Book Review
Clinical Management of Bone and Joint Pain
Dhafir Al-Khudhairi
Brief Reports
Findings on hysteroscopy in patients with in vitro fertilization by intra cytoplasmic single sperm injection and embryo transfer failures
Soheila Arefi, Haleh Soltanghoraei, Mohammad R. Sadeghi, Ali S. Tabaei, Hojat Zeraati, and Hasan Zarnani
Trend in the presentation of cervical cancer in Nigeria
Ajenifuja K. Olusegun, Uche Onwudiegwu, Solomon Ogunniyi, Olabisi Loto, Adepiti A. Clement, and Onile O. Godwin
Prophylactic effects of Echinacea purpurea polysaccharide against lethal ocular herpes simplex virus type I
Amir Ghaemi, Hoorieh Soleimanjahi, Pooria Gill, Ehsan Arefian, Sara Soudi, and Zuhair M. Hassan
Diagnostic value of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis
Mani Mofidi and Afshin Moghadam
Case Reports
Anticoagulant induced leukoagglutination
Saeed M. Al-Amoudi
Macrodystrophia lipomatosa with syndactyly
Waleed S. Mahafza, Azmi A. Haroun, Ahmed D. Abdul-Wahab, and Shaher T. Hadidi
Pigmented villonodular synovitis managed by Yttrium 90 after debulking surgery
Hayati Ozturk, Okay Bulut, Zekeriya Oztemur, and Sema Bulut
Erratum
Notice of duplicate publication. Ultrasonography of the uterus after normal vaginal delivery
Abdel-Nabi A. Al-Badour, Hakam F. Akasheh, and Naser A. Al-Husban
Letter to the Editors
Patterns of breastfeeding practice during the first 6 months of life in Saudi Arabia.
Ghulam Nabi, Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi, and Fouzia Alhreashy
Essential element levels in thalassemia major patients
Amar Taksande, Krishna Vilhekar, and Arvind Kumar
The mounting rate of cesarean sections. Is it accompanied by a drop in instrumental births?
Dilek Dilli
Helicobacter pylori and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Negative results and goals of future studies
Rinaldo Pellicano, Marco Astegiano, and Mario Rizzetto
Research Articles
Melatonin reduces the expression of chemokines in rat with trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid-induced colitis
Jun H. Li, Wei Zhou, Kun Liu, Hong X. Li, and Long Wang
The effect of silver nitrate, chloroformic garlic extract, and normal saline in induction of sclerosing cholangitis in rabbits
Seyed V. Hosseini, Jalil Mohebzadeh, Perikala V. Kumar, Davood Mehrabani, Mohammad Bagheri, Seyed M. Sadjjadi, Masoud Amini, and Afshin Amini
Over expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in correlation to Ki-67, grade, and stage of breast cancer
Esraah S. Al-Harris, As ad A. Al-Janabi, Kaswer M. Al-Toriahi, and Akeel A. Yasseen
Isolation and cloning of human papillomavirus 16 L1 gene from Iranian isolate
Ali Teimoori, Hoorieh Soleimanjahi, Fatemeh Fotouhi, and Zahra Meshkat
Diagnostic multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for the identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the skin biopsy specimens in burn wound infections and detection of antibiotic susceptibility
Rasoul Y. Mashouf, Alireza Zamani, and Hadi S. Farahani
Activity of propolis in an experimental model of Pneumocystosis
Muge Oguzkaya-Artan, A. Nedret Koc, Sibel Silici, and Ahmet Ozturk
Association of the polymorphism of codon 121 in the ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 gene with polycystic ovary syndrome in Chinese women
Yuhua Shi, Xuedong Sun, Zijiang Chen, Peng Zhang, Yueran Zhao, and Li You
Tissue necrosis after chemotherapy in osteosarcoma as the important prognostic factor
Sam H. Sami, Ali H. Rafati, and Parsa Hodjat
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of metformin treatment for weight gain associated with initiation of risperidone in children and adolescents
Soroor Arman, Mohammad R. Sadramely, Mortaza Nadi, and Navid Koleini
Hypothyroidism and obesity. Cause or Effect?
Abhyuday Verma, Muthukrishnan Jayaraman, and Kirtikumar D. Modi
Obesity among female school children in North West Riyadh in relation to affluent lifestyle
Awatif A Alam
Adverse drug reactions related hospitalization identified by discharge ICD-9 codes in a univeristy hospital in Riyadh
Haya M. Al-Malaq, Sinaa A. Al-Aqeel, and Mohammad S. Al-Sultan
Tramadol as an adjuvant to intravenous regional anesthesia with lignocaine
Ahsan K. Siddiqui, Hany A. Mowafi, AbdulMohsin Al-Ghamdi, Salah A. Ismail, and Haitham A. AbuZeid
Should the health information glaucoma be hospital based or community based?
Rajiv B. Khandekar, Mohammed A. Jaffer, and Harith Al-Harthy
Ophthalmic manifestations of 107 cases with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count syndrome
Ibrahim Erbagci, Mehmet Karaca, Mete G. Ugur, Seydi Okumus, and Necdet A. Bekir
Corrected thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame counts in diabetic patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries
Sedat Turkoglu, Murat Ozdemir, Gulten Tacoy, Yusuf Tavil, Adnan Abaci, Timur Timurkaynak, and Atiye Cengel
Assessment of right ventricular function in children with congenital heart disease Doppler tissue imaging
Noor M. Noori, Semira Mehralizadeh, and Ali Khaje
High prevalence of the cardiovascular risk factors in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. An emerging health care priority
Latifa M. Baynouna, Anthony D. Revel, Nico J. Nagelkerke, Tariq M. Jaber, Aziz O. Omar, Nader M. Ahmed, Mohammad K. Naziruldeen, Mamdouh F. Al-Sayed, and Fuad A. Nour
Shock wave lithotripsy in patients with renal calculi
Abdulmalik M. Tayib, Hisham A. Mosli, Hasan M. Farsi, Mahmoud A. Atwa, and Hisham A. Saada
Modified Alvarado score for acute appendicitis in overweight patients
Abdul-Rahman S. Al-Mulhim and Ali I. Al-Sultan
Review
Recent advances in the management of hypertension
Mansour M. Al-Nozha and Mohamed Z. Khalil