Submissions from 2009
Oral iron chelation therapy with deferiprone in patients with Thalassemia Major, Raihan Sajid, Farooq Ghani, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Calcium oxalate crystals in the bone marrow, Raihan Sajid, Bushra Moiz, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Cystic fibrosis: defining a disease under-diagnosed in Pakistan, Uzma Shah, Phillipe Frossard, and tariq moatter
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
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
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
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
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
Brachyspira species blood stream infection, Mohammad Zeeshan, Seema Irfan, and Ishfaq Ahmed
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
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
Metachronous primary cancers of colon and stomac, Zubair Ahmad, Ayesha Memon, and Khurram Minhas
Hepatic angiosarcoma with metastasis to small intestine, Zubair Ahmad, Azizun Nisa, Romana Idrees, Khurram Minhas, Shahid Pervez, and Khalid Mumtaz
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
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
Diagnostic tool for Glanzmann's thrombasthenia clinicopathologic spectrum, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Bushra Moiz, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Salman Adil, Bushra Rizvi, and Yasmeen Rahman
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
Rhinosporidiosis presenting as an urethral polyp, Najamul Sahar Azad, Zubairali Ahmad, and Naila Kayani
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
Tungiasis: consequences of delayed presentation/diagnosis, Mohammad Asim Beg, V. Mehraj, N. Yakoob, Shahid Pervez, T. Saleem, A. Zubari, and H. Zafar
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
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
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
Predictive value of PTEN and AR coexpression of sustained responsiveness to hormonal therapy in prostate cancer - A pilot study, Soha S. El Sheikh, Hanna M. Romanska, Paul Abel, Jan Domin, and El-Nasir Lalani
A fatal case of gram negative bacterial sepsis associated with disseminated strongyloidiasis in an immunocompromised patient, Naima Fasih, Seema Irfan, Usman Sheikh, and M. Sim Beg
Minimally invasive papillary carcinoma of the extrahepatic bile ducts, Samia Fatima, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Khurram Minhas, and Inam Pal
An Audit of 4 routine chemistry analytes (Electrolytes) results in relation to external quality assurance service survey (EQAS) reports., Farooq Ghani, Jawaid jabbar, Imran Siddiqui, Amir Omair, and Ayaz Baig
Antibiotic resistance among Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A in Pakistan (2001-2006)., Rumina Hasan, Afia Zafar, Zohair Abbas, Vikram Mahraj, Faisal Malik, and Anita Zaidi
Emergence of Carbapenem resistant Gram negative and vancomycin resistant Gram positive organisms in bacteremic isolates of febrile neutropenic patients: a descriptive study., Seema Irfan, Faiza Idrees, Vikram Mehraj, Faizah Habib, Salman Adil, and Rumina Hasan
Metallo-beta-lactamase-producing clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from intensive care unit patients of a tertiary care hospital, S Irfan, Afia Zafar, D Guhar, T Ahsan, and R Hasan
Increased isolation of vibrio cholerae O1 serotype inaba over serotype ogawa in Pakistan, Kauser Jabeen, Afia Zafar, and R Hasan
Primary drug resistance to antituberculous drugs in NWFP Pakistan, Arshad Javaid, Abdul Ghafoor, Abdul Rab, Anila Basit, Zia ullah, Shaukat Ali, Afia Zafar, and Rumina Hasan
Primary drug resistance to anti-tuberculous drugs in Karachi, Arshad Javaid, Nadim Rizvi, Mosavir Ansari, Ashraf Sadiq, Iqbal Sher Burki, Nadeem ur Rehman, Rumina Hasan, and Afia Zafar
