Submissions from 2014
MP39-17 MECP2 Silencing in high grade bladder Cancer derived HTB-5 Cell line affects Cellular Proliferation and Migratory ability, Shumaila Bilgrami, Zulfiqar Naqvi, Khalid Shaikh, El-Nasir Lalani, and Farhat Abbas
Chondroblastoma: a clinico-pathological analysis, Nasir-Ud Din
Human ophthalmomyiasis externa caused by the sheep botfly oestrus ovis: a case report from Karachi, Pakistan, Naima Fasih, Kanza Noor Qaiser, Syeda Aisha Bokhari, Bushra Jamil, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Knowledge and practices of laboratory workers on standardized antimicrobial susceptibility testing and biosafety practices to prevent the spread of superbugs in Pakistan, Najia K. Ghanchi, Erum Khan, Joveria Q. Farooqi, Naima Fasih, Maqboola Dojki, and Molly A. Hughes
Shifting of vitamin D deficiency to hypervitaminosis and toxicity, Aysha Habib, Hafsa Majid, and Romaina Iqbal
Ovarian sex cord stromal tumours in children and young girls - a more than two decade clinicopathological experience in a developing country, Pakistan, Saroona Haroon, Romana Idrees, Aleena Zia, Aisha Memon, Saira Fatima, and Naila Kayani
Prostate type epithelial polyps of urogenital tract: a series of 3 cases and literature review, Saroona Haroon and Nasir Uddin
Drug resistant tuberculosis: challenges of urbanization, Rumina Hasan
Short report: diagnostic testing for hemorrhagic fevers in Pakistan: 2007–2013, Zahra Hasan, Barry Atkinson, Bushra Jamil, Azra Samreen, Lamia Altaf, and Roger Hewson
Change in serum CXCL10 levels during anti-tuberculosis treatment depends on vitamin D status [Short Communication], Z Hasan, N Salahuddin, N Rao, M Aqeel, F Mahmood, F Ali, M Ashraf, F Rahman, S Mahmood, and M Islam
Evaluating associations between vaccine response and malnutrition, gut function, and enteric infections in the MAL-ED cohort study: Methods and challenges, Christel Hoest, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Syed Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Shahida Qureshi, Sadia Shakoor, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Ali Turab, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Haemophagocytosis in a patient with diffuse large B cell lymphoma, Izza Hussain and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessing Macronutrient and calcium intake in adult Pakistani population, Romaina Iqbal, Mohammad Ali Haroon, Farhan Javed Dar, Mujtaba Bilgirami, Gulshan Bano, and Aysha Habib Khan
Ionized Calcium Measurement in Serum and Plasma by Ion Selective Electrodes: Comparison of Measured and Calculated Parameters, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, and Saba Azeem
Root cause analysis of non-infectious transfusion complications and the lessons learnt, Farheen Karim, Bushra Moiz, Naseem Shamsuddin, Safia Naz, and Mohammad Khurshid
Clinical characteristics, outcome and early induction deaths in patients with acute promyelocytic leukaemia: a five-year experience at a tertiary care centre, Farheen Karim, Usman Shaikh, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
Author's Reply (to both letters):, Ayesha Habib Khan, Sahar Iqbal, and Samia Fatima
Promoter Hypermethylation of Tumor suppressor Genes correlates with Tumor grade and Invasiveness in patients with Urothelial Bladder Cancer, Bilgrami S. M, Qureshi S. A, Shahid Pervez, and Abbas F
Red cell alloimmunization in thalassemia patients in a developing country - what can be done?, Bushra Moiz
Estimating window period blood donations for human immunodeficiency virus type 1, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus by nucleic acid amplification testing in Southern Pakistan, Bushra Moiz, Tariq Moatter, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Salman Adil, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Farheen Mahar, Naseem Shamsuddin, and Mohammad Khurshid
The MAL-ED cohort study: Methods and lessons learned when assessing early child development and caregiving mediators in infants and young children in 8 low- and middle-income countries, Muneera Rasheed, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, (MAL-ED) Network Investigators, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Syed Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Shahida Qureshi, Sadia Shakoor, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Ali Turab, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia: 4 cases, Anila Rashid, Mohammad Khurshid, and Arsalan Ahmed
Chromosomal abnormalities in primary myelodysplastic syndrome, Anila Rashid, Mohammad Khurshid, Usman Shaikh, and Salman Adil
Tumour necrosis factor, interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 are possibly involved in Plasmodium vivax-associated thrombocytopaenia in southern Pakistani population, Afsheen Raza, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Ahmed Raheem, and Mohammad A. Beg
Androgen receptor expressing metaplastic carcinoma cell line established from non-caucasian female patient, Nazia Riaz, Zulfiqar Naqvi, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Shaista Masood Khan, and El Nasir Lalani
Modeling environmental influences on child growth in the MAL-ED cohort study: Opportunities and challenges, Stephanie A. Richard, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Syed Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Shahida Qureshi, Sadia Shakoor, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Ali Turab, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Response to imatinib mesylate in patients with early chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia and derivative chromosome 9 deletion or clonal evolution, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Tariq Moatter, Naveen Naz Syed, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Salman Adil
