Book Review
Severe Personality Disorders
Abdulrahman Al-Asmari
Brief Reports
Sensitivity of in-house polymerase chain reaction for detecting hepatitis B-DNA in HbsAg positive sera
Amin A. Aqel
Microbial yield in febrile sickle cell disease patients with acute painful episode from a University Hospital in the Sultanate of Oman
Asem A. Alghzaly, Salam S. Alkindi, and Anil V. Pathare
A hole of human immunodeficiency virus HIV/AIDS and hunger in rural Nigerian communities
Ogboi S. Johnbull
Emergence of multi and pan-drug resistance Acinetobacter baumannii carrying blaOXA-type-carbapenemase genes among burn patients in Tehran, Iran
Morrovat Taherikalani, Gelavizh Etemadi, Keramat N. Geliani, Bahram Fatollahzadeh, Setareh Soroush, and Mohammad M. Feizabadi
Case Reports
Congenital plexiform schwannoma of the clitoris
Rooh A. Yegane, Mohammadreza S. Alaee, and Elham Khanicheh
Unusual case of left iliac vein compression secondary to May-Thurner syndrome and crossed fused renal ectopia
Mohamed A. Elsharawy, Khaled M. Moghazy, Hind S. Alsaif, and Mosad M. Al-Asiri
Primary omental pregnancy
Recep Yildizhan, Mertihan Kurdoglu, Ali Kolusari, and Remzi Erten
Accent method of voice therapy for treatment of severe muscle tension dysphonia
Khalid H. Malki, Nasser H. Nasser, Sabah M. Hassan, and Mohammed Farahat
Intestinal perforation by multiple ectopic pancreatic tissues in a neonate with multiple congenital anomalies
Kamalesh Pal, Hamdi Ashri, and Ayman A. Madani
Letter to the Editors
Dietary intervention versus metformin to improve the reproductive outcome in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome
Hari K.V.S. Kumar
Evaluation of the effect of Islamic fasting on lung volumes and capacities in healthy persons
Mirza M. Subhan and Ali Kabir
Other
Large solitary fibrous tumor arising from the omentum
Amro M. Salem, Paul B. Bateson, and Michele M. Madden
Research Articles
Dose-dependent ultrastructural changes in rat cornea after oral methylphenidate administration
Rabet Gozil, Gulnur Take, Meltem Bahcelioglu, Erdinc Tunc, Hale Oktem, Guleser Caglar, Engin Calguner, and Deniz Erdogan
Study of oxidative stress in type 2 diabetic patients and its relationship with glycated hemoglobin
Mohammad T. Goodarzi, Liela Varmaziar, Ali A. Navidi, and Kazem Parivar
Gene expression profiling in women with breast cancer in a Saudi population
Suad M. Bin-Amer, Zakia Maqbool, Maimoona S. Nirmal, Amal T. Qattan, Syed S Hussain, Hatim A. Jeprel, Asma M. Tulbah, Osama A. Malik, and Taher A. Al-Tweigeri
Campylobacter jejuni induces diverse kinetics and profiles of cytokine genes in INT-407 cells
Ahlam I. Al-Amri, Giuseppe A. Botta, Khaled S. Tabbara, Abdelrahman Y. Ismaeel, Ali E. Al-Mahmeed, Ahmed Y. Qareeballa, and Moiz O. Bakhiet
Usefulness of procalcitonin and some inflammatory parameters in septic patients
Wael R. Tasabehji, Faizah A. Al-Quobaili, and Nizar A. Al-Daher
Investigation of cryptosporidiosis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and microscopy in children with diarrhea
Hasan Yilmaz, Zeynep Tas-Cengiz, and Mutalip Cicek
Comparison of 4 laboratory methods for detection of Helicobacter pylori
Sulieman M. Al-Humayed, MohamedElbagir K. Ahmed, Cornelius S. Bello, and MarI A. Tayyar
Cadaveric liver transplant from older donors
Hanan M. Alghamdi, Michael D. Crawford, James P. Gallagher, Geoff W. Mccaughan, Simone I. Strasser, and Deborah J. Verran
Effects of octreotide on healing of mechanical ileus in rats
Suat Kutun, Haluk Ulucanlar, Alper Celik, Erkan Cure, Muhammed C. Kockar, and Abdullah Cetin
Remifentanil versus fentanyl in combination with midazolam for retrobulbar block in cataract surgery
Oya Y. Cok, Aylin Ertan, and Mehmet Bahadir
Henoch-Schonlein purpura in children. Influence of age on the incidence of nephritis and arthritis
Jahed M. Hamdan and Mousa A. Barqawi
Painkilling effect of ozone-oxygen injection on spine and joint osteoarthritis
Ahmed A. Al-Jaziri and Seyed M. Mahmoodi
Apoptosis is the most efficient death-pathway in tumor cells after topoisomerase II inhibition
Raafat A. El-Awady, Mahmoud M. Ali, Ekram M. Saleh, and Fayek M. Ghaleb
Intraoperative assessment of the node-negative neck with frozen section biopsy
Ulku Tuncer, Suleyman Ozdemir, Levent Soylu, Lutfi B. Aydogan, and Aysun Uguz
The sympathetic skin response in diabetic neuropathy and its relationship to autonomic symptoms
Mansour A. Al-Moallem, Radwan M. Zaidan, and Nura H. Alkali
Protective role of intracoronary shunt in off-pump coronary bypass operations
Mustafa Tok, Halil I. Ucar, Omer F. Dogan, Bora Farsak, and Ali C. Yorgancioglu
An experience with a rare diagnosis of isolated tuberculosis of sternum at JNMC Hospital, Aligarh, India
Wasif M. Ali, Mohammad H. Beg, Muddassir Rashid, Uzma Zafar, and Syed N. Abbas
Circulatory neutrophil chemokines in statin-treated diabetic patients
Assim A. Alfadda and Mohammed A. Alzoghaibi
Bacille Calmette-Guerin immunotherapy of viral warts
Khalifa E. Sharquie, Jamal R. Al-Rawi, Adil A. Al-Nuaimy, and Sabah H. Radhy
Detection of IgG anti-beta2 glycoprotein-I antibodies in Saudi patients with systemic lupus erythematosis
Faris Q. Alenzi