Book Review
Olfaction and the brain
Sonia Khan
Brief Reports
Relationship of early hypertensive retinopathy to inflammation markers and microalbuminuria in hypertensive patients with regulated blood pressure
Haksun Ebinc, Fatma A. Ebinc, and Zubeyde N. Ozkurt
Diabetic scenario in Arabs
AbdulRahman Al-Ajlan
Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on short-term control of glycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Jamileh Moghimi, Jafar Toussy, Mehdi Babaei, Shahrokh Mousavi, Mohamadreza Tamadon, and Masomeh Karamai
Arabian incense exposure among Qatari asthmatic children. A possible risk factor
Atqah Abdul Wahab and Ossama A. Mostafa
Maternal serum ferritin and hemoglobin values in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus
Emre S. Gungor, Nuri Danisman, and Leyla Mollamahmutoglu
Case Reports
Treatment of spontaneous coronary artery dissection with drug-eluting stents
Samad Ghaffari and Jahanbakhsh Samadikhah
Radiological evidence of double inferior vena cava in a young adult male
Oral Nevruz, Yalcin Kirici, Cenk Kilic, Ugur Bozlar, and A. Ugur Ural
Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia
Mitra Basiratnia and Mohammad H. Fallahzadeh
Aggressive rhabdomyosarcoma of the vulva in a young Sudanese woman
Siddig A. Haroun, Eltayeb A. Elnaiem, and Ishag Adam
Coexisting malignant lymphoma of the duodenum and adenocarcinoma of the colon
Ali Al-Amri and Abdulaziz A. Al-Quorain
A giant testicular teratoma
Abdulqadir M. Zangana and Awodan B. Razak
Letter to the Editors
Retrospective or Descriptive study
Saeed Dastgiri and Sharifi-Mood Sharifi-Mood
Diagnosis of vasculitis
Ibtisam T. Saeed, Khalil Abdul-Aziz, and Abdul-Aziz Faizal
Other
Fracture and aspiration of metallic tracheostomy tube
Asghar Hajipour and Zahid H. Khan
Diagnosis and management of pediatric cardiac hydatid cyst
Nuha A. Nimeri and Sulafa KM. Ali
Toxic epidermal necrolysis due to procaine penicillin
Behcet Al, Hasan Kayabasi, Cahfer Guloglu, Murat Orak, and Mustafa Aldemir
Clubbing in a patient with liver disease
Anastasios K. Koulaouzidis and Elmuhtady M. Said
Research Articles
Immunohistochemical localization of extracellular matrix proteins in developing lung tissues
Betul G. Derin, Deniz Erdogan, Gulnur Take, and Nese Lortlar
Hyperhomocysteinemia, coronary heart disease, and diabetes mellitus as predicted by various definitions for metabolic syndrome in a hypertensive Saudi population
Nasser M. Al-Daghri
Gadolinium chloride attenuates aortic occlusion-reperfusion-induced myocardial injury in rats
Ilker Kiris, Huseyin Okutan, Cagri Savas, Zafer Yonden, and Namik Delibas
A stereological and histological analysis of spleen on obese female rats, fed with high fat diet
Berrin Z. Altunkaynak, Elvan Ozbek, and Muhammed E. Altunkaynak
Hemodynamic effects, recovery profiles, and costs of remifentanil-based anesthesia with propofol or desflurane for septorhinoplasty
Biricik M. Gokce, Zerrin Ozkose, Bilge Tuncer, Kutluk Pampal, and Derya Arslan
Comparison of propofol/fentanyl and ketamine anesthesia in children during extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
I. Aydin Erden, Feyzi Artukoglu, Ahmet Gozacan, and Saadet Ozgen
Pharmacoepidemiological study of prescription pattern of analgesics, antipyretics, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at a tertiary health care center
Mohammed A. Al-Homrany and Yacoub M. Irshaid
Drug treatment modalities in patients with chronic osteoarthritis of the hip or knee
Ali SM Jawad and Katherine Irving
Fast agar-based urease test for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in the stomach
Khalid K. Abdul-Razzak, Ahmad M. Odeh, and Kamal E. Bani-Hani
Helicobacter pylori cagA and iceA genotypes status and risk of peptic ulcer in Saudi patients
Aiman M. Momenah and Mohammed T. Tayeb
Enteroparasitic occurrence in stools from residents in Southwestern region of Saudi Arabia before and during Umrah season
Saeed A. Al-Harthi and Manal B. Jamjoom
An evidence of high prevalence of Hepatitis C virus in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Nasir Ahmad, Muhammad Asgher, Muhammad Shafique, and Javed Anver Qureshi
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children. A descriptive study in Tehran, Iran
Noorbakhsh Samile and Tonekaboni Hassan
Contributing factors of preterm delivery in parturient in a University Hospital in Iran
Fatemeh Mirzaie and Sakineh Mohammah-Alizadeh
Respiratory failure in organophosphate insecticide poisoning
Hamid Noshad, Khalil Ansarin, Mohammad R. Ardalan, Ali R. Ghaffari, Javid Safa, and Nariman Nezami
Quality assurance in an adult intensive care unit, Eastern region, Saudi Arabia
Mobeen Iqbal, Rifat Rehmani, Joan Venter, and Abdulsalam M. Alaithan
Prevalence of and risk factors for peripheral arterial disease in Saudi Arabia. A pilot cross-sectional study
Sultan O. Al-Sheikh, Badr A. Aljabri, Lubna A. Al-Ansary, Laila A. Al-Khayal, Musaad M. Al-Salman, and Mohammed A. Al-Omran
Life style and nutrition and their impact on health of Saudi school students in Abha, Southwestern region of Saudi Arabia
Nadia F. Farghaly, Bothaina M. Ghazali, Huda M. Al-Wabel, Ali A. Sadek, and Fuad I. Abbag
Voice disorders in teachers. The role of family physicians
Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Abla M. Sibai, Zaher M. Srour, Omar A. Sabra, and Reem A. Deeb
Noncompaction cardiomyopathy in the State of Qatar
Ayman A. El-Menyar, Salwa M. Gendi, and Mohammed T. Numan
Consequences of radiotherapy on nutritional status, dietary intake, serum zinc and copper levels in patients with gastrointestinal tract and head and neck cancer
Reza Mahdavi, Elnaz Faramarzi, Mohammad Mohammad-Zadeh, Jamal Ghaeammaghami, and Morteza V. Jabbari
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency rickets in adolescent school girls in Western region, Saudi Arabia
Aisha M. Siddiqui and Hayat Z. Kamfar
Comparison of the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog (Diphereline) and Cabergoline (Dostinex) treatment on uterine myoma regression
Manizheh Sayyah Melli and Laya Farzadi
Reviews
Pericardial pathology 900 years ago. A study and translations from an Arabic medical textbook
Rabie E. Abdel-Halim and Salah R. Elfaqih
The role of human papillomavirus infection in prostate cancer
Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi