Brief Reports
Thymoquinone inhibits germination of dermatophyte arthrospores
Salih H. AlJabre, Mohammad A. Randhawa, Omar M. Alakloby, and Alhusain J. Alzahrani
Comparison of the anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide and rheumatoid factor in rheumatoid arthritis at an arthritis center
Suzan M. Attar, Peter S. Bunting, Charles D. Smith, and Jacob Karsh
Case Reports
Septic arthritis of the knee joint secondary to prevotella bivia
Salman A. Salman and Salim A. Baharoon
Intrahepatic splenosis mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma in a cirrhotic liver
Amna A. Kashgari, Hadeel M. Al-Mana, and Yusuf A. Al-Kadhi
Embedded esophageal foreign body. A diagnostic challenge
Venkatraman S. Bhat, Khalid A. Al-Saadi, Ibrahim E. Bessiouni, and Amjad S. Tuffaha
Hanging by a thread left ventricular thrombus in an asymptomatic soldier
Mohammed Chamsi-Pasha, Ashraf M. Anwar, Youssef F. Nosir, and Hassan Chamsi-Pasha
Letter to the Editors
Splenectomized versus non-splenectomized thalassemia patients with thalassemia major
Zakariya Hubail and MohamedMofeed F. Morsy
Splenectomized versus non-splenectomized patients with thalassemia major. Echo-cardiographic comparison
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi and MohamedMofeed F. Morsy
The prevalence of sickle cell anemia in Saudi children and adolescents. A community-based survey
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi and Mansour M. Al-Qurashi
Oral hygiene awareness among female Saudi school children
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi
Other
Invasive gastrointestinal aspergillosis in an immunocompromised host
Mohammed Y. Hasosah and Valantine Enemuo
Giant intra-abdominal seminoma
Albsoul M. Nader, Alsmady M. Moaath, Almasad K. Jamal, and Murshidi M. Mujalli
Research Articles
Histological evaluation of the effects of bioglass, hydroxyapatite, or demineralized freeze-dried bone, grafted alone or as composites, on the healing of tibial defects in rabbits
Hasan Kucukkolbasi, Necip Mutlu, Kubilay Isik, Ilhami Celik, and Yasemin Oznurlu
Serum arylesterase activity is negatively correlated with inflammatory markers in patients with acute coronary syndromes
Tunay Senturk, Emre Sarandol, Sumeyye Gullulu, Selda Erdinc, Osman Ozdabakoglu, Bulent Ozdemir, Ibrahim Baran, Sinan Arslan, and Ali Aydinlar
Outcome of Norwood and Damus-Kaye-Stansel procedures for univentricular congenital heart anomalies
Ali A. Al-Akhfash, Mohamed S. Kabbani, Riyadh M. Abu-Sulaiman, Omar R. Tamimi, Mahmoud A. Elbarbary, and Hani K. Najm
Lipoproteina is a feature of the presence, diffuseness, and severity of coronary artery disease in Saudi population
Syed S. Habib, AbdelGalil M. Abdel-Gader, Mohammad I. Kurdi, Zohair Al-Aseri, and Mona M. Soliman
Seasonal variation in enzymatic infract size and mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Bahram Sohrabi, Babak Kazemi, and Behzad Aghazadeh
Study on surgical approaches and electrode implantation of oculomotor nerve and inferior obliquus in beagle dogs
Ning-Xi Zhu, You-Qiang Meng, Bao-Hui Feng, Xu-Hui Wang, Xin-Yuan Li, Min Yang, Shu-Gan Zhu, and Shi-Ting Li
Effect of dexmedetomidine added to spinal bupivacaine for urological procedures
Mahmoud M. Al-Mustafa, Sami A. Abu-Halaweh, AbdelKarim S. Aloweidi, Mujalli M. Murshidi, Bassam A. Ammari, Ziad M. Awwad, Ghazi M. Al-Edwan, and Micheal A. Ramsay
Oxidant and antioxidant activities of different anesthetic techniques. Propofol versus desflurane
Berit G. Ceylan, Funda Yilmaz, Fusun Eroglu, Lutfi Yavuz, Senol Gulmen, and Huseyin Vural
Differential diagnosis of cervical malignant lymphadenopathy among Iranian patients
Mohammad Naeimi, Amin Sharifi, Youssef Erfanian, Arash Velayati, Shahla Izadian, and Sadegh Golparvar
Serodiagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Syrian Arab Republic
Samar A. Al-Nahhas
Health point prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus and pulmonary tuberculosis among patients in various parts of Delta State, Nigeria
Johnson D. Jemikalajah and GodwinRay A. Okogun
Uninvestigated dyspepsia and its related factors in an Iranian community
Mosayeb Barzkar, Mohamad A. Pourhoseingholi, Manijeh Habibi, Bijan Moghimi-Dehkordi, Azadeh Safaee, Asma Pourhoseingholi, Abdolrasool Khalafii, and Mohammad R. Zali
One hundred and thirty-seven living donor pediatric liver transplants at Riyadh Military Hospital. Results and outlook for future
Iftikhar Khan, Mohammad A. Al-Shaqrani, Zahid B. Arain, Homoud A. Al-Hebbi, Sami H. Wali, and Atef F. Bassas
The effect of maternal anemia on anthropometric measurements of newborns
Berrin Telatar, Serdar Comert, Ayca Vitrinel, Ethem Erginoz, and Yasemin Akin
Evaluation of blood and serum markers in spinal cord injured patients with pressure sores
Eda Gurcay, Ajda Bal, Ahmet G. Gurcay, and Aytul Cakci
Clinical application of scrotal flap on penis lengthening
Qinqiang Zhuo, Shirong Li, Julong Wu, Zhenxiang Wang, Dongyun Yang, and Ling Tao
Benchmarking of World Health Organization surgical safety checklist
Farouk M. Messahel and Ali S. Al-Qahtani
Review
Anatomy of the eye from the view of Ibn Al-Haitham (965-1039). The founder of modern optics
Nedim Unal and Omur Elcioglu