Submissions from 2016
Analytical performance evaluation of a high-volume hematology laboratory utilizing sigma metrics as standard of excellence, M S. Shaikh and B Moiz
Clinical utility of immature platelet fraction - an advanced parameter in laboratory hematology, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Sidra Asad Ali
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia presenting with neurological symptoms after chemotherapy, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Bushra Moiz
Clinico-pathological profile and outcomes of patients with polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia and idiopathic myelofibrosis: a tertiary care center experience from southern Pakistan, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Salman Naseem Adil, Mohammad Khurshid, and Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed
Tuberculosis in vulnerable populations in eastern mediterranean region-implications for control, Sadia Shakoor and Rumina Hasan
Bacterial aetiology of otitis media in children in Pakistan aged 0-59 months; laboratory surveillance data from 2004 to 2013: comparison between before and after the introduction of Hib vaccination, Sadia Shakoor, Faisal Riaz Malik, and Erum Khan
Fluoroquinolone consumption and -resistance trends in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other respiratory pathogens: Ecological antibiotic pressure and consequences in Pakistan, 2009-2015, S Shakoor, S Tahseen, K Jabeen, R Fatima, F R. Malik, A H. Rizvi, and R Hasan
Sporadic early onset colorectal cancer in Pakistan: A case- control analysis of microsatellite instability, Sabeehuddin Siddique, Kanwal Tariq, Sobia Rafiq, Ahmed Raheem, Rashida Ahmed, Munira Shabbir-Moosajee, and Kulsoom Ghias
Update on diagnostic value of breath test in gastrointestinal and liver diseases, Imran Siddiqui, Sibtain Ahmed, and Shahab Abid
Induction process of trainees in pathology residency, Imran Siddiqui and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Pathology residency programme of a developing country–Landscape of last 25 years, Imran Siddiqui, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Naila Kayani
Schwannomas with pseudoglandular elements: clinicopathologic study of 61 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, and Arsalan Ahmed
Post-chemotherapy neuroblastoma-like differentiation in ewing sarcoma of humerus: report of a rare case with review of literature, Nasir Ud Din, Amna Qasim, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema H Hasan
Spindle Cell Lipomas Arising at Atypical Locations, Nasir Ud Din, Pingchuan Zhang, William R. Sukov, Christopher A. Sattler, Sarah M. Jenkins, Leona A. Doyle, Andrew L. Folpe, and Karen J. Fritchie
Cerebral aspergillosis and pulmonary tuberculosis in a child with chronic granulomatous disease, Muhammad Waqas, Sidra Zafar, Tooba Rehman, Muhammed Riyaz, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, and Romana Idress
Antibiotic susceptibility in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pyogenes in Pakistan: a review of results from the Survey of Antibiotic Resistance (SOAR) 2002-15, A Zafar, R Hasan, S Nizamuddin, N Mahmood, S Mukhtar, F Ali, I Morrissey, K Barker, and D Torumkuney
Population-based resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to pyrazinamide and fluoroquinolones: results from a multicountry surveillance project, Matteo Zignol, Anna S. Dean, Sönke Andres, Natavan Alikhanova, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Andrei Dadu, Andries Dreyer, Michèle Driesen, Christopher Gilpin, Rumina Rumina, Zahra Hasan, Sven Hoffner, Ashaque Husain, Alamdar Hussain, Nazir Ismail, Mostofa Kamal, Mikael Mansjö, Lindiwe Mvusi, Stefan Niemann, Shaheed V. Omar, Ejaz Qadeer, Leen Rigouts, Sabine Ruesch Gerdes, Marco Schito, Mehriban Seyfaddinova, Alena Skrahina, Sabira Tahseen, William A. Wells, Ya Diul Mukadi, Michael Kimerling, Katherine Floyd, Karin Weyer, and Mario C. Raviglione
Submissions from 2015
Environmental and food allergens reactivity and its association with total IgE, age and gender in Karachi, Pakistan, Noreen Abbas, Ahmed Raheem, and Farooq Ghani
Mammary-type myofibroblastoma of the right thigh: A case report and review of the literature, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, and Steven D. Billings
Epidemiologic Data, Tumor Size, Histologic Tumor Type and Grade, Pathologic Staging and Follow Up in Cancers of the Ampullary Region and Head of Pancreas in 311 Whipple Resection Specimens of Pakistani Patients, Zubair Ahmad, Nasir Ud Din, Khurram Minhas, Sarosh Moeen, and Arsalan Ahmed
Whole genome sequencing based characterization of extensively drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan, Asho Ali, Zahra Hasan, Ruth McNerney, Kim Mallard, Grant Hill Cawthorne, Francesc Coll, Mridul Nair, Arnab Pain, Taane G. Clark, and Rumina Hasan
