yasmin Rehman, Mohammad Salman, and Shahid Ahmed Sami

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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

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Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor in association with hyaline vascular type castleman's disease., Muhammad Azam, Yousuf A Husen, and Shahid Pervez

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Comparison of estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors and HER-2/neu expression between primary and metastatic breast carcinoma, Muhammad Azam, Asim Qureshi, and Samina Mansoor

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CD20 positivity in classical hodgkin's lymphoma: diagnostic challenge or targeting opportunity., Muhammad Abrar Barakzai and Shahid Ahmed

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Antimicrobial resistance profile of methicillin resistant staphylococcal aureus from skin and soft tissue isolates, Faiza Idrees, Kauser Jabeen, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, and Afia Zafar

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Vitamin B12 deficiency--a major cause of megaloblastic anaemia in patients attending a tertiary care hospital, Saira Perwaiz Iqbal, Ghulam Nabi Kakepoto, and Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal

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Diagnostic value of clot examination for malignant cells in serous effusions, R. Jalal, K. Aftab, S. H. Hasan, and Shahid Pervez

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Presentation of a patient with palpable purpuric rash, Safoorah Khalid and Mohammad Khurshid

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Classic virilizing congenital adrenal hyperplasia presenting late: case series from Pakistan, Aysha Habib Khan, Muniba Aban, Rameez-ul-Hassan, Naeem-ul-Haq, Jamal Raza, Abdul Jabbar, and Tariq Moatter

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Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Shigella species in Karachi, Pakistan., E. Khan, Kausar Jabeen, Muslima Ejaz, Jaweriah Siddiqui, Muhammad Farrukh Shezad, and Afia Zafar

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Evaluation of two ELISA assay kits against RT-PCR for diagnosis of dengue virus infection in a hospital setting in Karachi, Pakistan, Erum Khan, Vikram Mehraj, Amna Nasir, Nabil Ahmad Khan, Bushra Billoo, Tariq Moatter, and Rumina Hasan

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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

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

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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

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Old disease, new targets. Part-II, haematological malignancies, Shiyam Kumar, Nehal Masood, and Salman Naseem Adil

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Staging of prostatic adenocarcinoma with radical prostatectomy specimens in Pakistan., A. Memon, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, A Ahsan, A Barakzai, and Yasmin Bhurgri

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Fibromatous periorchitis, Khurram Minhas, Abrar Barakzai, and Asim Qureshi

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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

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Transfusion related acute lung injury--TRALI: an under diagnosed entity, Bushra Moiz, Hasanat Sharif, and Fauzia Ahmad Bawany

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

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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

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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

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Spectrum of tamoxifen associated endometrial pathology in breast cancer patients, Asim Qureshi, Farhan Bukhari, and Shahid Pervez

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Malignant adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: a case report with review of literature., Asim Qureshi, Naila Kayani, and Rubina Gulzar

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Communicable disease among displaced Afghans: refuge without shelter, Alefiyah Rajabali, Omer Moin, Amna S. Ansari, Mohammad R. Khanani, and Syed H. Ali

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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

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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

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Oral iron chelation therapy with deferiprone in patients with Thalassemia Major, Raihan Sajid, Farooq Ghani, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid

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Calcium oxalate crystals in the bone marrow, Raihan Sajid, Bushra Moiz, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid

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Cystic fibrosis: defining a disease under-diagnosed in Pakistan, Uzma Shah, Phillipe Frossard, and tariq moatter

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Brachyspira species blood stream infection, Mohammad Zeeshan, Seema Irfan, and Ishfaq Ahmed

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Vaginal clear cell adenocarcinoma with associated Mullerian duct anomalies, renal agenesis and situs inversus: report of a case with no known in-utero exposure with diethyl stilboestrol, Zeeshan-ud-din and Aamir Ahsan

Submissions from 2008

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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

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Metachronous primary cancers of colon and stomac, Zubair Ahmad, Ayesha Memon, and Khurram Minhas

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Hepatic angiosarcoma with metastasis to small intestine, Zubair Ahmad, Azizun Nisa, Romana Idrees, Khurram Minhas, Shahid Pervez, and Khalid Mumtaz

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Silencing of MBD1 and MeCP2 in prostate-cancer-derived PC3 cells produces differential gene expression profiles and cellular phenotypes, Yaqinuddin Ahmed, Farhat Abbas, Syed S. Naqvi, Mohammad U. Bashir, Romena Qazi, and Sohail A. Qureshi

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Spot urine protein: creatinine ratio versus 24 hour urine protein at various levels of GFR patients referred to a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan, Absar Ali, Naila Asif, Sonia Yaqub, Waqar Kashif, Diamond Merchant, and Iffat Yazdant

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Diagnostic tool for Glanzmann's thrombasthenia clinicopathologic spectrum, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Bushra Moiz, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Salman Adil, Bushra Rizvi, and Yasmeen Rahman

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Human papillomavirus infection in oral squamous cell carcinomas: correlation with histologic variables and survival outcome in a high risk population, S. M.A. Ali, M. S. Awan, S. Ghaffar, I. Salahuddin I. Salahuddin, S. Khan, V. Mehraj, and Shahid Pervez

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Rhinosporidiosis presenting as an urethral polyp, Najamul Sahar Azad, Zubairali Ahmad, and Naila Kayani

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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

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Tungiasis: consequences of delayed presentation/diagnosis, Mohammad Asim Beg, V. Mehraj, N. Yakoob, Shahid Pervez, T. Saleem, A. Zubari, and H. Zafar

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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

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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

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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, Mohammad Khurshid, and S. M. H. Zaidi