Editorial
Great expectations from the Chair of Evidence-Based Health Care and Knowledge Translation
Hayfaa A. Wahabi and Lubna A. Alansary
Brief Reports
Turkish version of the functional performance inventory used on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Safiye Ozkan, Bilun Gemicioglu, Zehra Durna, and Tuncalp Demir
Sweat chloride concentration in cystic fibrosis patients with cystic fibrosis trans-membrane conductance regulator I1234V mutation
Atqah Abdul-Wahab, Ibrahim A. Janahi, and Mohammed O. Abdel-Rahman
Preference of treatment facilities among Malaysian Hajj pilgrims for acute respiratory symptoms
Zakuan Z. Deris, Habsah Hasan, Siti A. Sulaiman, Mohd S. Wahab, Nyi N. Naing, and Nor H. Othman
Case Reports
Pheochromocytoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma
Tariq Nasser and Faiza Qari
Salmonella species group B causing endocarditis of the prosthetic mitral valve
Nisreen M. Al-Sherbeeni
Rupture of spleen post colonoscopy
Nidal A. Younes, Mahmoud I. Al-Ardah, and Salam S. Daradkeh
Letter to the Editors
Anemic crisis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae complication in sickle cell patients
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi
Outcome of combination antiviral therapy in hepatitis C virus infected patients with sickle cell disease
Seyed-Moayed Alavian, Seyed-Vahid Tabatabaei, and Mohammad Ayyub
Uninvestigated dyspepsia and its related factors in an Iranian community
Rinaldo Pellicano, Sharmila Fagoonee, Mohamad A. Pourhoseingholi, and Bijan Moghimi-Dehkordi
The effect of maternal anemia on anthropometric measurements of newborns
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi, Berrin Telatar, and L±tfi K. Kartal
Research Articles
The effects of ethanol on insulin-like growth factor-I immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous system
Cannur Dalcik, Guler K. Yildirim, and Hakki Dalcik
Effects of the augmenter of liver regeneration on the biological behavior of hepatocellular carcinoma
Lin Tang, Hang Sun, Lin Zhang, Jian C. Deng, Hui Guo, Ling Zhang, and Qi Liu
Variation of M3 muscarinic receptor expression in different prostate tissues and its significance
Wei Song, Mingzhen Yuan, and Shengtian Zhao
Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from 2 hospitals in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Atif H. Asghar and Hani S. Faidah
Comparison of the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist and dopamine receptor agonist on uterine myoma growth. Histologic, sonographic, and intra-operative changes
Manizheh Sayyah-Melli, Sepideh Tehrani-Gadim, Ali Dastranj-Tabrizi, Fatemeh Gatrehsamani, Ghojazadeh Morteza, Elaheh Ouladesahebmadarek, Laya Farzadi, and Maryamalsadat Kazemi-Shishvan
Dexamethasone in unexplained infertility
Sanam Moradan and Raheb Ghorbani
Uncommon incidental pseudoaneurysm. Diagnostic and management challenges
Azmy M. Hadidy, Osama A. Samara, Heba S. Takrouri, Nosaiba T. Al-Ryalat, Moaath M. Al-Smady, Soukaina T. Ryalat, and Mahmoad M. Abu-Khalaf
Profile and predictors of bile infection in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Azmi M. Mahafzah and Salam S. Daradkeh
Optimization of the model of abdominal aortic aneurysm by co-incubation of calcium chloride and collagenase in rats
Guang Liu, Ying Huang, Xin-Wu Lu, Min Lu, Xin-Tian Huang, Wei-Min Li, and Mi-Er Jiang
Nutritional assessment of patients in a large Saudi dialysis center
Khalid A. Al-Saran, Sameh A. Elsayed, Azeb J. Molhem, Areej S. AlDrees, and Huda M. AlZara
Male breast cancer in Tripoli, Libya
Manal M. El-Habbash and Abukris A. Alwindi
Anthracosis and anthracofibrosis
Naseh Sigari and Shilan Mohammadi
Primary Sjogren's syndrome with central nervous system involvement
Iftetah A. Alhomoud, Saeed A. Bohlega, Mohammed Z. Alkawi, Abdulaziz M. Alsemari, Saleh M. Omer, and Fahmi M. Alsenani
Evaluation of metabolic syndrome prevalence. In semi-rural areas of Central Anatolia, Turkey
Inci Arikan, Selma Metintas, Cemalettin Kalyoncu, Omer Colak, and Ufuk Arikan
Acoustic analysis of normal Saudi adult voices
Khalid H. Malki, Salman F. Al-Habib, Abulrahman A. Hagr, and Mohamed M. Farahat
Review
An introduction to medical simulation
Peter G. Brindley and Yaseen M. Arabi