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-10 years of data from a developing country, Natasha Ali, Salman Naseem Adil, and Mohammad Usman Shaikh
A rare haemoglobin variant identified as K Woolwich in a Pakistani male, Sidra Asad Ali and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Reduced-intensity conditioning hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Looking forward to an international consensus, Monazza Chaudhry and Natasha Ali
Rapid determination of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance from whole-genome sequences, Francesc Coll, Ruth McNerney, Mark D. Preston, Andrew Warry, Kim Mallard, Mridul Nair, Anabela Miranda, Adriana Alves, Zahra Hasan, and Rumina Hasan
Symptomatic surgically treated non-neoplastic cysts of the central nervous system: a clinicopathological study from Pakistan, Nasir Ud Din, Huma Arshad, Zubair Ahmad, Sheema H Hasan, and Mohammad Ehsan Bar
Assessment of blood donation intention among medical students in Pakistan--An application of theory of planned behavior, Anadil Faqah, Bushra Moiz, Fatima Shahid, Mariam Ibrahim, and Ahmed Raheem
Differential expression of Cytokeratin 13 in Non-Neoplastic, Dysplastic and Neoplastic oral Mucosa in a high risk Pakistani population, Sanniya Farrukh, Serajuddaula Syed, and Shahid Pervez
Lymphangioma circumscriptum: clinicopathological spectrum of 29 cases, Saira Fatima, Nasir Uddin, Romana Idrees, Khurram Minhas, Zubair Ahmad, Rashida Ahmad, Naila Kayani, and Muhammad Arif
Primary Synovial Sarcoma of the Pharynx: A Series of Five Cases and Literature Review, Syeda Samia Fatima, Nasir Ud Din, and Zubair Ahmad
MAD 20 alleles of merozoite surface protein-1 (msp-1) are associated with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Pakistan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Zahra Hasan, Muniba Islam, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Consensus report: preventive measures for crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever during Eid-al-Adha festival, Hakan Hakan Leblebicioglu, Mustafa Sunbu, Ziad A. Memish, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Hurrem Bodur, Aykut Ozkul, Ali Gucukoglu, Sadegh Chinikar, and Zahra Hasan
Ovarian steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical experience of 12 cases, Saroona Haroon, Romana Idrees, Saira Fatima, Aisha Memon, and Naila Kayani
Ependymal tumors with oligodendroglioma like clear cells: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Fauzan Alam Hashmi, Muhammad Faheem Khan, Saad Akhtar Khan, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, and Arsalan Ahmed
An audit of clinical laboratory data of 25OHD at Aga Khan University as reflecting Vitamin D deficiency in Pakistan, Sidra Hassan, Syeda Maria Muzammil, Lena Jafri, and Aysha Habib Khan
Quality indicators for critical international normalized ratio measurements in a hemostatic laboratory, Shabneez Hussain, Bushra Moiz, and Bushra Afaq
Monitoring and reporting transfusion reactions as a quality indicator – a clinical audit, Shabneez Hussain, Bushra Moiz, Fatima Azra Ausat, and Mohammad Khurshid
Response and Adverse Effects of Nilotinib in Imatinib-resistant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients: Data From a Developing Country, Shabneez Hussain and Mohammad Usman Shaikh
Suppressor of Cytokine signaling-1 and Chemokine (C-X-C Motif) receptor 3 expressions are associated with caseous Necrosis in Granulomas from patients with Tuberculous Lymphadenitis, Masood K. I, Shahid Pervez, Rottenberg M. E, Umar B, and Hasan Z
Clinical isolates of salmonella enterica serovar agona producing NDM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase: first report from Pakistan, Seema Irfan, Erum Khan, Kauser Jabeen, Pushpa Bhawan, Katie L. Hopkins, Martin Day, Amna Nasir, Daniele Meunier, and Neil Woodford
Fluoroquinolone resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Pakistan 2010-2014: Implications for disease control, Kausar Jabeen, Sadia Shakoor, Faisal Malik, and Rumina Hasan
Fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis: implications in settings with weak healthcare systems, Kauser Jabeen, Sadia Shakoor, and Rumina Hasan
Evaluating laboratory performance in external quality assessment schemes for urine organic acids by GCMS, Lena Jafri, Noreen Sherazi, Azeema Jamil, Farhat Jehan, Rakshanda Mehar, Nasir Yousufzai, Bushra Afroze, and Aysha Habib
Application of Sigma Metrics for the Assessment of Quality Assurance for Plasma Amino Acid Analysis in Biochemical Genetics Laboratory in Pakistan, Lena Jafri, Nasir Yousufzai, Noreen Sherazi, Azeema Jamil, Rakshanda Mahar, Farhat Jahan, Bushra Afroze, and Aysha Habib Khan
