Table of Contents

Original Article

• Open Access

  A survey of patients attitude toward low back surgery in a major center in Saudi Arabia

  Yaser M. Behairy, Hayazi Al-Shehri, Saleh A. Al-Azzam and Adnan G. Al-Zahrani

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 594-597;
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  Comparison of the growth standards between Saudi and American children aged 0-5 years

  Yagob Y. Al-Mazrou, Maysoon M. Al-Amoud, Sirrag E. El-Gizouli, Tawfik Khoja, Khalid Al-Turki, Nasr E. Tantawi, Mohamed K. Khalil and Khwaja M. Aziz

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 598-602;
• Open Access

  Strategy to improve road safety in developing countries

  Abdulbari Bener, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Abdel K. Bensiali, Ahmad A. Al-Mulla and Khair S. Jadaan

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 603-608;
• Open Access

  A hematological survey of preschool children of the United Arab Emirates

  Campbell J. Miller, Earl V. Dunn, Bertel Berg and Sameeh F. Abdouni

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 609-613;
• Open Access

  Primary thrombophilia in Saudi Arabia

  Soad K. Al-Jaouni

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 614-616;
• Open Access

  The changing trends of adult Hodgkin's disease in Saudi Arabia

  Abdulrahman I. Al-Diab, Neelam Siddiqui, Firoze F. Sogiawalla and Essam M. Fawzy

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 617-622;
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  Breast diseases in the Northern region of Saudi Arabia

  Lawrence C. Chiedozi, Imad A. El-Hag and Sharanamma M. Kollur

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 623-627;
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  Cisplatin and etoposide alternating ifosfamide, vincristine, epirubicin in small cell lung cancer

  Meftun Unsal and Didem Erturk

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 628-631;
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  Serial evaluation of percentage of activated T-lymphocytes in peripheral blood of human immunodeficiency virus infected individuals as a prognostic marker

  Zahid Shakoor

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 632-636;
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  Prevalence of antibodies to human T- lymphotropic viruses types I and II among healthy blood donors

  Mohammad A. Taha, Layla A. Bashawri, Malik S. Ahmed and Mirghani A. Ahmed

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 637-640;
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  Prevalence and correlates of obesity and central obesity among Omani adults

  Asya A. Al-Riyami and Mustafa M. Afifi

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 641-646;
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  High risk levels of lipoprotein(a) in Pakistani patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

  Syed S. Habib and Muhammad Aslam

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 647-651;
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  Cardiovascular manifestations in chronic renal failure patients on hemodialysis

  Yahya A. Al-Ezzy, Abdulmoghni O. Al-Barraq, Nabil A. Al-Hamaty, Kamel Haza'a, Salem Y. Thania and Feras A. Al-Saidy

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 652-655;
• Open Access

  Spirometric evaluation of lung function (maximal voluntary ventilation) in welding workers

  Sultan A. Meo

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 656-659;
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  Outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute biliary pancreatitis

  Hayan A. Bismar and Saleh M. Al-Salamah

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 660-664;
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  Prostate specific antigen reference ranges in Saudi men

  Baher A. Kamal, Gaber A. Ali and Saud A. Taha

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 665-668;
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  Polytetrafluoroethylene use for above-knee femoropopliteal bypass in critical limb ischemia

  Abdulrahman A. El-Kayali

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 669-671;
• Open Access

  Birth associated trauma

  Bassam H. Awari, Ibrahim Al-Habdan, Mir Sadat-Ali and Abdulaziz Al-Mulhim

  Saudi Medical Journal June 2003, 24 (6) 672-674;