Brief Reports
Atypical cases of cholera due to serogroup O1 in the native population of Oman and its relation to non-O1/O139
Prakash K. Patel, Shyam Bawikar, Mercy John, and Salah T. Al-Awaidy
Colonization of cagA-positive Helicobacter pylori is significantly greater in infected human males than females. A possible factor in distal gastric cancer gender difference
Mohammed S. Al-Marhoon, Sheila Nunn, and Roger W. Soames
Preanesthetic evaluation. Importance of herbal drug usage in anesthesia practice
Leyla Iyilikci, Bahar Kuvaki, Basak Canduz, Huriye Begburs Sarikaya, Dilek Kural, and Ali Gunerli
The relation between anticardiolipin antibodies and complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Oznur Kal, Fusun Gultekin, Zahir M. Bakici, and Ali Kal
An audit of the management of adult patients with bronchial asthma in the Emergency Department
Haytham M. El-Khushman and Osama M. Halalsheh
Correlation between CT scan and antroscopic findings in lesions of the maxillary sinus
Nemer Al-Khtoum
School absenteeism in boys with hemophilia
Emel Eksioglu, Eda Gurcay, Ustun Ezer, Reyhan Tuncay, and Aytul Cakci
The comparative study of refractive errors between carpet weavers and blue collar workers
Siamak Akbarzadeh and Morteza Samavati
Case Reports
Squamous cell carcinoma of colon and rectum
Fraz Fahim, Saleh M. Al-Salamah, Muhammad K. Alam, and Muhammad H. Al-Akeely
Sudden death of a young female patient. A case of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
Esra Ozkara, Selim Ozkok, Nil Culhaci, Ibrahim Meteoglu, and Zehra K. Erkul
Dermatitis herpetiformis and rheumatoid arthritis
Ece Aydog, Okan Yesilli, Aslihan Sever, and Hicran Usan
Spinal anesthesia in Kartageners syndrome
Nevriye Salman, Didem Dal, Bagnu Saridemir, and Ulku Aypar
Discoid medial meniscus. Varied presentation of 3 knees
S. Vidyadhara, Sharath K. Rao, and Sripathi Rao
Letter to the Editors
Significance of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies in type 2 diabetic patients
Khalil A. Aziz
Epidemiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus among Arab children
Taher Q. Al-Dabbagh
Other
Hydatid cyst - An unusual presentation
Anuj Mishra and Ehtuish F. Ehtuish
Pain-driven suicide due to pleural plaques associated with asbestos exposure
Umit Bicer, Omer Kurtas, Cengiz Ercin, Umit N. Gundogmus, Basar Colak, and Nadir Paksoy
Research Articles
Effect of synthetic cell-binding peptide on the healing of cortical segmental bone defects
Gokhan Cakmak, Selcuk Bolukbasi, Aykin Simsek, Ozlem Erdem, Guldal Yilmaz, and Alpaslan Senkoylu
Nucleic acid amplification technology screening for hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus for blood donations
Mohammad S. Bamaga, Fawzi F. Bokhari, AbdulRahaman M. Aboud, Meshal Al-Malki, and Faris Q. Alenzi
Comparison of immunoassays for differentiation of herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 antibodies
Mohammed O. Qutub, Paul E. Klapper, Pam J. Vallely, Gerham M. Cleator, and Daniel Mandall
Immunodominant antigens of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from patients with different gastroduodenal diseases
Shohreh Farshad, Abdolvahab Alborzi, Aziz Japoni, Masoumeh Hayati, Mehdi Saberfirouzi, Kamran B. Lankarani, Ali R. Taghavi, Jalil Nasiri, Noreddin Rafatpour, and Gholam R. Irajian
Evaluation of a new rapid lateral flow chromatography test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori
Nese Kaklikkaya, Remzi A. Akdogan, Orhan Ozgur, Dogan Y. Uzun, Umit Cobanoglu, Ugur Dinc, Erdal Gungor, Pinar A. Dabanca, Mehmet Arslan, Faruk Aydin, and Murat Erturk
Relationship between Helicobacter pylori vacA genotypes status and risk of peptic ulcer in Saudi patients
Aiman M. Momenah and Mohammed T. Tayeb
In vitro study assessing the response of plasmodium falciparum malaria to chloroquine, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, quinine and mefloquine in Wad Medani District, Sudan
Bakri Y. Nour, Ibrahim A. Faragalla, and Osman K. Saeed
Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients in Jordan
Musa K. Al-Ali, Raymond G. Batchoun, and Tarig M. Al-Nour
Recombinant human erythropoietin and blood transfusion in low-birth weight preterm infants under restrictive transfusion guidelines
Zohreh Badiee, Mohmmad A. Pourmirzaiee, Roya Kelishadi, and Fatemeh Naseri
Magnesium supplementation and the potential association with mortality rates among critically ill non-cardiac patients
Ousama C. Dabbagh, Abdulaziz S. Aldawood, Yaseen M. Arabi, Nazair A. Lone, Riette Brits, and Monica Pillay
The comparative investigation of left ventricle papillary muscle arteries in different species
Yakup Gumusalan, Davut Ozbag, Hilmi Ozden, Berna G. Saruhan, and Ayda Demirant
Plasma homocysteine levels and Vitamin B status in patients with Pseudoexfoliation syndrome
M. Sinan Saricaoglu, Ahmet Karakurt, Ahmet Sengun, and Hikmet Hasiripi
Efficacy of terazosin as a facilitator agent for expulsion of the lower ureteral stones
Mohammad G. Mohseni, Seyed R. Hosseini, and Farshid Alizadeh
The pattern of renal vessels in live related potential donors pool. A multislice computed tomography angiography review
Anuj Mishra and Ehtuish F. Ehtuish
Whether post-ureteroscopy stenting is necessary or not?
Tawfik Al-Baadani, Abdulelah Ghilan, Ibrahim El-Nono, Mohammed Alwan, and Abdulraheem Bingadhi
Comparison of curative and palliative radiotherapy efficacy in unresectable advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients with or without metastasis
Ismet Unlu, Gulden Diniz, Berna Komurcuoglu, Mine Gayaf, Tumay Gokce, Ilker Karadogan, and Cimen Akcay
Evaluation of medial and lateral meniscus thicknesses in early osteoarthritis of the knee with magnetic resonance imaging
Belgin Bamac, Saadet Ozdemir, Hasan T. Sarisoy, Tuncay Colak, Aydin Ozbek, and Gur Akansel
Emergency room cases of mushroom poisoning
Abdulkerim Yilmaz, Sinan Gursoy, Osman Varol, Naim Nur, and Esin Ozyilkan
Anemia and nutritional status of schoolchildren living at Saudi high altitude area
Alaa H. Abou-Zeid, Moataz M. Abdel-Fattah, AbdulSalam A. Al-Shehri, Tamer M. Hifnawy, and Sir-Alkhatim A. Al-Hassan
Anthropometric measurements of a group of newborns in a teaching hospital in Baghdad
Sabeeha H. Al-Mefraji, Namir G. Al-Tawil, and Lamia A. Karim
Review
The impact of periodontal infections on systemic diseases. An update for medical practitioners
Sukumaran Anil and Hamdan S. Al-Ghamdi