Neurofibromatosis type 2 patient presenting with medulloblastoma, Jan Kalimullah, Abdul Malik Amir Humza Sohail, Rai Shahjehan, Sabeehuddin Siddique, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
Characterization of genomic variations in SNPs of PE_PGRS genes reveals deletions and insertions in extensively drug resistant (XDR) M. tuberculosis strains from Pakistan., Akber Kanji; Zahra Hasan; Ruth Mcnerney; Mridul Nair; Asho Ali; Kim Mallard; Taane G. Clark; Ambreen Zaver; Sana Jafri,; and Rumina Hasan
Risk of maternal alloimmunization in Southern Pakistan - a study in a cohort of 1000 pregnant women, Farheen Karim, Bushra Moiz, and Nausheen Kamran
Rhesus and kell phenotyping of voluntary blood donors: foundation of a donor data bank, Farheen Karim, Bushra Moiz, Fahmida Jan Muhammad, Fatima Ausat, and Mohammad Khurshid
Error identification in a high-volume Clinical Chemistry laboratory: five-year experience, Jafri L, Aysha Habib Khan, Ghani F, Shakeel S, Raheem A, and Siddiqui I
R990G Polymorphism of calcium sensing receptor gene Is associated with high Parathyroid Hormone levels in subjects with Vitamin D deficiency: a cross-sectional study, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib Khan, and Tariq Moatter
Looks can be deceiving: adrenal Teratoma causing diagnostic difficulty, Nadeem M, Ather M. H, Sulaiman M. N, and Shahid Pervez
HIV prevalence in blood donors and recipients in Pakistan: a meta-analysis and analysis of blood-bank data, Bushra Moiz, Barkat Ali, Muhammad Hasnain Chatha, Ahmed Raheem, and Hasan Abbas Zaheer
Frequent anemic blood donors: What should we do?, Bushra Moiz, Muhammad Salman, and Madeeha Anwar
Ki-67 labeling indices in 'Classic' versus 'Blastoid' Mantle Cell Lymphomas--proposed cutoff values for routine diagnostic workup, Shahid Pervez and Haroon S. Awan D
Dusty trephine, Hira Qadir, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, and Natasha Ali
P064 expression of Tumor initiating markers in Metaplastic Carcinoma of the breast, N. Riaz, Z. Naqvi, R. Idress, S M. Khan, A A. Siddiqui, and El-Nasir Lalani
Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland: A Third World Country Perspective-A Case Series, Huzaifah Salat, Ramiz Mumtaz, Mubasher Ikram, and Nasir Ud Din
Cryptococcus neoformans and streptococcus pneumoniae co-infection in post-traumatic meningitis in a patient with unknown HIV status, Faryal Saleem, Naima Fasih, and Afia Zafar
A T-Cell/Histiocyte-rich large B-cell Lymphoma involving only the bone marrow, Maria Shafiq and Farheen Karim
Red cell antigen loss in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia: a case of ABO discrepancy, Maria Shafiq and Farheen Karim
Establishing quality control values for hematology parameters: an insight, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh
Iron chelation in patients with transfusion dependent thalassemia: an insight on response to deferasirox, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Salman Naseem Adil
Aleukemic myeloid sarcoma of the breast, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh and Naila Kayani
Hospital preparedness in community measles outbreaks-challenges and recommendations for low-resource settings, Sadia Shakoor, Fatima Mir, Anita Zaidi, and Afia Zafar
Are TB control programmes in South Asia ignoring children with disease? A situational analysis, Sadia Shakoor, Farah Naz Qamar, Fatima Mir, Anita Zaidi, and Rumina Hasan
Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: A multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED), Sadia Shakoor, Shahida Qureshi, Furqan Kabir, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Syed Asad Ali, Muneera Rasheed, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Ali Turab, and Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
High rate of non-susceptibility to metronidazole and clindamycin in anaerobic isolates: data from a clinical laboratory from Karachi, Pakistan, Sadia Omer Sheikh, Kauser Jabeen, Saba Qaiser, Syed Tanwir Ahsan, Erum Khan, and Afia Zafar
Role of CD10 Immunohistochemical Expression in Predicting Aggressive Behavior of Phylloides Tumors, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Saroona Haroon, and Naila Kayani
Spectrum of histopathological findings in postmenopausal bleeding, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Romana Idress, Ahmed Raheem, and Naila Kayani
Cyclooxygenase-2 Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer associated risk in Pakistani patients, Moatter T, Aban M, Iqbal W, and Shahid Pervez
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A clinicopathologic and risk stratification study of 255 cases from Pakistan and Review of Literature, Nasir Ud Din, Zubair Ahmad, Huma Arshad, Romana Idrees, and Naila Kayani
