Book Review
Clinical handbook of psychotropic drugs
Ibrahim Al-Khodair
Brief Reports
Development of pneumatoceles after viral infection
Mustafa K. Celen, Celal Ayaz, Esen Ozmen, Salih Hosoglu, and Mehmet F. Geyik
Fast tract colonoscopy as a primary investigation in symptomatic patient.Experience in a small district general hospital
Nasser M. Amer
Oxidative stress in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Amir Ghorbanihaghjo, Nadereh Rashtchizadeh, Mohammad Rohbaninoubar, Amirmansour Vatankhah, and Abdolnasser Rafi
Epistaxis. A five-year review
Fatai Olatoke, Foluwasayo E. Ologe, Biodun S. Alabi, Adekunle D. Dunmade, Segun S. Busari, and Olushola A. Afolabi
Treatment of alopecia areata by topical diclofenac sodium gel in comparison to benzoyl peroxide gel. A novel single blind therapeutic clinical trial
Khalifa E. Sharquie, Adil A. Al-Nuaimy, and Wesam J. Kadhum
Evidence of human metapneumovirus infection in Jordanian children
Nasser M. Kaplan, Winifred Dove, Ahmad F. Abu-Zeid, Hiyam E. Shamoon, Sawsan A. Abd-Eldayem, and Charles A. Hart
Case Reports
Giant hamartoma originating from the chest wall in an adult
Oguzhan Okutan, Ahmet Ilvan, Zafer Kartaloglu, and Habil Tunc
Trichobezoar
Mahjoub Rishi, Mabrouk Elhousieni, Anuj Mishra, Ehtuish F. Ehtuish, and Adel Hanesh
Asynchronous adenoid cystic carcinoma of the prostate and transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder
Luma M. Fayyad, Khalaf M. Al-Jader, and Belal A. Al-Hawwari
Proliferative glomerulonephritis and primary antiphospholipid syndrome
Abdalla H. Abdalla, Hala K. Kfoury, Mohamed Al-Suleiman, and Abdulla A. Al-Khader
Breast tuberculosis
Duygu Ozol, Mikdat Bozer, and Reyhan Bayrak
Letter to the Editors
Assessment of respiratory muscles endurance in diabetic patients
Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa and Sultan A. Meo
Metabolic syndrome in Saudi Arabia
Mustafa M. Afifi
Other
Gunshot wound in pregnancy
Emre S. Gungor, Sebnem Sen, Ozlem Uzunlar, and Nuri Danisman
Single coronary artery with retroaortic course. An unusual origin of right Valsalva sinus
Cudi M. Tuncer, Kenan Iltimur, Orhan Tacar, and Savas E. Hatipoglu
Chest deformity in a patient with old tuberculosis
Fahmi Y. Khan
Research Articles
The applicability of T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangement as an adjuvant diagnostic tool in skin biopsies for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Salem H. Khalil and Issam R. Hamadah
Ultrastructural changes of compressed lumbar ventral nerve roots following decompression
Wagih G. El-Barrany, Raid M. Hamdy, Abdulmonem A. Al-Hayani, Sawsan M. Jalalah, and Mohammed J. Al-Sayyad
Topical phenytoin ointment increases autograft acceptance in rats
Abla Albsoul-Younes, Nidal A. Younes, and Darwish H. Badran
Comparison of hybrid capture and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction methods in terms of diagnosing human cytomegalovirus infection in patients following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Arif S. Orsal, Murat Ozsan, Istar Dolapci, Alper Tekeli, and Meral Beksac
Rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of human brucellosis in surveillance and clinical settings in Egypt
Moustafa A. Fadeel, Momtaz O. Wasfy, Guillermo Pimentel, John D. Klena, Francis J. Mahoney, and Rana A. Hajjeh
Analysis of intelligence quotient in patients with homozygous beta-thalassemia
Mehran Karimi, Hooman Yarmohammadi, and Maria Domenica Cappellini
In vitro processing of donors' blood with quinine for elimination of malaria parasites
Mohamed S. Ali and Abdul M. Kadaru
Evaluation of curative and palliative radiotherapy efficacy in extensive stage small cell lung cancer
Gulden Diniz, Ismet Unlu, Tumay Gokce, Sevil Kilciksiz, Mine Gayaf, Berna Komurcuoglu, Ilker Karadogan, Safiye Aktas, and Cimen Akcay
Venous occlusion with lidocaine for preventing propofol induced pain. A prospective double-blind randomized study
Islam M. Massad, Hamdi M. Abu-Ali, Sami A. Abu-Halaweh, and Izdiad Z. Badran
Serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin levels and preeclampsia
Zahra Basirat, Shahnaz Barat, and Mahmood Hajiahmadi
Safety and efficacy of systemic methotrexate in the treatment of unruptured tubal pregnancy
Khaled B. Soliman, Nisreen M. Saleh, and Allaa A. Omran
Evaluation of the effect of castor oil on initiating labor in term pregnancy
Sedighe Azhari, Sohaylla Pirdadeh, Marzieh Lotfalizadeh, and Mohammad T. Shakeri
Factors that influence morbidity and mortality in severe preeclampsia, eclampsia and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count syndrome
S. Cansun Demir, Cuneyt Evruke, Fatma T. Ozgunen, Ibrahim F. Urunsak, Erdal Candan, and Oktay Kadayifci
Dietary intake in immigrant Arabian pregnant women
Alevizos G. Alevizos, Konstantinos N. Stamatiou, Richard E. Lacroix, Mohamed A. Natzar, Constantinos C. Mihas, Konstantinos D. Bovis, Pericles P. Panagopoulos, and Anargiros D. Mariolis
Nutritional changes and effects in hospitalized patients
Alev Yildirim, Hulya Ellidokuz, Ender Ellidokuz, and Zeynep C. Ozer
Prevalence and risk factors of obesity in school children in Antalya, Turkey
Doga Turkkahraman, Iffet Bircan, Ozgur Tosun, and Osman Saka
Primary hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid adenoma
Hande Koksal, Osman Kurukahvecioglu, Mustafa O. Yazicioglu, and Ferit Taneri
Fournier gangrene. Approaches to diagnosis and treatment
Bulent Unal, Belma Kocer, Ebru Ozel, Betul Bozkurt, Osman Yildirim, Buket Altun, Mete Dolapci, and Omer Cengiz
Risk factors predicting outcome in patients with pneumonia in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Shaikha S. Al-Muhairi, Taoufik A. Zoubeidi, Michael E. Ellis, Wassef F. Safa, and Jose Joseph
Comparison of mortality and morbidity rates among Iranian pilgrims in Hajj 2004 and 2005
Alipasha Meysamie, Hosein Z. Ardakani, Seyed M. Razavi, and Taher Doroodi
Reviews
Emergency room to the intensive care unit in Hajj. The chain of life
Yaseen M. Arabi and Sameer M. Alhamid
Progress towards a Leishmania vaccine
Khaled S. Tabbara