Submissions from 2012
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
Is nalidixic acid screening still valid for the detection of reduced susceptibility of fluoroquinolone with salmonella typhi?, Seema Irfan, Kauser Jabeen, Umair Anwar Jilani, Bushra Ahmed, Jaishri Mehraj, Tanwir Ahsan, and Afia Zafar
Multifocal venous thrombosis in behcet’s disease, Lena Jafri, Nosheen Nasir, and Aysha Almas
Haemovigilance, Farheen Karim, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Salman Adil
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlates: results of a community-based study conducted in Karachi, Pakistan, Aysha Habib Khan, Romaina Iqbal, Ghazala Naureen, Farhan Javed Dar, and Feroza Nazir Ahmed
Macro CK in patients with elevated troponin I levels., Ruchika Kohli-Kochhar, Evelyne Mulwa, Geoffrey Omuse, and Peter Ojwang
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma in bone marrow, Shabneez Malik and Salman Naseem Adil
Clinical significance of maternal anti-Cw antibodies: a review of three cases and literature, Shabneez Malik and Bushra Moiz
SOCS1 gene expression is increased in severe pulmonary tuberculosis, K I. Masood, M E. Rottenberg, B Carow, N Rao, M Ashraf, R Hussain, and Z Hasan
Prenatal screening for beta-thalassemia major reveals new and rare mutations in the Pakistani population, tariq moatter, Toheed Kausar, Muniba Aban, Samina Ghani, and Jehan Ara Pal
Plasma cell leukemia in pregnancy, Bushra Moiz and Syed Sarwar Ali
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in infants with G6PD c563C > T variant, Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, Sarosh Ahmed Khan, Saleema Amin Kherani, and Maqbool Qadir
Hemoglobin E syndromes in Pakistani population., Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, Anila Rashid, Tariq Moatter, and Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi
Transient myeloproliferative disorder, Bushra Moiz and Maria Shafiq
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) in Pakistan, Shahid Pervez
Macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in helicobacter pylori isolates: An experience at a tertiary care centre in Pakistan, Sana Rajper, Erum Khan, Zubair Ahmad, Syed Muhammad Zaheer Alam, Adil Akbar, and Rumina Hasan
Genetic backgrounds of the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistant transporter (pfcrt) alleles in Pakistan, Wasiq Faraz Rawasia, Sankar Sridaran, Jaymin C. Patel, Joseph Abdallah, Najia Karim Ghanchi, John W. Barnwell, Ananias A. Escalante, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Retrospective review of 25 cases of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in Pakistan, Safoorah Sagheer, Bushra Moiz, Mohammad Usman, and Mohammad Khurshid
Molecular diagnostic assays detection of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Azra Samreen, Lamia Altaf, Bushra Jamil, tariq moatter, and Zahra Hasan
Tropical bacterial gastrointestinal infections., Sadia Shakoor, Anita K. M. Zaidi, and Rumina Hasan
Oligodendroglioma arising in the glial component of ovarian teratomas: a series of six cases and review of literature., Nasir Ud Din, Aisha Memon, Kanwal Aftab, Zubair Ahmad, Rashida Ahmed, and Sheema Hassan
Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma of Breast: An Under-recognized Entity. A series of Eight Cases, Zeeshan Uddin, Romana Idrees, Kanwal Aftab, and Naila Kayani
Submissions from 2011
Giant cell tumor of bone with lymph node metastases: a rare presentation., Kanwal Aftab and Beena Umar
CNS neoplasms in Pakistan, a pathological perspective., Zubair Ahmad, Huma Arshad, Sheema H Hasan, Saira Fatima, Romana Idrees, Kanwal Aftab, M. Abrar Barakzai, Arsalan Ahmed, Rashida Ahmed, Shahid Pervez, and Naila Kayani
Diffuse ganglioneuromatosis of intestine in a 15-year-old girl., Zubair Ahmad, Abrar Barakzai, Arsalan Ahmed, Asim Qureshi, and Rahil Khan
Mixed ductal-endocrine carcinoma of pancreas., Zubair Ahmad, Shazia Mumtaz, Saira Fatima, and Asim Qureshi
Characterization of Mutations Conferring Extensive Drug Resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Pakistan, Asho Ali, Rumina Hasan, Kauser Jabeen, Nusrat Jabeen, Ejaz Qadeer, and Zahra Hasan
BK virus associated late onset haemorrhagic cystitis after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, and Sheema H Hasan
