Book Review
Central nervous system tumors of childhood
Mohammed Homoud
Brief Reports
Ensuring the quality of peer-review process
Mustafa Afifi
Comparison of SPO2, hearth rate and body temperature values in abdominal compartment syndrome in a rat model with intraabdominal sepsis and intraabdominal hypertension
Canan Balci, Gokhan Akbulut, Hamit S. Karabekir, Feyza Karagoz, and Hulya Sungurtekin
Effects of different bolus doses of remifentanil on laryngeal mask airway insertion during day-case surgery
Seval Izdes, Ezgi Erkilic, Mehmet Simsek, Tulin Gumus, Tulin Gumus, and Orhan Kanbak
Can incision barrier decrease the risk of surgical site infection after appendectomy?
Mustafa T. Ozer, Taner Yigit, Ali I. Uzar, Mehmet Eryilmaz, Orhan Kozak, Sadettin Cetiner, Ismail Arslan, and Turgut Tufan
Diagnostic value of bilirubin concentrations compared with novel and traditional biomarkers in atherosclerosis with coronary artery disease
Necat Yilmaz, Hulya K. Cicek, Ahmet Celik, and Vedat Davutoglu
Congenital factor X deficiency of coagulation revealed by epistaxis
Samir Atmani, Rachid Aouragh, Kaltoum El-Alaoui, Abdelhak Bouharrou, and Moustapha Hida
Effects of erythropoietin on fracture healing in rats
Murat Bozlar, Aydiner Kalaci, Bahadir Aslan, Lutfu Baktiroglu, Ahmet N. Yanat, and Arzu Tasci
Effects of moderate alcohol consumption on serum marker enzymes of rabbits
M. Sabih Aktas and Ismail Celik
A study on children and adolescents with disabilities in Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Lale Donbak, Mustafa Celik, Mustafa Celik, and Ilter Demirhan
Brucella seropositivity in South and Southeast Turkey
Gurol Emekdas, Gonul Aslan, Seda Tezcan, Pinar Ciragil, Mehmet R. Bayraktar, Yusuf Onlen, Esin Aktas, Vusiat Bosnak, and Arzu Kanik
Case Reports
Hyperfunctioning intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinoma
Wiam I. Hussein, Tarek A. El-Maghraby, and Osama Al-Sanea
Granuloma of the appendiceal stump. An unusual cause of right hemicolectomy
Michael C. Safioleas, Michael C. Stamatakos, Ahmad I. Diab, Othon P. Michael, Konstantinos M. Safioleas, and George C. Liapis
Numerical variation of the celiac trunk and anatomical variation in origin and course of the dorsal pancreatic artery
Mustafa Karakose, Tuncay Peker, Nadir Gulekon, Deniz Yucel, and Hale Oktem
Could imatinib replace surgery in esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Suhail Al-Salam, Hassan A. El-Teraifi, and Mazen S. Taha
Twisted mixed germ cell tumor of the ovary in a child
Abdulqadir M. Zangana
Successful use of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in a complicated flail chest
Mariam A. Al-Ansari
Letter to the Editor
Epidemiology of travel-related malaria in a non-malarious area of Saudi Arabia
Abiola C. Senok and Abdulrahman Y. Ismaeel
Other
Giant cell tumor of the rib
Mohammed L. Al-Otaibi, Fawzi F. Al-Jassir, and Marc H. Isler
Intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma with metaplastic bone formation
Umit Cobanoglu, Cigdem Siviloglu, Safak Ersoz, and Yavuz Ozoran
Successful coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with aplastic anemia and Sjogren syndrome
Ismail Koramaz, Mehmet Sonmez, Zerrin Pulathan, Umit Cobanoglu, and Suleyman S. Karti
Research Articles
Comparison of antigenic sites of the envelope glycoprotein of the Iranian isolate of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 with different subtypes of the virus
Hassan Mohabatkar and Sahar Sadeghi
