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| REVIEW ARTICLES |
| Adipokines and etiopathology of metabolic disorders [ Abstract ] |
Laila M. Al-Dokhi |
| Airway management for cervical spine injury [ Abstract ] |
Ahsan K. Siddiqui |
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| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| Development of a new high performance liquid chromatography method for measurement of coenzyme Q10 in healthy blood plasma [ Abstract ] |
Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed, Yahya Y. Farid |
| Safety of umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) following 5-azaserine induction and inhibition of human cardiac myocyte apoptosis by MSCs [ Abstract ] |
Jing-Ling Huang, Shui-Xiang Yang |
| Oxidative stress and nitric oxide deficiency in inflammation of chronic renal failure. Possible preventive role of L-arginine and multiple antioxidants [ Abstract ] |
Aida A. Korish |
| The accurate prediction of rare hemoglobin variants using a combination of high performance liquid chromatography, retention time and isoelectric focusing electrophoresis position [ Abstract ] |
Mohamed S. Khalil, Adele T. Molyneux, Samy Marouf, Ghazy A. Eldamanhory, Anna H. Schuh, Shirley J. Henderson, John M. Old |
| Can aspirin protect or at least attenuate gentamicin ototoxicity in humans? [ Abstract ] |
Fatholah Behnoud, Khashayar Davoudpur, Mohammad T. Goodarzi |
| Work-related respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function tests in Iranian printers [ Abstract ] |
Mohammad H. Boskabady, Majid K. Rezaiyan, Iman Navabi, Sara Shafiei, Shahideh Shafiei |
| Role of intravenous extra fluid therapy in icteric neonates receiving phototherapy [ Abstract ] |
Reza Saeidi, Farhad Heydarian, Vahideh Fakehi |
| The evaluation of relationship between group A streptococcal infection with tic disorders in children [ Abstract ] |
Soroor Arman, Javad Golmirzaei, Alireza E. Naeini, Mohammad M. Azhar |
| Pediatric heart diseases in Madina, Saudi Arabia. Current status and future expectations [ Abstract ] |
Abdulhameed A. Alnajjar, MohamedMofeed F. Morsy, Ibrahim S. Almuzainy, Abdulmateen A. Sheikh |
| Childhood lymphomas in Yemen. Clinicopathological study [ Abstract ] |
Abdullah S. Al-Samawi, Saleh M. Aulaqi, Abdullah K. Al-Thobhani |
| Importance of ophthalmological examination in children with congenital sensorineural hearing loss [ Abstract ] |
Raid M. Al-Ani, Thakir M. Mohsin, Zeina M. Hassan, Haqi I. Al-Dulaimy |
| Early outcomes of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in Chinese aged patients with diabetes mellitus [ Abstract ] |
Yu Zhuang, Ming-Di Xiao, Zhong-Xiang Yuan, Cheng-Bao Lu, Lei Lin, Min Yu, Jian-Qiang Mao |
| Attitudes, knowledge, and practices in relation to cervical cancer and its screening among women in Saudi Arabia [ Abstract ] |
Khalid H. Sait |
| Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of health care associated bloodstream infections at a general hospital in Saudi Arabia [ Abstract ] |
Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Mahmoud S. Abed |
| Graduate-entry medical students’ self-directed learning capabilities in a problem-based curriculum [ Abstract ] |
Margaret A. Elzubeir |
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| CASE REPORTS |
| Hypokalemia-associated catastrophic rhabdomyolysis in ulcerative colitis [ Abstract ] |
Plamen G. Tzvetanov |
| Infliximab treatment for resistant Achilles tendonitis [ Abstract ] |
Said M. Al-Asfar, Mohammad Attar, Hasan Shacfeh |
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| CLINICAL NOTES |
| Perforated acute appendicitis complicated by multiple intraabdominal abscesses caused by Enterococcus Avium in a non-compromised child [ Abstract ] |
Rolan K. Bassrawi, Fawzia E. Al-Otaibi |
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| BRIEF COMMUNICATION |
| Effect of nigella (Nigella sativa L.) seeds on hematological parameters in rats [ Abstract ] |
Yuksel Kocyigit, Yildiz Atamer, Ersin Uysal, Murat-Sedat Baran |
| Retinoic acid induced chordomas as a model of differential therapy [ Abstract ] |
Omer F. Bayrak, Esra Aydemir, Fikrettin Sahin |
| Our traumatic cataract experience in patients with hospitalizing ocular trauma [ Abstract ] |
Saad A. Waheeb, Radwan S. Ajlan |
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| CORRESPONDENCE |
| Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus in Bahrain. A tertiary referral center experience [ Abstract ] |
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi, Zakiya Al-Mosawi |
| Resistance patterns of bacterial isolates to antimicrobials in the United Arab Emirates [ Abstract ] |
Subhash C. Arya, Nirmala Agarwal, Salim M. Bastaki |
| Nutritional knowledge of primary health care physicians in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [ Abstract ] |
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi |
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