Differential combination of cytokine and interferon- gamma +874 T/A polymorphisms determines disease severity in pulmonary tuberculosis., Ambreen Ansari, Zahra Hasan, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Isolation frequency and susceptibility patterns of Nocardia species at a tertiary hospital laboratory in Karachi, Pakistan, Safia Bibi, Seema Irfan, Afia Zafar, and E. Khan
Spectrum of cytological findings in patients with neck lymphadenopathy--experience in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan., Saira Fatima, Sidra Arshad, Zubair Ahmed, and Sheema H Hasan
Hodgkin lymphoma in Pakistan: an analysis of subtypes and their correlation with Epstein Barr virus., Samia Fatima, Rashida Ahmed, and Arsalan Ahmed
Prevalence of resistance associated polymorphisms in plasmodium falciparum field isolates from southern Pakistan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Johan Ursing, Mohammad A. Beg, Maria I. Veiga, Sana Jafri, and andreas Martensson
Knowledge and beliefs among health care workers regarding hepatitis B infection and needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital, karachi, Faiza Habib, Durreshahwar K Khan, Shan-E Abbas, Faiza Bhatti, and Afia Zafar
Knowledge and beliefs among health care workers regarding hepatitis B infection and needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital, karachi, Faiza Habib, Durreshahwar K Khan, Shan-E-Abbas, Faiza Bhatti, and Afia Zafar
CCL2/MCP-I genotype-phenotype relationship in latent tuberculosis infection, Rabia Hussain, Ambreen Ansari, Najeeha Talat, Zahra Hasan, and Ghaffar Dawood
Endogenously Activated Interleukin-4 Differentiates Disease Progressors and Non-Progressors in Tuberculosis Susceptible Families: A 2-Year Biomarkers Follow-Up Study, Rabia Hussain, Najeeha Talat, Ambreen Ansari, Firdaus Shahid, Zahra Hasan, and Ghaffar Dawood
Molecular and epidemiological characterisation of clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from public and private sector intensive care units in Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Irfan, J. F. Turton, J Mehraj, S. Z. Siddiqui, S. Haider, Afia Zafar, B. Memona, O. Afzal, and R. Hasan
Rhinocladiella mackenziei as an Emerging Cause of Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis in Pakistan: A Case Series, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Afia Zafar, Bushra Jamil, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Farheen Ali, Noureen Saeed, Abrar Barakzai, Arsalan Ahmed, Erum Khan, Mary E. Brandt, and Rumina Hasan
Increasing Trend of Resistance to Penicillin, Tetracycline, and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Pakistan (1992-2009)., Kauser Jabeen, Summiya Nizamuddin, Seema Irfan, Erum Khan, Faisal Malik, and Afia Zafar
Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pakistan, 2005-2009, Kauser Jabeen, Sadia Shakoor, Shazia Chishti, Afsheen Ayaz, and Rumina Hasan
Automated reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: a comparison of creatinine clearance, modification of diet in renal disease and cockcroft gault equations from Pakistan, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Ather Hussain, Farooq Ghani, and Imran Siddiqui
Comparison of high performance liquid Chromatography, Radioimmunoassay and electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay for quantification of serum 25 hydroxy vitamin D, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Shamim Mushtaq, Romaina Iqbal, Farooq Ghani, and Imran Siddiqui
Occurrence of RD149 and RD152 deletions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Pakistan, Akbar Kanji, Zahra Hasan, Mahnaz Tanveer, Rabia Laiq, and Rumina Hasan
Presence of RD149 deletions in m. tuberculosis central Asian strain 1 isolates affect growth and TNFalpha induction in THP-1 monocytes., Akber Kanji, Zahra Hasan, Mehnaz Tanveer, Raunaq Mahboob, Sana Jafri, and Rumina Hasan
Ethnic disparity in 21 hydroxylase gene mutations identified in Pakistanicongenital adrenal hyperplasia patient, Aysha Habib Khan, Muniba Aban, Jamal Raza, Naeem ul Haq, Abdul Jabbar, and Tariq Moatter
Ethnic disparity in 21-hydroxylase gene mutations identified in Pakistani congenital adrenal hyperplasia patient, Aysha Habib Khan, Muniba Aban, Jamal Raza, Naeem ul Haq, Abdul Jabbar, and Tariq Moatter
Ethnic disparity in 21-hydroxylase gene mutations identified in Pakistani congenital adrenal hyperplasia patients, Aysha Habib Khan, Muniba Aban, Jamal Raza, Naeem ul Haq, Abdul Jabbar, and Tariq Moatter