Lack of evidence of Epstein-Barr virus infection in patients with Castleman's disease. Molecular genetic analysis
Jaudah Al-Maghrabi, Suzanne Kamel-Reid, and Denis J. Bailey
Indeterminate human immunodeficiency virus western blot results in Iranian patients with discordant screening assay results
Mehrdad Ravanshad, Fereidoun Mahboudi, Farzaneh Sabahi, and Saeed Bayanolhagh
Development of an ultra rapid and simple multiplex polymerase chain reaction technique for detection of Salmonella typhi
Karami Ali, Ahmadi Zeynab, Safiri Zahra, Khalilpour Akbar, and Morrovati Saeid
Seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Egypt
Samah A. Loutfy, Mohamed F. Ibrahim, and Mohamed M. Hafez
Determination of fungal frequency and comparison of allergic symptoms related with buildings and fungi in Afyon, Turkey
Ayse Orman, Elif Korcan, Muhsin Konuk, Emel Kurt, Dilek Toprak, and Alaaddin Ay
Seroprevalence of fasciolosis and the difference of fasciolosis between rural area and city center in Isparta, Turkey
Selcuk Kaya, Mustafa Demirci, Reha Demirel, Buket C. Aridogan, Mustafa Ozturk, and Metin Korkmaz
Increasing single and multi-antibiotic resistance in Shigella species isolated from shigellosis patients in Sana'a, Yemen
Khaled A. Al-Moyed, Nabil S. Harmal, Abdulilah H. Al-Harasy, and Hassan A. Al-Shamahy
The relationship between pregnancy induced hypertension and congenital thrombophilia
S. Cansun Demir, Cuneyt Evruke, Tuncay Ozgunen, Oktay Kadayifci, Umit Altintas, and Sehim Kokangul
Predictors of cesarean section following elective post-dates induction of labor in nullipara with uncomplicated singleton vertex pregnancies
Fawaz E. Edris, Peter von Dadelszen, Laurie M. Ainsworth, and Robert M. Liston
Misoprostol for termination of second trimester pregnancy in a scarred uterus
Amal G. Shammas and Murad D. Momani
Adolescent pregnancy in West Turkey. Cross sectional survey of married adolescents
Aysun Ozsahin, Mehmet Zencir, Birsen Gokce, and Nurhan Acimis
Comparison of underlying lesions in pediatric and adult ovarian torsion
Safiye Aktas, Seyran Yigit, Gulden Diniz, Fatma S. Pehlivan, and Ragip Ortac
Recurrence in breast cancer. Analysis with frailty model
Mahmood R. Gohari, Mahmood Mahmoudi, Kazem Mohammed, Einollah Pasha, and Reza Khodabakhshi
The effects of dopexamine in bupivacaine and ropivacaine induced cardiotoxicity in isolated rat heart
Ayten Bilir, Birgul Yelken, Ziya Kaygisiz, and Yilmaz Senturk
Comparison of analgesic activity of the addition to neostigmine and fentanyl to bupivacaine in postoperative epidural analgesia
Selcen Tekin, Ismet Topcu, Neriman Z. Ekici, Husnu Caglar, and Tuna Erincler
Reliability of vascularized fibula in maintaining arthrodesis following extra-articular wide excisions of malignant musculoskeletal tumors
Gursel Leblebicioglu
Assessment of quality of life in children after successful treatment of hip dysplasia as compared with normal controls
Vuslat S. Unal, Murat Gulcek, Zafer Soydan, Ahmet Ucaner, and Muharrem Yazici
A retrospective study of peritonsillar abscess in Riyadh Medical Complex toward setting up treatment protocol
Abdulaziz A. Aldakhail and Mohammad I. Khan
Intentional sun exposure in infancy in Sakarya, Turkey
Nursan D. Cinar, Tuncay M. Filiz, Pinar Topsever, Fatma Ucar, Sukran Akgul, and Suleyman Gorpelioglu
Reviews
Immunological diagnosis of vasculitis
Khalil Abdul-Aziz and Abdul-Aziz Faizal
Motor vehicle collisions with large animals
Masoud O. Bashir and Fikri M. Abu-Zidan