Editorial
Laboratory diagnosis of Hepatitis C virus infection. A change to common practice
Ali H. Hajeer, Ziad A. Memish, and Bandar A. Al-Knawy
Book Review
Circles of Recovery-Self-Help Organizations for Addictions
Ibrahim Al-Khodair
Brief Reports
Adequacy of completion of clinical microbiology laboratory request forms in a Jordanian hospital
Nasser M. Kaplan
Acute gluteal abscess due to chloroquine injection in Sudanese pregnant woman
Ishag Adam and Mustafa I. Elbashir
Pseudocyesis and infertility
Saad El-Naim Dafallah
Garden cress lepidium sativum seeds as oral contraceptive plant in mice
Maysoon Sharief and Zainab H. Gani
Case Reports
Papillon Lefevre syndrome
Shibu Thomas, Sarat Gummadapu, Auswaf Ahsan, and Keerthilatha M. Pai
The selective conservative management of gunshot injury to the abdomen
Mohammad E. Rabie, Peter O. Binitie, Gharama Y. Al-Sheri, and Mohammad S. Al-Qahtani
Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto thyroiditis post struma ovarii excision
Vera N. Amareen, Fares H. Haddad, and Nabih S. Al-Kaisi
Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis
Khalifa E. Sharquie and Rafid A. Najim
Posterior mediastinal gastoenteric cyst in neonate
Mearaj U. Khan, Khalid M. Saidy, Djamal M. Ousulimane, and Mohammad D. Khan
Letter to the Editor
Special anniversary issue
Sadek Pharaon
Other
Gentamicin use in pregnancy. A renal anomaly
Fusun Yaris, Murat Kesim, Mine Kadioglu, and Sibel Kul
Research Articles
Factors associated with iron depletion and iron deficiency anemia among Arabic preschool children of the United Arab Emirates
Campbell J. Miller, Earl V. Dunn, Sameeh F. Abdouni, Huda M. Shaheen, and Mohammed S. Ullah
Hematological findings in male x-ray technicians
Sultan A. Meo
Assessment of risk factors of uterine cancer in Saudi patients with postmenopausal bleeding
Hanan M. Al-Kadri, Samiha H. Al-Awami, and Azza M. Madkhali
The role of fine needle aspiration cytology and imprint cytology in cervical lymphadenopathy
Abdulrahman S. Al-Mulhim, Youssef M. Al-Marzooq, Hany M. Hashish, Hamdoun A. Mohammad, Adel M. Ali, and Ibrahim A. Gharib
Serum levels of lipids and lipoproteins in Syrian patients with beta-thalassemia major
Faizeh A. Al-Quobaili
Impact of gestational diabetes on lipid profiling and indices of oxidative stress in maternal and cord plasma
Samia H. Sobki, Abdulrahman M. Al-Senaidy, Tamader A. Al-Shammari, Sohail S. Inam, Abdulaziz A. Al-Gwiser, and Samia A. Bukhari
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, clinical presentation and outcome
Zakeya A. Bukhary and Abdulrahman A. Alrajhi
The clinical and epidemiological features of hydatid disease in Northern Jordan
Rami J. Yaghan, Kamal E. Bani-Hani, and Hussein A. Heis
Necrotizing fasciitis. Role of early surgical intervention
Shabir A. Qazi, Abdulmajeed A. Mohammed, Elsanousi I. Saber, and Shaukat M. Mirza
Nosocomial urinary tract infection. Risk factors, rates and trends
Saeed M. Al-Asmary, Nabil S. Al-Helali, Moataz M. Abdel-Fattah, Tawfiq M. Al-Jabban, and Abdellatif M. Al-Bamri
Medical liability. The dilemma of litigations
Ahmed A. Alsaddique
Awareness and frequency of potential side effects on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs among the Jordanian patient population
Abla M. Albsoul-Younes, Sawsan K. Jabateh, Summer M. Abdel-Hafiz, and Saafan A. Al-Safi
Nicotine content in tobacco used in hubble-bubble smoking
Kamal A. Hadidi and Faisal I. Mohammed
The prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a newly developed country
Abdulbari Bener, Jasim Al-Suwaidi, Khalifa Al-Jaber, Saleh Al-Marri, Mohammed H. Dagash, and Isam-Eldin A. Elbagi
Immunological changes in acute myocardial infarction
Randa S. Al-Ahmad, Azmi M. Mahafzah, and Eyas N. Al-Mousa
Maxillary sinus carcinoma. Natural history and outcome
Ali S. Al-Jhani, Nasser M. Al-Rajhi, Medhat M. El-Sebaie, Nasser S. Nooh, Ziyad Z. Mahasen, Abdullah S. Al-Amro, and Abdullah T. Otieschan
Intensive behavioral therapy for primary enuresis
Saleh M. Al-Harbi, Robert D. Needlman, Abdul S. Khan, and Tarun Patni
Reviews
The role of the putative virulence markers (cagA and vacA ) of Helicobacter pylori in peptic ulcer disease
Barik A. Salih
The crisis of antibiotic-resistance in bacteria
AhmedTarif A. El-Tahawy