Editorial
Achieving clinical competence
Ali I. Al-Haqwi and Henk T. van der Molen
Brief Reports
Molecular epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii-Acinetobacter calcoaceticus complex isolated from clinical specimens at an intensive care unit
Ugur Dinc, Gulcin Bayramoglu, Kurtulus Buruk, Hulya Ulusoy, Ilknur Tosun, and Nese Kaklikkaya
Case Reports
Magnetic toy ingestion leading to jejunocecal fistula in a child
Ali M. Ahmed, Mohamed H. Hassab, Abdulrahman A. Al-Hussaini, and Tariq I. Al-Tokhais
Ruptured spontaneous heterotopic pregnancy
Khurram A. Bhatti, Zainab H. Babay, and Salwa M. Neyazi
Pacemaker lead endocarditis due to Brucellosis
Fahad M. Al-Majid
Letter to the Editors
Role of intravenous extra fluid therapy in icteric neonates receiving phototherapy
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi and Farhad Heydarian
Severe community-acquired infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Saudi Arabian children
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi and Elham Bukhari
Smoking in Saudi Arabia. Some constructive comments
Abdullah M. Al-Bedah, Naseem A. Qureshi, and Medhat Bassiony
Other
Painful ejaculation. Something fishy
Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Namasivayam Balamurgan, Ponuswamy Suresh, and Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian
Research Articles
Maximum mouth opening. Associated factors and dental significance
Faleh A. Sawair, Yazan M. Hassoneh, Banan M. Al-Zawawi, and Zaid H. Baqain
Silencing of the annexin II gene down-regulates the levels of S100A10, c-Myc, and plasmin and inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation and invasion
Jian Zhang, Bianqin Guo, Yan Zhang, Ju Cao, and Tingmei Chen
In vivo characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae genes involved in the pathogenesis of meningitis by differential fluorescence induction
Wen-Chun Xu, Xue-Mei Zhang, Jiang-Ping Meng, Kai-Feng Wu, Hong Wang, Qing Zhao, Nan Li, Fang Cui, Xing-Hua Zhu, Ju Cao, Cao-Zhong Shu, You-Lan Shan, and Yi-Bing Yin
Biphasic modulation of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference through inhibition of histone acetyltransferase and histone deacetylase
Bin Hui, Wei Wang, and Jing Li
Protective effects of etanercept and methylprednisolone on pancreatic damage in cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis
Erol Kilic, Ramazan Amanvermez, Mehmet Kefeli, Cafer Polat, and Murat Gunay
Association of electrocardiographic changes with severity of coronary artery disease and short term outcome in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes
Samad Ghaffari, Ahmad Separham, and Leili Pourafkari
Association of cell blood counts and cardiometabolic risk factors among young obese children
Roya Kelishadi, Mahin Hashemipour, Parastou Ashtijou, Parisa Mirmoghtadaee, Parinaz Poursafa, Noushin Khavarian, and Shohreh Ghatrehsamani
Incidence trends of childhood type 1 diabetes in eastern Saudi Arabia
Mohammad A. Abduljabbar, Jamal M. Aljubeh, Antony Amalraj, and Mathew P. Cherian
Intraoperative and early postoperative complications of laser in situ keratomileusis in Yemen
Mahfouth A. Bamashmus, Mohamed A. Awadalla, Mahmoud F. Saleh, and Mohamed A. Al-Shekeil
Beliefs of subfertile Saudi women
Dania H. Al-Jaroudi
Physical activity profile among patients attending family medicine clinics in western Saudi Arabia
Hani A. AboZaid and Fayssal M. Farahat
Global hospital bed utilization crisis. A different approach
Abdelkarim Waness, Jalal U. Akbar, Mubashar Kharal, Salih BinSalih, and Mohammed Harakati
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors in western Saudi Arabia
Rana Y. Bokhary and Jaudah A. Al-Maghrabi