Frequency and clinical spectrum of rare inherited coagulopathies--a tricenter study, Safoorah Khalid, Fareena Bilwani, Salman Naseem Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Co-circulations of two genotypes of dengue virus in 2006 out-break of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Karachi, Pakistan, E. Khan, R. Hasan, V. Mehraj, A. Nasir, J. Siddiqui, and R. Hewson
Response of Imitanib Meysylate in patients with gastrointestinal stromal cell tumour, Abdullah Ladha and Mohammad Usman Shaikh
Early hormonal data from a multicentre phase II trial using transdermal Oestrogen patches as first-line hormonal therapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic Prostate Cancer, Ruth E. Langley, Ian F. Godsland, Howard Kynaston, Noel W. Clarke, Stuart D. Rosen, Rachel C. Morgan, Philip Pollock, Roger Kockelbergh, El-Nasir Lalani, David Dearnaley, Mahesh Parmar, and Paul D. Abel
Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among children in an urban slum of Karachi., Vikram Mehraj, Juanita Hatcher, Saeed Akhtar, Ghazala Rafique, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Performance evaluation of ion exchange and affinity chromatography for HbA(1c) estimation in diabetic patients with HbD: A study of 129 samples, Bushra Moiz, Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi, and Shahmina Sadaf
Identification of hemoglobin Q india (alpha 1-64 Asp-His) through ARMS-PCR. First report from Pakistan, Bushra Moiz, Tariq Moatter, Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi, Nazish Hashmi, Toheed Kauser, Amna Nasir, and Mohammad Khurshid
Blocked D phenomenon, Bushra Moiz, Muhammad Salman, Nausheen Kamran, and Naseem Shamsuddin
Dubin-Johnson syndrome, Aziz-un Nisa and Zubair Ahmad
A child with acute appendicitis, Shahid Pervez and Azizun-Nisa Raza
A case of histoplasmosis mimicking tuberculosis, Asim Qureshi
Myofibroblastoma of breast., Asim Qureshi and Naila Kayani
Case report: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Pakistan, Mohammad A. Rai, Mohammad R. Khanani, Haider J. Warraich, Abbas Hayat, and Syed H. Ali
Infiltrating syringomatous adenoma of nipple, Nazia Riaz, Shaista Masood Khan, Romana Idress, and Naila Kayani
Calcium oxalate crystals in the bone marrow., Raihan Sajid, Bushra Moiz, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Knowledge, attitude and practices of non-oncologist physicians regarding cancer and palliative care: a multi-center study from Pakistan., Asim Jamal Shaikh, Nisar Ahmed Khokhar, Sajjad Raza, Shiyam Kumar, Ghulam Haider, Aneeta Ghulam Haider, Rabia Muhammad, and Nehal Masood
Evaluation of inter-observer variability in the grading of oral dysplasia using two different grading systems, R.T Srinivasan, D Snead, P Matthews, H Williams, K Webster, D Griffin, El Nasir Lalani, and H Mehanna
Additional chromosomal abnormalities in philadelphia-positive chronic myeloid leukemia, Naveen Naz Syed, Mohammad Usman, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Genotyping and drug resistance patterns of M. tuberculosis strains in Pakistan., Mahnaz Tanveer, Zahra Hasan, Amna R Siddiqui, Asho Ali, Akbar Kanji, Solomon Ghebremicheal, and Rumina Hasan
Research training for oral and maxillofacial surgery, Khaleeq ur Rehman, Satyesh Parmar, Rhodri Williams, Stephen Dover, and El Nasir Lalani
The diagnostic yield of various tests for Helicobacter pylori infection in patients on acid-reducing drugs, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Shahab Abid, Muhammad Islam, and Zubair Ahmed
Clear cell papillary cystadenoma of epididymis, a mimic of metastatic renal cell carcinoma, Nausheen Yaqoob, Aamir Ahsan, Zubair Ahmad, and Ambreen Nasir Khan
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care workers regarding needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Afia Zafar, Naveen Aslam, Nosheen Nasir, Riffat Meraj, and Vikram Mehraj
Antibiotic susceptibility of pathogens isolated from patients with community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Pakistan--the active study, Afia Zafar, Zahid Hussain, Eale Lomama, Sophie Sibille, Seema Irfan, and Erum Khan