Response of a single ‘mega intramuscular dose’ of vitamin D on serum 25OHD and parathyroid hormone levels in vitamin D deficient volunteers in Karachi Pakistan, Aysha Habib Khan, Rohra D, Saghir S, Udani S, Wood R, and Jabbar A
Determination of bone health status in community dwelling females in Karachi, Pakistan, Aysha Habib Khan, Naureen G, and Iqbal R
Ionized Calcium Cannot Predict Vitamin D Deficiency, Aysha Habib Khan and Lena Jafri
Primary non-functioning paraganglioma of liver: A rare tumour at an unusual location, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Rushna Raza, Abdul Jabbar, and Arsalan Ahmed
Evaluation of bone metabolism in breast cancer patients and its correlation with serum vitamin D levels, Udani S. K, Aysha Habib Khan, Qureshi S. A, Khan S, Ghani F, and Kayani N
Status of HER2 amplification, polysomy 17 and histopathological features of 425 Pakistani breast cancer patients., Tariq Moatter, Muniba Aban, Waseem Iqbal, Iqbal Azam, Afshan Pervaiz, Farjad Siddiqui, Farzana Murad, and Shahid Pervez
BRCA1 status in Pakistani breast cancer patients with moderate family history, Tariq Moatter, Muniba Aban, Shaista Khan, Iqbal Azam, and Shahid Pervez
Molecular characterization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Pakistani population, Bushra Moiz, A. Nasir, T. Moatter, Z. A. Naqvi, and M. Khurshid
A study of genotypes, mutants and nucleotide sequence of hepatitis B virus in Pakistan: HBV genotypes in pakistan., Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, Shahid Ahmed, Tariq Moatter, Shamim Mushtaq, Anis Khan, Masashi Mizokami, and Wasim Jafri
Squamous cell carcinoma in the small intestine., Shazia Mumtaz, Zubair Ahmad, Saira Fatima, and Asim Qureshi
Phylogenetic diversity of Escherichia coli strains producing NDM-type carbapenemases, S. Mushtaq, Seema Irfan, J. B. Sarma, M. Doumith, R. Pike, J. Pitout, D. M. Livermore, and N. Woodford
Evaluation of prevalence of low and high level mupirocin resistance in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates at a tertiary care hospital, Summiya Nizamuddin, Seema Irfan, and Afia Zafar
Evaluation of predominant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain types and its correlation with fluoroquinolone resistance in Pakistan, Summiya Nizamuddin, Kauser Jabeen, and Afia Zafar
An insight into the suspected HbA2' cases detected by high performance liquid chromatography in Pakistan., Maliha Nusrat, Bushra Moiz, Amna Nasir, and Mashhooda Rasool Hashmi
The impact of mucosal infections on acquisition and progression of tuberculosis, S. Perry, Rabia Hussain, and J. Parsonnet
Gastric MALT lymphoma: a rarity, Shahid Pervez, Naureen Ali, Hina Aaqil, Khalid Mumtaz, Syed Siddiq Ullah, and Nake Akhtar
Gastric MALT lymphoma: a rarity, Shahid Pervez, Naureen Ali, Hina Aaqil, Khalid Mumtaz, and Syed Siddiq Ullah
Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID), Shahid Pervez, Khalid Mumtaz, Syed Siddiq Ullah, Nake Akhtar, Naureen Ali, and Hina Aaqil
Strong BCL2 expression in Burkitt lymphoma is not uncommon in adults., Shahid Pervez, M. Qasim Raza, Arslan Mirza, and Anam Pal
In vitro susceptibility of typhoidal Salmonellae against newer antimicrobial agents: a search for alternate treatment options, Saba Qaiser, Seema Irfan, Erum Khan, Tanwir Ahsan, and Afia Zafar
Comparison of chromogenic urinary tract infection medium with cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient media in a resource limited setting, Saba Qaiser, Muhammad Zeeshan, Kausar Jabeen, Tanwir Ahsan, and Afia Zafar
Primary ovarian rhabdomosarcoma., Asim Qureshi, Usman Hassan, and Rakshanda Rehman
Fluoroquinolone Resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains from Karachi, Pakistan: Data from Community-Based Field Clinics, Yasraba Rafiq, Kauser Jabeen, Rumina Hasan, Sana Jafri, Rabia Laiq, Faisal Malik, Rafique Mangi, Abid Channa, and Zahra Hasan
Is neighborhood level information associated with serum vitamin D levels in individuals residing in Karachi, Pakistan?, Iqbal R, Jafri L, Haroon A, and Aysha Habib Khan
Genetic regulation of the ramA locus and its expression in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae, R. Rosenblum, E. Khan, G. Gonzalez, Rumina Hasan, and T. Schneiders
Overwhelming bone marrow Leishmaniasis, Raihan Sajid and Adnan Qureshi
HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant Form in Nepal, Aniqa Shahid, Sameer M. Dixit, V. L. Gurbacharya, Dibesh Karmacharya, and Syeda K. Ali
