Brief Reports
Cardiovascular risk factors in Kuwaiti adults with type 2 diabetes
Afaf M. Al-Adsani
Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes and its response to treatment in Pakistani patients
Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed S. Hamid, Tariq Moatter, Shahab Abid, Hasnain A. Shah, and Wasim Jafri
Detection and quantification of cytomegalovirus in bone marrow transplant recipients by real time PCR and pp65 antigenemia
Selma Gokahmetoglu, Leylagul Kaynar, Fevzi Altuntas, Orhan Yildiz, Mustafa Cetin, and Ismail Kocyigit
Motorcycle-related foot injuries in children. A growing menace
AbdulAziz M. Al-Bahlool, Saad M. Al-Qahtani, Dalal A. Bubshait, and Mir Sadat-Ali
Case Reports
Noninsulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia syndrome in a Saudi male
Abdullah M. Karawagh, Layla S. Abdullah, Abdelhamid M. Gasim, and Muntasir M. Abdelaziz
Granulocytic sarcoma causing cord compression in a pregnant woman with acute myeloid leukemia and t(8;21)
Enaam M. Al-Sobhi, Talal M. Jeha, and Mohammad I. Al-Taher
Breast carcinoma during pregnancy
Gamal A. Khairy and Huda A. Al-Abdulkarim
Spontaneous bilateral chylothorax with fatal outcome in a patient with melorheostosis
Michele Leuenberger, Jan Braunwalder, Ralph A. Schmid, and Zeno Stanga
Letter to the Editors
Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis in a pre-vaccinated infant
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi and Khalid Kakish
The survival analysis of beta thalassemia major patients in the South East of Iran
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi and Masoud Roudbari
Pattern of neonatal and post neonatal deaths over a decade (1995-2004) at a Military Hospital in Saudi Arabia
Ghulam Nabi, Muhammad A. Majeed-Saidan, Fawaz T. Kashlan, Atyah A. Al-Zahrani, Faisal Y. Ezzedeen, and Amer N. Ammari
Research Articles
Pyridoxine effect on the antidepressant action of imipramine in albino mice
Rugaia O Amara and Suher M. Aburawi
Tigecycline in-vitro susceptibility and antibiotics' fitness for gram-negative pathogens
Subhash C. Arya and Nirmala Agarwal
Effect of denervation and ischemia reperfusion injury on serum nitric oxide levels in rats
Umut Ozsoy, Ruya Mutluay, Nezih Oygur, Halide Akbas, Sukru Sindel, and Muzaffer Sindel
Influence of cyclic guanosine 3',5' monophosphate modulators on muscle contraction of rat aortas
Samira A. Mahmoud
Hypouricemic and antioxidant activities of Allium cepa Lilliaceae and quercetin in normal and hyperuricemic rats
Fatemeh Haidari, Mohammad R. Rashidi, Mohammad R. Eshraghian, Soltan A. Mahboob, Majid M. Shahi, and Seid A. Keshavarz
The effects of N-acetylcysteine and vitamin C on liver and pulmonary tissue damage in rats following bile duct ligation
Hayrettin Ozturk, Elcin H. Terzi, Hulya Ozturk, and Aysel Kukner
Anatomy of the azygos vein examined by computerized tomography imaging
Ilkan Tatar, Cemil C. Denk, Hamdi H. Celik, Aytekin Oto, Devrim A. Karaosmanoglu, Bulent M. Ozdemir, and Selcuk H. Surucu
Expression of survivin in invasive pituitary adenoma
Yong-chao Zhang, Jun Gao, Tao Xin, Zhi-ming Zheng, and Liang-zhu Teng
Prolactin receptors in uterine leiomyomas
Rayah S. Baban, Shatha T. Al-Zuheiri, and Yahya Y. Farid
Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy compared with total abdominal hysterectomy
Abdalla E. Diab, Essam E. Abdul-Latif, Mohamed Eldash, Mohamed S. Mahdy, Hamed Shalaby, and Mustafa Shafik
Nitroblue tetrazolium test in patients with beta-thalassemia major
Javad Ghaffari, Kourosh Vahidshahi, Mehrnoush Kosaryan, Nikoo Parvinnejad, Mohammadreza Mahdavi, and Hossein Karami
Anti CagA antibody among patients with non-cardia gastric cancer in comparison with non-ulcer dyspepsia in an area with high incidence of gastric cancer
Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Roxana Abbasi, Farahnaz Joukar, Sepiedeh Besharati, and Neda Askari-Jirhandeh
Relationship between elevated liver enzyme with iron overload and viral hepatitis in thalassemia major patients in Northern Iran
Mitra Ameli, Sepiedeh Besharati, Kourosh Nemati, and Farhad Zamani
Peak expiratory flow rate variability in apparently healthy school children aged 10-15 years in Oredo, Nigeria
Wilson O. Osarogiagbon, Michael O. Ibadin, and Osawaru S. Oviawe
An audit of the sleep medicine service in Oman
Mohammed A. Al-Abri, Khamis M. Al-Hashmi, Deepali Jaju, Omar A. Al-Rawas, Bazdawi M. Al-Riyami, and Mohammed O. Hassan
Susceptibility to and severity of tuberculosis is genetically controlled by human leukocyte antigens
Elham I. Harfouch-Hammoud and Nizar A. Daher
Is intestinal parasitic infection still a public health concern among Saudi children?
Faten A. Al-Braiken
The effect of body composition on blood lipids, leptin, bone mineral density, and nutrition in females
Nevin Sanlier
Dietary intake and serum bone related chemistry and their correlations in postmenopausal Iranian women
Nazila Farrin, Ali R. Ostadrahimi, Soltan A. Mahboob, Sousan Kolahi, and Mostafa Ghavami
Knowledge regarding the national premarital screening program among university students in western Saudi Arabia
Jumana Y. Al-Aama, Baraa K. Al-Nabulsi, Mohammad A. Alyousef, Nawal A. Asiri, and Sawsan M. Al-Blewi
Reviews
Clinical aspects of melatonin
Russel J. Reiter and Ahmet Korkmaz
Breast reconstruction in conserving breast cancer surgery
Jamal K. Almasad