Submissions from 2009
Azurophilic inclusions in plasma cells, Natasha Bahadur Ali and Bushra Moiz
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
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
Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor in association with hyaline vascular type castleman's disease., Muhammad Azam, Yousuf A Husen, and Shahid Pervez
Comparison of estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors and HER-2/neu expression between primary and metastatic breast carcinoma, Muhammad Azam, Asim Qureshi, and Samina Mansoor
CD20 positivity in classical hodgkin's lymphoma: diagnostic challenge or targeting opportunity., Muhammad Abrar Barakzai and Shahid Ahmed
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
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
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
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
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
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
Differential live M. tuberculosis -, BCG-, and recombinant ESAT6- and CFP10- induced immunity in tuberculosis, Zahra Hasan, Bushra Jamil, Mussarat Ashraf, Muniba Islam, Maqboola Dojki, Muhammad Irfan, and Rabia Hussain
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
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
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
Antimicrobial resistance profile of methicillin resistant staphylococcal aureus from skin and soft tissue isolates, Faiza Idrees, Kauser Jabeen, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, and Afia Zafar
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
Diagnostic value of clot examination for malignant cells in serous effusions, R. Jalal, K. Aftab, S. H. Hasan, and Shahid Pervez
Presentation of a patient with palpable purpuric rash, Safoorah Khalid and Mohammad Khurshid
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
Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Shigella species in Karachi, Pakistan., E. Khan, Kausar Jabeen, Muslima Ejaz, Jaweriah Siddiqui, Muhammad Farrukh Shezad, and Afia Zafar
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
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
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
Old disease, new targets. Part-II, haematological malignancies, Shiyam Kumar, Nehal Masood, and Salman Naseem Adil
Staging of prostatic adenocarcinoma with radical prostatectomy specimens in Pakistan., A. Memon, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, A Ahsan, A Barakzai, and Yasmin Bhurgri
Fibromatous periorchitis, Khurram Minhas, Abrar Barakzai, and Asim Qureshi
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
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
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
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
Spectrum of tamoxifen associated endometrial pathology in breast cancer patients, Asim Qureshi, Farhan Bukhari, and Shahid Pervez
Malignant adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: a case report with review of literature., Asim Qureshi, Naila Kayani, and Rubina Gulzar
Communicable disease among displaced Afghans: refuge without shelter, Alefiyah Rajabali, Omer Moin, Amna S. Ansari, Mohammad R. Khanani, and Syed H. Ali
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
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
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