Submissions from 2007
Post-transplant T-cell type lymphoproliferative disorder, Zubair Ahmad, Aamir Ahsan, Usman Sheikh, and Khurram Minhas
Frequency of primary solid malignant neoplasms in both sexes, as seen in our practice, Zubair Ahmad, Najamul Sahar Azad, Nausheen Yaqoob, Akhtar Husain, Aamir Ahsan, Ambreen Nasir Khan, Rashida Ahmed, Naila Kayani, Shahid Pervez, and Sheema H. Hassan
Gastric carcinoma: typing, staging, lymph node and resection margin status on gastrectomy specimens, Zubair Ahmad, Romana Idrees, Najamul Sahar Azad, Rashida Ahmed, Aamir Ahsan, and Nasira Asghar
Unusual metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) to bone and soft tissues of lower limb, Zubair Ahmad, Aziz Un Nisa, Zeeshan Uddin, and Najamul Sahar Azad
Frequency of primary solid malignant neoplasms in different age groups as seen in our practice, Zubair Ahmed, Najamul Sahar Azad, Fouzia Rauf, Nausheen Yaqoob, Akthar Husain, Aamir Ahsan, Rashida Ahmed, Naila Kayani, Shahid Pervez, and Sheema H. Hassan
Characterization of mycobacterium tuberculosis central Asian strain 1 using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit genotyping, Asho Ali, Zahra Hasan, Mahnaz Tanveer, amna siddiqui, Solomon Ghebremichael, Gunilla Kallenius, and Rumina Hasan
Metastatic signet ring gastric adenocarcinoma presenting with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Nausheen Kamran, Salman Adil, and Shahid Pervez
Haemorrhagic manifestations and utility of haematological parameters in dengue fever: A tertiary care centre experience at Karachi, Natasha Ali, Mohammad Usman, Naveen Syed, and Mohammad Khurshid
Thymoma : a clinicopathologic association of world health organization histologic subtype and invasive behaviour, Najamul Sahar Azad, Zubair Ahmad, Aamir Ahsan, Saulat Fatimi, Rashida Ahmed, Naila Kayani, Shahid Pervez, and Sheema H. Hasan
Comparision between bed side testing of blood glucose by glucometer vs centralized testing in a tertiary care hospital, Ayaz Baig, Imran Siddiqui, Abdul Jabbar, Syed Iqbal Azam, Salman Sabir, Shahryar Alam, and Farooq Ghani
Patho-epidemiology of breast cancer in Karachi '1995-1997', Yasmin Bhurgri
Patho-epidemiology of Cancer Cervix in Karachi South, Yasmin Bhurgri, Kauser Nazir, Yasmeen Shaheen, Ahmed Usman, Naveen Faridi, Hadi Bhurgri, Jawaid Malik, Imtiaz Bashir, Asif Bhurgri, Naila Kayani, Shahid Pervez, Sheema H. Hasan, Faridoon Setna, and S MH Zaidi
Longitudinal tracking of cytokines after acute exposure to tuberculosis: association of distinct cytokine patterns with protection and disease development, Rabia Hussain, Najeeha Talat, Firdaus Shahid, and Ghaffar Dawood
Epidermoid cyst of the ovary, Romana Idress, Zubair Ahmad, Khurrum Minhas, and Naila Kayani
Granulocytic sarcoma in the absence of acute myeloid leukemia: a case report, Safoorah Khalid, Salman Naseem Adil, and Irfan Ahmed Vaziri
Pattern of chromosomal abnormalities in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Safoorah Khalid, Mohammad Usman, Salman Adil, Ambreen Ayub, and Mohammad Khurshid
Dengue outbreak in Karachi, Pakistan, 2006: experience at a tertiary care center, Erum Khan, Jaweriah Siddiqui, Sadia Shakoor, Vikram Mehraj, Bushra Jamil, and Rumina Hasan
Human papillomavirus subtype 16 is common in Pakistani women with cervical carcinoma, Saeed Khan, Nadeem N. Jaffer, Mohammad Nasherwan Khan, Mohammad A. Rai, Majid Shafiq, Adnan Ali, Shahid Pervez, Nusrat Khan, Aliya Aziz, and Syed H. Ali
Concomitant urothelial carcinoma and prostatic adenocarcinoma, Amna Khurshid and Zubair Ahmad
'Nuclear grooves' in nodular hidradenoma: frequency and significance of an unrecognized histopatological feature, Amna Khurshid, Nausheen Yaqoob, Hafeez A. Devan, and Shahid Pervez
Sixty-minute post-Synacthen serum cortisol level: a reliable and cost-effective screening test for excluding adrenal insufficiency compared to the conventional short Synacthen test, S Mansoor, N Islam, I Siddiqui, and A Jabbar