Calcifying/ossifying synovial sarcoma: a clinicopathologic and molecular study of 5 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Amanda Hopkins, Aisha Memon, Zubair Ahmad, and Rashida Ahmed
Congenital (Infantile) fibrosarcoma of the scalp: A case series and review of literature, Nasir Ud Din, Khurram Minhas, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Naureen Mushtaq, and Zehra Fadoo
Low-grade small round cell tumor of the cauda equina with EWSR1-WT1 fusion and indolent clinical course, Nasir Ud Din, Melike Pekmezci, Gohar Javed, Andrew E. Horvai, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Faheem, Anthony L. Navarro, Dolores Lopez-Terrada, and Arie Perry
Salivary duct carcinoma: the predominance of apocrine morphology, prevalence of histologic variants, and androgen receptor expression, Lindsay Williams, Lester D R Thompson, Raja R. Seethala, Ilan Weinreb, Adel M. Assaad, Madalina Tuluc, Nasir Ud Din, Bibianna Purgina, Chi Lai, and Christopher C. Griffith
Reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Mohammad Faizan Zahid and Natasha Bahadur Ali
Aspergillus fumigatus spinal abscess in an immunocompetent child, Mohammad Faizan Zahid and Joveria Farooqi
Mammary myofibroblastoma: a clinico- pathologic study of six cases, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, Imad Zafar, Nasir Ud Din, Arsalan Ahmed, Saira Fatima, and Naila Kayani
Association of obesity with infertility among Pakistani men: A case control study, Nida Zahid, Sarah Saleem, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Tariq Moatter
Rhabdomyosarcoma--an Epidemiological and Histopathologic study of 277 cases from a major tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan, Ahmad Z, Din N. U, Ahmad A, Imran S, Shahid Pervez, Ahmed R, and Kayani N
Submissions from 2014
Clinical pattern and spectrum of endometrial pathologies in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding in Pakistan: need to adopt a more conservative approach to treatment, Mariam Abid, Atif Ali Hashmi, Babar Malik, Saroona Haroon, Naveen Faridi, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, and Mehmood Khan
Umbilical cord blood transplantation: An insight, Salman Adil and Natasha Bahadur Ali
How our practice of Histopathology, especially Tumour pathology has changed in the last two decades: reflections from a major referral center in Pakistan, Zubair Ahmad, Romana Idress, Saira Fatima, Huma Arshad, Nasir Ud Din, Aisha Memon, Khurram Minhas, Arsalan Ahmed, Syeda Samia Fatima, Muhammad Arif, Rashida Ahmed, Saroona Haroon, Shahid Pervez, Sheema Hassan, and Naila Kayani
The MAL-ED study: A multinational and multidisciplinary approach to understand the relationship between enteric pathogens, malnutrition, gut physiology, physical growth, cognitive development, and immune responses in infants and children up to 2 years of age in resource-poor environments, 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
Distribution of EGFR mutations commonly observed in primary Lung Adenocarcinomas in Pakistan as predictors for targeted therapy, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Tariq Moatter, Areeba Siddiqui, and Shahid Pervez
Basic life support: a questionnaire survey to assess proficiency of radiologists and radiology residents in managing adult life support in cardiopulmonary arrest and acute anaphylactic reaction, Tariq Alam, Yasir Jamil Khattak, Muhammad Anwar, and Asif Alam Khan
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Central Asian Strain (CAS) lineage strains in Pakistan reveal lower diversity of MIRU loci than other strains, Asho Ali, Zahra Hasan, Sana Jafri, Raunaq Inayat, and Rumina Hasan
Bloodstream and central line isolates from hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: Data from a developing country, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Usman Shaikh
Leishmania donovani bodies in bone marrow, Natasha Ali and Shabneez Hussain
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors in cancer therapeutics: great expectations from small molecules, Zeeshan A Ansar and tariq moatter
Assessment of environmental enteropathy in the MAL-ED cohort study: Theoretical and analytic framework, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Syed Asad Ali, Shahida Qureshi, Sadia Shakoor, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Ali Turab, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
Promoter hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes correlates with tumor grade and invasiveness in patients with urothelial bladder cancer, Shumaila M. Bilgrami, Sohail A. Qureshi, Shahid Pervez, and Farhat Abbas
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