Frequency of chromosomal abnormalities in Pakistani adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Salman Adil, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Mohammad Khurshid
Chromosomal abnormalities in Pakistani children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Syed Sarwer Ali, Mohammad Khurshid, and Zehra Fadoo
Pre-marital screening for beta thalassaemia in Pakistan: an insight, Muhammad Shariq, Bushra Moiz, Nazneen Zaidi, Waleed Bin Azhar, Waseem Iqbal, Aiyesha Humaira, and Rab Nawaz Memon
Multiple Lymphomatous Polyposis form of Blastoid variant of Mantle Cell Lymphoma in colon: a case report and review of literature, Haroon S, Memon A, and Shahid Pervez
Chondromyxoid Fibroma; experience of 36 cases of an intriguing entity, Haroon S, Nasir Uddin, Shahid Pervez, Kayani N, Ahmed R, Hafeez K, and Umer M
β-lactamase production and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of moraxella catarrhalis isolates: report from Pakistan, Sadia Omer Sheikh, Naima Fasih, Seema Irfan, and Afia Zafar
The emerging threat of schistosomiasis spread in Pakistan, F Subhani, R Nizamuddin, A Qasim, N Idrees, I Ahmed, S Nizami, S Shakoor, and M A. Beg
Expression of the androgen receptor, pAkt, and pPTEN in breast cancer and their potential in prognostication, Aisha Sultana, Romana Idress, Zulfiqar Ali Naqvi, Iqbal Azam, Shaista Khan, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, and El Nasir Lalani
5α-dihydrotestosterone down-regulates HER2 and sensitizes breast cancer cells to Herceptin-induced apoptosis in vitro, Aisha Sultana, Zulfiqar Ali Naqvi, Shaista Khan, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, and El Nasir Lalani
Cementum-like matrix in solitary bone cysts: a unique and characteristic but yet underrecognized feature of promising diagnostic utility, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, Naila Kayani, and Rashida Ahmed
Malignant melanoma of anorectal region: a clinicopathologic study of 61 cases, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Nasir Ud Din, Nausheen Feroz Ud Din, Saira Fatima, and Zubair Ahmad
Infant feeding practices, dietary adequacy, and micronutrient status measures in the MAL-ED study, Ali Turab, (MAL-ED) Network Investigators, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Syed Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Shahida Qureshi, Sadia Shakoor, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Ali Turab, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Solid pseudopapilllary neoplasm of the pancreas A clinicopathologic study of 25 cases from Pakistan and review of Literature, Nasir Ud Din, Huma Arshad, and Zubair Ahmad
Recurrence of adult granulosa cell tumor of the ovary: experience at a tertiary care center, Nasir Ud Din and Naila Kayani
Outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with hematological malignancies, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, Natasha Ali, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Salman Naseem Adil
Pleomorphic lobular carcinoma of the male breast with axillary lymph node involvement: A case report and review of literature, Muhammad Nauman Zahir, Khurram Minhas, and Munira Shabbir-Moosajee
Submissions from 2013
Needle biopsy findings in prostatic adenocarcinoma: experience at a tertiary care center in a developing country, Zubair Ahmad and Huma Arshad
Gastrointestinal, Liver and Biliary Tract Pathology: A Histopathological and Epidemiological Perspective from Pakistan with a Review of the Literature, Zubair Ahmad, Huma Arshad, Saira Fatima, Romana Idrees, Nasir Ud Din, Rashida Ahmed, Arsalan Ahmed, Aisha Memon, Khurram Minhas, Muhammad Arif, Samia Fatima, Saroona Haroon, Shahid Pervez, Sheema Hasan, and Naila Kayani
Identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical specimens at a tertiary care hospital: a cross-sectional study, Imran Ahmed, Kauser Jabeen, and Rumina Hasan
Susceptibility testing of extensively drug-resistant and pre-extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis against levofloxacin, linezolid, and amoxicillin-clavulanate, Imran Ahmed, Kauser Jabeen, Raunaq Inayat, and Rumina Hasan
Frequency and outcome of graft versus host disease after stem cell transplantation: A six-year experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Natasha Ali, Salman Naseem Adil, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Nehal Masood
Secondary haemophagocytosis in a patient with Ewing's sarcoma, Natasha Bahadur Ali and Huma Mansoori
Improved outcome of myeloma related bone pain with oral analgesics and bisphosphonate therapy: A single-center experience from Pakistan, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Bushra Moiz, Hira Silat, Anam Rehan, and Salman Adil
Successful engraftment and survival following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant in a child with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, Natasha Ali, Zehra Fadoo, Nehal Masood, and Salman Adil
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
Bone marrow necrosis - Initial presentation in sickle cell anemia, Maria Shafiq and Natasha Ali
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
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