Breast cancer with associated granulomatous axillary lymphadenitis: a diagnostic and clinical dilemma in regions with high prevalence of tuberculosis, Khurram Minhas, Tariq Moatter, and Shahid Pervez
Clinical presentation and genotype of hepatitis delta in Karachi, Tariq Moatter, Zaigham Abbas, Sabhita Shabir, and Wasim Jafri
Immunohistochemical her-2/ Neu expression with gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization for assessment in breast carcinomas, Tariq Moatter, Zeeshan-Ud- Din, Zahida Latif Khilji, Farzana Murad, Naila Kayani, and Shahid Pervez
Analysis of amniotic fluid specimens for common chromosome disorders using interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization, Tariq Moatter, Zahida Khilji, Farzana Murad, and Shama Munim
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) screening in Pakistani neonates: to be or not to be, Bushra Moiz
Transfusion medicine illustrated: B subgroup mistyped as O, Bushra Moiz, Salman Adil, and Muhammad Suleman
Cavernous transverse mesocolonic lymphangioma in an adult, Saira Nizami, Kamran Mohiuddin, Irfan Daudi, Zubair Ahmed, and Muhammed Ashraf Memon
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma breast with central necrosis closely mimicking ductal carcinoma in situ (comedo type): a case series, Shahid Pervez and Hassan Khan
Comparative predictive value of three prognostic markers--S-phase fraction, PCNA and mitotic count on axillary lymph node metastasis in carcinoma breast, Shahid Pervez, Muhammad Nadeem Khan, and Muhammad Israr Nasir
Collecting duct carcinoma: an incidental finding in a non functional kidney secondary to nephrolithiasis, Asim Qureshi
Melanoma presenting as pericardial effusion, Asim Qureshi
True malignant mixed tumor of parotid, Asim Qureshi
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a demographic, morphologic and immunohistochemical study, F Rauf, Y Bhurgri, and Shahid Pervez
DHT rescues prostate cancer cells from doxazocin induced apoptosis, M. Salagierski, Hanna M. Romanska, Rachel Bruton, Zulfiqar G. Gulzar, P D Abel, Miroslaw Sosnowski, and El Nasir Lalani
Chronic ITP: analysis of various factors at presentation which predict failure to first line treatment and their response to second line therapy, Naveen Naz Syed, Salman Adil, Muhamed Raihan Sajid, Mohammad Usman, Bushra Moiz, G N Kakepoto, and Mohammad Khurshid
Diagnostic importance of bone marrow examination in non-hematological disorders, Naveen Naz Syed, Bushra Moiz, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Thrombocytosis: age dependent aetiology and analysis of platelet indices for differential diagnosis, Naveen Naz Syed, Mohammad Usman, and Mohammad Khurshid
Nuclear FoxO3a expression is associated with lymph node negative, ER+ invasive ductal carcinomas, Gulisa Turashvili, E. Fridman, H. Romanska, Eric W-F Lam, J. Skarda, P. Murray, Zdenek Kolar, and El Nasir Lalani
Clear cell carcinoma of ovary with associated mucinous cystadenoma and endometriosis, Zeeshan Uddin, Nausheen Yaqoob, Naila Kayani, and Sheema H. Hasan
Chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia: response of imatinib mesylate and significance of sokal score, age and disease duration in predicting the hematological and cytogenetic response, Mikal Usman, Naveen Naz Syed, G N Kakepoto, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Hematological and nonhematological toxicities of imatinib mesylate in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumor, Mohammad Usman, Naveen Naz Syed, Ghulam Nabi Kakepoto, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Medicolegal liability in pathology: an international perspective, Mark R. Wick; Elliott Foucar; Philip W. Allen,; Venancio A.F. Alves; Johannes Bjornsson; Fred Bosman; Andrew W. Churg; Ricardo Drut; Christopher S. Foster; Steffen Hauptmann; Prodromos Hytiroglou; Tseng-tong Kou; Osamu Matsubara; Oscar Nappi; Shahid Pervez; Juan Rosai; Hironobu Sasano; Philippe Vielh; and Bernhard Zelger