Brief Reports
Performance evaluation of the BD phoenix automated microbiology system in meropenem susceptibility testing of clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates
Gulcin Bayramoglu, Ibrahim C. Acuner, Melda Sinirtas, Suna Gedikoglu, and Belma Durupinar
Effect of lime juice consumption on urine pH value
Hamid Mazdak, Pooneh M. Ardestani, and Hossein Nejadnik
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Oman using the International Diabetes Federation's Criteria
Jawad A. Al-Lawati and Pekka Jousilahti
Level of knowledge in diabetes medical care and disease complication among Saudi diabetics
Sabah Bin Afif and Sultan Al-Mubarak
Prevalence of malnutrition among end-stage renal disease patients in Jordanian Hospitals
Reema F. Tayyem and Iman M. Ahmad
Case Reports
Left sided-right portal joined round ligament with an anomaly of the intrahepatic portal vein
Emine C. Sanli, Zeliha Kurtoglu, Alev Kara, and Deniz Uzmansel
Diphyllobothriasis in Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim S. Alkhalife, Rafiaa R. Hassan, Ahmed A. Abdel-Hameed, and Laila A. Al-Khayal
Hodgkin's lymphoma with exuberant granulomatous reaction
Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi, Ali S. Sawan, and Hassan D. Kanaan
Ipsilateral dislocation of the shoulder and elbow joints with contralateral comminuted humeral fracture
Servet Kerimoglu, Olcay Turgutoglu, Osman Aynaci, and Ahmet U. Turhan
Rapunzel syndrome
Ali H. Al-Wadan, Mohamed Al-Absi, Azan S. Al-Saadi, and Mohamed Abdoulgafour
Letter to the Editors
Association between K469E polymorphism of intracellular adhesion molecules-1 ICAM-1 and Behcet's disease
Mostafa Saadat
Avian influenza. Is there an Islamic solution?
Harunor Rashid
Treatment of femur fractures in the elderly. Are we underestimating the length of stay in hospital?
Oguz Cebesoy and Mir Sadat-Ali
Other
Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation Nora's lesion of the phalanx
Ramachadaran Muthukrishnan, Venkataraman Sibramanian, Mohammed Fawzy, Arshad Aleem, and Umadevi K. Ramachandran
Osteopoikilosis. A case report with a family screening
Eda Gurcay, Emel Eksioglu, Serdil Yuzer, and Aytul Cakci
Cardiac tamponade under thyroid hormone replacement therapy in a patient with empty sella syndrome
Ugur Arslan, Yusuf Tavil, Alev Altinova, and Serhat Balcioglu
Research Articles
Protective effect of black and green tea against carbon tetrachloride-induced oxidative stress in rats
Khalid S. Almurshed
Evaluation of the relationship between human epidermal growth factor receptor-2/neu (c-erbB-2) amplification and pathologic grading in patients with breast cancer
Fatemeh Homaei-Shandiz, Mohammad-Reza Ghavam-Nassiri, Nourieh Sharifi, Amir-Hossein Homaei-Shandiz, Ali Taghizadeh-Kermani, Seyed-Ahmad M. Torshizi, and Kamran Ghafarzadegan
The role of the cytokines and cell-adhesion molecules on the immunopathology of acute appendicitis
Mahmood Y. Hachim and AbdulRazak H. Ahmed
Relationship of Tel Hashomer criteria and Mediterranean fever gene mutations in a cohort of Turkish familial Mediterranean fever patients
Hale Samli, Omer Dogru, Aysegul Bukulmez, Erdinc Yuksel, Fahri Ovali, and Mustafa Solak
Intravenous immunoglobulin in ABO and Rh hemolytic diseases of newborn
Fatemeh Nasseri, Gholam A. Mamouri, and Homa Babaei
Is routine pre-operative blood testing in children necessary?
Mohammad S. Mallick
Fate of bulk autografts in uncemented total hip arthroplasty. Evaluation by bone scintigraphy
Aykin Simsek, Erdal Cila, Ertugrul Sener, Alpaslan Senkoylu, Serkan Sipahioglu, Ozgur Akdemir, and Tamer Atasever
The synovial plicae in the knee joint
Hulya Gurbuz, Osman U. Calpur, Mert Ozcan, Tunc Kutoglu, and Recep Mesut
Subcutaneous administration of testosterone. A pilot study report
Abdullah M. Al-Futaisi, Ibrahim S. Al-Zakwani, Abdulaziz M. Almahrezi, and David Morris
Tympanoplasty type-1. Endaural or postaural approach. Should the patient decide?
Latifi A. Ahmed and Syed S. Raza
Assessment of nasal obstruction with flexible nasal endoscopy
KamalEldin A. Abou-Elhamd and Ramadan H. Sayed
Effects of epidural analgesia using ropivacaine on the mother and the newborn during labor
Semih Tugrul, Ozay Oral, Murat Bakacak, Husamettin Uslu, and Oya Pekin
Prehospital period in patients with myocardial infarction in Turkey
Ganime Sadikoglu, Hande C. Mehmetoglu, Ertugrul Mehmetoglu, and Dilek Yesilbursa
Predictors of long-term survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Oznur A. Yildiz, Zeynep P. Onen, Elif Sen, Banu E. Gulbay, Kenan Kose, Sevgi Saryal, and Gulseren Karabiyikoglu
Prognostic value of auto-antibodies in the serum of Omani patients with gastric cancer
Ahmed Al-Shukaili, Ali A. Al-Jabri, and Mansour S. Al-Moundhri
Prevalence and precipitating factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease in a young population of Tabriz, Northwest of Iran
Mohammad H. Somi, Sara Farhang, Kazem Mirinezhad, Emtis Jazayeri, Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam, Solmaz Moayeri, and Sanaz Yasrebinia
Pain clinic experience in a teaching hospital in Western, Saudi Arabia. Relationship of patient's age and gender to various types of pain
Abdullah M. Kaki
Attitude, awareness and practice of evidence based medicine among consultant physicians in Western region of Saudi Arabia
Fahad K. Al-Omari and Saeed M. Al-Asmary
Review
Acute coronary syndrome. An Acute Inflammatory Syndrome
Wael Elabbassi and Arif Al-Nooryani