Outcome of adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia receiving the MRC UKALL XII protocol: A tertiary care centre experience, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Salman Adil, and Muhammad Kashif
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Caused by Naegleria fowleri, Karachi, Pakistan, Sadia Shakoor, Mohammad Asim Beg, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Rebecca Bandea, Rama Sriram, Fatima Noman, Farheen Ali, Govinda S. Visvesvara, and Afia Zafar
Necrotising fasciitis due to Absidia corymbifera in wounds dressed with non sterile bandages, Sadia Shakoor, Kauser Jabeen, Romana Idrees, Bushra Jamil, Seema Irfan, and Afia Zafar
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma: the most common T-cell lymphoma in Pakistan., Sahr Syed, Sarwat Khalil, and Shahid Pervez
Th1/Th2 Cytometric Bead Array can discriminate cytokine secretion from endogenously activated cells in pulmonary disease, recent and remote infection in tuberculosis, Najeeha Talat, Firdaus Shahid, Sharon Perry, Ghaffar Dawood, and Rabia Hussain
Assessing the need for training: general practitioners knowledge, attitude and practice concerning dengue and malaria in Karachi, Pakistan, Ali M. Thaver, Zain A. Sobani, Fahad Qazi, Maryam Khan, Afia Zafar, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Central nervous system lesions: correlation of intraoperative and final diagnoses, six year experience at a referral centre in a developing country, Pakistan., Nasir Ud Din, Aisha Memon, Romana Idress, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema Hasan
Randomized controlled trial to improve childhood immunization adherence in rural Pakistan: redesigned immunization card and maternal education, Hussain R. Usman, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Sibylle Kristensen, Sten H. Vermund, Russell S. Kirby, Faiza Habib, and Eric Chamot
Aplastic Anemia: Clinicohaematological Features, Treatment and Outcome Analysis, Rabia Wali, Zehra Fidoo, Salman Adil, and Muhammad Ahmed Naqvi
Prevalent genotypes of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: report from Pakistan, Afia Zafar, M. Stone, S. Ibrahim, Z. Parveen, Z. Hasan, E. Khan, R. Hasan, J. Wain, and K. Bamford
Use of "Parasep filter fecal concentrator tubes" for the detection of intestinal parasites in stool samples under routine conditions., Mohammad Zeeshan, Afia Zafar, Zeb Saeed, Seema Irfan, Zain A Sobani, Sadia Shakoor, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Submissions from 2010
Quebec platelet disorder, Anwar Hussain Abbasi, Quratulain Shaikh, and Syed Ather Hussain
Nipple adenoma of breast: a masquerader of malignancy, Kanwal Aftab and Romana Idress
Primary signet ring cell carcinoma of gall bladder: report of an extremely rare histological type of primary gall bladder carcinoma, Zubair Ahmad and Asim Qureshi
Epidemiological data of common soft tissue sarcomas as seen in our practice, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Romana Idrees, and Muhammad Azam
Is manual reticulocyte count a reliable option for under resourced countries, Afsheen Farzand Ali, Bushra Moiz, and Sadia Omer
Sclerosing mesenteritis as a cause of abdominal mass and discomfort in an elderly patient: a case report and literature review., Farzana Nawaz Ali, Sidra Ishaque, Bushra Jamil, Nasir-Ud-Din, and Muhammad Idris
Correlation of hepatitis C RNA and serum alanine aminotransferase in hepatitis B and C seronegative healthy blood donors, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Bushra Moiz, Tariq Moatter, Shiraz Ahmed, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Khurshid
TP53 protein overexpression in oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC): correlation with histologic variables and survival outcome in Pakistani patients, S. M.A. Ali, M. S. Awan, S. Ghaffar, S. I. Azam, and Shahid Pervez
Gliomas: correlation of histologic grade, Ki67 and p53 expression with patient survival., Huma Arshad, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema H Hasan
Neonatal mortality and prevalence of practices for newborn care in a squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study., Afsheen Ayaz and Sarah Saleem
Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis of orbit., Muhammad Azam, Yousuf A Husen, and Sheema H Hasan
Pattern of drugs of abuse identified in chemical samples, Farhan Javed Dar, Aysha Habib Khan, Imran Siddiqui, and Farooq Ghani