Book Review
Brief Reports
Patients adherence to treatment and knowledge about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Banu E. Gulbay, Rusina Dogan, Oznur A. Yildiz, Ozlem U. Gurkan, Turan Acican, Sevgi Saryal, Gulseren Karabiyikoglu, and Kenan Kose
Follow-up of hepatitis C virus infected patients
Mehmet R. Helvaci, Mustafa C. Algin, and Hakan Ozdogu
Diagnostic role of pediatric flexible bronchoscopy in Down s syndrome associated with congenital heart disease
Atqah Abdul-Wahab, Ibrahim A. Janahi, Fadhila Al-Rawi, and Ossama A. Mostafa
Effects of statins on bone mineral density
Abdulkerim Yilmaz, Osman Arikan, and Sebile Dokmetas
Obstructed labor. A real problem in Yemeni s rural areas
Abdelrahman H. Al-Harazi
Symptomatology of menopause among middle-aged women in 3 impoverished Lebanese communities
Matilda Saliba, Marwan K. Khawaja, and Faysal H. El-Kak
Case Reports
Arterial homograft and medical therapy in pseudoaneurysm of infrarenal aorta concomitant with recurrent right ventricular thrombus in Behcet's disease
Jalal Vahedian and Ali Sadeghpour
Satellite implantation of the skin with malignant melanoma
Abdulqadir M. Zangana
Isolated brain stem tuberculoma presenting with one and a half syndrome
Mushira Enani, Daifallah J. Al-Nakhli, and Eman Bakhsh
Ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of low malignant potential associated with a mature cystic teratoma
Fahad A. Al-Ghamdi and Maysoon A. Al-Khattabi
Factor V Leiden mutation and deep venous thrombosis in a patient with hypereosinophilic syndrome
Vahap Aslan and Emre Entok
Letter to the Editor
Other
Pityriasis rubra pilaris in association with hepatitis A
Teoman Erdem, Mustafa Atasoy, Cihangir Aliagaoglu, Mehmet Melikoglu, and Umran Yildirim
Successful initial treatment with caspofungin alone for hepatosplenic candidiasis in a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia
Abdullah Altintas, Orhan Ayyildiz, Abdurrahman Isikdogan, Engin Atay, and Mehmet A. Kaplan
Intestinal obstruction. A rare delayed presentation of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
Hooman Yarmohammadi, Leyla Ghahramani, and Abdoulrasoul Talei
Exertional dyspnea in a 50-year-old man
Amita Singh, Jaya Kala, Sandeep Sahay, and Ashok Shah
Research Articles
Development of fetal rat pancreatic islet A cells. A quantitative and immunocytochemical study
Mohammed H. Badawoud
The proportions of the white and red pulps of the human fetal spleen
Bahadir Ungor, Mehmet A. Malas, Soner Albay, Esra Cetin, Kadir Desdicioglu, and Nermin Karahan
Anatomical basics and variations of the scapula in Turkish adults
Nigar Coskun, Kamil Karaali, Can Cevikol, Bahadir M. Demirel, and Muzaffer Sindel
Computed tomography in detecting bone metastases of breast carcinoma. Is it better than plain x-ray?
Sabahattin Aslan, Bahadir Cetin, Melih Akinci, Meltem Cetin, Necmi Yucekule, and Abdullah Cetin
Does thymidine phosphorylase correlate with angiogenesis in intraductal carcinoma of the breast?
Muhan Erkus, Ibrahim Meteoglu, Nil Culhaci, Nezih Meydan, and Ibrahim Erdogdu
Carrier screening and prenatal detection of chronic granulomatous disease in Iran
Maryam Ayatollahi and Bita Geramizadeh
Comparison of the automated Cobas Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay with the conventional methods for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory and extrapulmonary specimens
Mubarak S. Alfaresi, Adeel I. Abdulsalam, and Abida A. Elkoush
Narcolepsy in Saudi Arabia. Demographic and clinical perspective of an under-recognized disorder
Ahmed S. BaHammam and Ahmed M. Alenezi
Cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with confirmed cardiovascular disease
Mohammad Aghaeishahsavari, Masood Noroozianavval, Pegah Veisi, Raziye Parizad, and Jahanbakhsh Samadikhah
Spectrum of clinical disease in a series of hospitalized HIV-infected patients from southeast of Iran
Batool Sharifi-Mood, Roya Alavi-Naini, Masoud Salehi, Mohammad Hashemi, and Fatemeh Rakhshani
Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among Hajj pilgrims
Ziad A. Memish, Hanan H. Balkhy, Maha A. Almuneef, Baraa T. Al-Haj-Hussein, Abdullah I. Bukhari, and Abimbola O. Osoba
Pattern of medical diseases and determinants of prognosis of hospitalization during 2005 Muslim pilgrimage Hajj in a tertiary care hospital
Nasim A. Khan, Adam M. Ishag, Maha S. Ahmad, Fifi M. El-Sayed, Zakeyah A. Bachal, and Tahir G. Abbas
The prevalence and the age at the onset of menopause in Turkish women in rural area
Suphi Vehid, Sinan N. Aran, Selcuk Koksal, Haluk Isiloglu, and Mustafa Senocak
Anticardiolipin antibody in women with recurrent spontaneous miscarriage
Ilham M. Jwad, Nadham K. Mahdi, and Maysoon S. Flafil
Higher prevalence in young population and rightward shift of colorectal carcinoma
Salman Y. Guraya and Omer E. Eltinay
A study of knowledge and attitudes towards the use of evidence-based medicine among Primary Health Care Physicians in Bahrain
Fawzi A. Amin, Zbigniew Fedorowicz, and Anthony J. Montgomery
The use of a molecular technique for the detection of porcine ingredients in the Malaysian food market
Abd-ElAziem Farouk, Mohamed F. Batcha, Ralf Greiner, Hamzah M. Salleh, Mohamad R. Salleh, and Abdur R. Sirajudin
Reviews
A Cochrane Systematic Review finds no significant difference in outcome or risk of postoperative complications between day care and in-patient cataract surgery
Zbigniew Fedorowicz, David J. Lawrence, and Peter Gutierrez
On the Ottoman consent documents for medical interventions and the modern concept of informed consent
Mahmut A. Kara and Sahin Aksoy