Brief Reports
Predictive value of thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score analysis for in-hospital and long term survival of patients with right ventricular infarction
Samad Ghaffari and Jahanbakhsh Samadikhah
An analysis of patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism in terms of clinical and meteorological data
Ilker Ercan, Funda Coskun, Sengul Cangur, Ahmet Ursavas, Esra Uzaslan, Ercument Ege, and Ismet Kan
Busulfan induced myoclonus
David J. Denison and Asem A. Alghzaly
Chlorambucil therapy in children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
Jameela A. Kari, Abdulmohsen Alkushi, and Hammad O. Alshaya
Do C-reactive protein and procalcitonin predict hospital-acquired infection in patients with trauma?
Bulent M. Ertugrul, Aylin Yilmabasar, Ozden Ertugrul, Hatice B. Ayabakan, Sevda Kizilirmak, and Sembol Turkmen
Scolicidal agents in hydatid cyst surgery
Nadham K. Mahdi and Mohammad H. Al-Johar
Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes mellitus treated by glargine insulin
Abdulrahman A. Al-Shaikh
Tamoxifen effects on treatment fibrocystic breast disease in women
Seyed R. Mousavi and Michaeal Rezaei
Family medicine in Turkey. Need for trainers in general practice
Okay Basak and Dilek Guldal
Case Reports
Leiomyosarcoma of the bladder in a 16-year-old girl with a history of cyclophosphamide therapy for bilateral retinoblastoma during infancy
Ali A. Al-Zahrani, Baher A. Kamal, Hamed M. Eldarawani, and Tariq M. Hashim
von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis associated with membranous glomerulonephritis
Muzafar M. Wani, Abdul R. Reshi, Khursheed A. Banday, and Mohd S. Najar
A rare case of distal one-third of the transverse colon supplied by a branch from splenic artery
Belgin Bamac, Tuncay Colak, Ayd?n Ozbek, and Baris Ozturk
Meningoencephalitis, pancytopenia, pulmonary insufficiency and splenic abscess in a patient with brucellosis
Fugen Cokca, Gulden Yilmaz-Bozkurt, Alpay Azap, Osman Memikoglu, and Emin Tekeli
Multicentric, synchronous giant-cell tumor of bone
Turgay Cavusoglu, Alpaslan Senkoylu, Hakan Ozsoy, and Ercan Dincel
Emergency cerclage. A successful challenge despite advanced second trimester cervical dilatation
Khaled B. Soliman, Mohamed M. Abbas, Nisreen K. Aref, and Zamfira M. Zada
Correction
Notice of duplicate publication: The use of mitomycin-C for respiratory papillomas. Clinical, histologic and biochemical correlation. Saudi Med J 2005; 26: 1737-1745.
Ashraf H. Hamza, Manal M. Nasr, and Akram A. Deghady
Letter to the Editors
Assessment of the nutritional status of the elderly. Is ambiguity an aesthetic principle?
Mustafa Afifi
The effect of breast milk and lanolin on sore nipples
Ralph L. Hagen and Ashraf Mohammadzadeh
Other
Forgotten surgical sponge gossy-piboma, removed 5 years later
Ali A. Mohammadi and Hooman Yarmohammadi
The interventricular septal giant hydatid cyst caused by biventricular outflow tract obstruction
Murat Guvener, Omer F. Dogan, Enver Atalar, Mustafa Yilmaz, and Metin Demircin
A young patient with rash in the lower limbs
Fahmi Y. Khan
Research Articles
Acinar cell ultrastructure after taurine treatment in rat acute necrotizing pancreatitis
Yuksel Ates, Mehmet R. Mas, Nuket Mas, Ilker Tasci, Bilgin Comert, Ahmet T. Isik, and Nuran Yener
Effects of Vitamin E and Gemfibrozil on lipid profiles, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in the elderly and young hyperlipidemic subjects
Emine Sutken, Mine Inal, and Filiz Ozdemir
The relation between tumor marker Ca 15-3 and metastases in interpectoral lymph nodes in breast cancer patients
Danko V. Vrdoljak, Fabijan Knezevic, and Vesna Ramljak
Gene expression profiles of the fibroblasts from breast tumors and normal tissue compared with the tumor expression profiles
Syed S. Hussain, Amal T. Qattan, Maimoona S. Nirmal, Osama A. Al-Malik, Taher A. Al-Tweigeri, and Asma M. Tulba
Comparing the clinical, histopathological and myoepithelial features of estrogen receptor positive and negative mammary carcinomas
Zuhal Gucin, Bilgin Aksoy, Feray Gunver, Esra Pasaoglu, and Fadime Bahadir
Serum leptin levels and malnutrition in patients with chronic renal failure
Mahmut Kayardi, Serhat Icagasioglu, Abdulkerim Yilmaz, and Ferhan Candan
Human papillomavirus infection among women attending health facilities in the Kingdom of Bahrain
Aida A. Hajjaj, Abiola C. Senok, Ali E. Al-Mahmeed, Abdulla A. Issa, Alessandra R. Arzese, and Giuseppe A. Botta
Initial experience with an intensive care hyperglycemia protocol in a Saudi Arabian intensive care unit
Mobeen Iqbal, Abdulsalam M. Al-Aithan, Rifat Rehmani, and Mohsen Eledrisi
Characteristics of poisoning cases in adult intensive care unit in Sanliurfa, Turkey
Mustafa Cengiz, Zeynep Baysal, Suleyman Ganidagli, and Abdurrahman Altindag
The effect of season and Ramadan fasting on the onset of acute cholecystitis
Seyed V. Hosseini, Mahsa Torabijahromi, Mahnaz Mosallaei, Babak Sabet, and Saeedeh Pourahmad
Is early mortality related to timing of surgery after fracture femur in the elderly?
Abdallah Al-Omran and Mir Sadat-Ali
Traditional beliefs as forgotten influencing factors on breast-feeding performance in Turkey
Selda Hizel, Gulsen Ceyhun, Fatos Tanzer, and Cihat Sanli
Pregnancy outcomes after laparoscopic ovarian drilling in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome
Eftekhar H. Al-Ojaimi
The handsearching of 2 medical journals of Bahrain for reports of randomized controlled trials
Amani A. Al-Hajeri, Zbys Fedorowicz, Fawzi A. Amin, and Anne Eisinga
Review
Pathophysiology and hemodynamic of postresuscitation syndrome
Ayman A. El-Menyar