Brief Reports
Coping with visceral leishmaniasis in Turkey
H±seyin Cakan, Mehmet Y. Iscan, Vecdet Oz, Mustafa Aslan, Tuncay M. Karayel, Ismail Cakir, and Huseyin B. Uner
Effects of age and gender on the likelihood of hip fracture in the elderly population in Shanghai, China
Yongqiang Hao, Guangliang Hao, Shijing Qiu, and Bingshun Wang
The effectiveness of nurse led teaching in decreasing complications during femoral artery sheath removal after percutaneous coronary intervention in Ahvaz, Iran
Seyed M. Adel, Maria Alavi, Azadeh Kochak, Fatemeh Entezari, and Mojgan Dai
Case Reports
Fatal abdominal sarcomatosis secondary to gastrointestinal stromal tumor with bland histology
Yasmin M. Elshenawy, Charles E. Ganote, and Mousa A. Al-Abbadi
Manchester repair. An alternative to hysterectomy
Abdulrahim A. Rouzi, Nora N. Sahly, Amal S. Shobkshi, and Hassan S. Abduljabbar
Spontaneous left main coronary artery dissection. A rare cause of acute coronary syndrome
Maha A. Al-Mohaissen
Letter to the Editors
Autoimmune thyroid disease in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Northwest Iran
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi, Siamak Shiva, and Afshin G. Behbahan
Islam and end-of-life organ donation
Giles N. Cattermole, Mohamed Y. Rady, and Joseph L. Verheijde
The use of complementary and alternative therapies in Western Saudi Arabia
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi and Mohammed M. Jan
Research Articles
The effect of regular training on plasma cytokines response in healthy and diabetic rats
Mohammadreza Bonyadi, Reza Badalzadeh, Mustafa Mohammadi, Shahindokht Poozesh, and Iraj Salehi
Reference range values of fractional exhaled nitric oxide in healthy Arab adult males
Syed S. Habib, Abdullah A. Abba, Mohammed A. Al-Zoghaibi, and Mirza M. Subhan
Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and culture for detection of genital mycoplasma in clinical samples from patients with genital infections
Nour Amirmozafari, Reza Mirnejad, Bahram Kazemi, Elaheh Sariri, Mohammad R. Bojari, and Farideh D. Darkahi
Bile acid transport correlative protein mRNA expression profile in human placenta with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
Tao Cui, Yufang Liu, Xiaoliang Men, Zhou Xu, Lin Wu, Shuyun Liu, and Aiyun Xing
Serum protein and prolactin as diagnostic markers
Rayah S. Baban
Nucleic acid amplification technology for hepatitis B virus, and its role in blood donation screening in blood banks
Mohammad S. Bamaga, Essam I. Azahar, Ahmed K. Al-Ghamdi, Faris Q. Al-Enzi, and Fayssal M. Farahat
Comparison of xanthine oxidase levels in synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other joint inflammations
Nadjet Hanachi, Noureddine Charef, Abderrahmane Baghiani, Seddik Khennouf, Yacine Derradji, Sabah Boumerfeg, Daoud Harzallah, and Lekhmici Arrar
Bone mass measurement using quantitative ultrasound in healthy Saudi women. A cross-sectional screening
Ibrahim M. Al-Habdan, Mir Sadat-Ali, Fahd A. Al-Muhanna, Abdulmohsen H. Al-Elq, and Abdul-Aziz A. Al-Mulhim
Palm vitamin E and glucosamine sulphate in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee
NorHazla M. Haflah, Kamsiah Jaarin, Suhail Abdullah, and Masbah Omar
The clinicopathologic patterns of prostatic diseases and prostate cancer in Saudi patients
Hisham A. Mosli, Taha A. Abdel-Meguid, Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi, Wisam K. Kamal, Hisham A. Saadah, and Hasan M. Farsi
Selective spinal anesthesia for inguinal herniorrhaphy
Yasar Pala, Murat Ozcan, Gulten Dikmeer, Vildan Taspinar, Dilsen Ornek, Levent Ozdogan, Aydin Selcuk, and Bayazit Dikmen
Effects of high dose orally administered paracetamol for heel prick pain in premature infants
Zohreh Badiee and Niloofar Torcan
Hand sepsis in patients with diabetes mellitus
Mohamed E. Ahmed, Shadad M. Mahmoud, Seifeldin I. Mahadi, Abubakr H. Widatalla, Mohamed A. Shawir, and Mohamed E. Ahmed
Frequency of renal artery stenosis among cohort of Jordanians undergoing drive-by renal angiography at time of conventional cardiac catheterization
Abdallah F. Omeish, Hatem H. Abbadi, Issa M. Ghanma, Foad A. Botoosh, and Mohammed K. Shwabkeh
Practices and perceptions of physicians to prescribing elastic compression stockings in a single center in Saudi Arabia
Farjah H. AlGahtani, Abdulrahman I. Al-Diab, and Arthur C. Isnani
Review
Lung cancer stem cells research. Clues from ontogeny
Yu Xu and Yi-De Hu