Saudi Medical Journal: 27 (9)

September 01, 2006; Volume 27,Issue 9

Leading Article

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Pre-marital examination as a method of prevention from blood genetic disorders. Community views
Mohsen A. F. El-Hazmi

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1291-1295;

Special Review

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A Cochrane Systematic Review finds no significant difference in outcome or risk of postoperative complications between day care and in-patient cataract surgery
Zbigniew Fedorowicz, David J. Lawrence and Peter Gutierrez

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1296-1301;

Review Article

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The role of heat shock proteins as chaperones on several human diseases
Ali A. Mellati

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1302-1305;
Open Access
On the Ottoman consent documents for medical interventions and the modern concept of informed consent
Mahmut A. Kara and Sahin Aksoy

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1306-1310;

Original Article

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Development of fetal rat pancreatic islet A cells. A quantitative and immunocytochemical study
Mohammed H. Badawoud

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1311-1314;
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The proportions of the white and red pulps of the human fetal spleen
Bahadir Ungor, Mehmet A. Malas, Soner Albay, Esra Cetin, Kadir Desdicioglu and Nermin Karahan

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1315-1319;
Open Access
Anatomical basics and variations of the scapula in Turkish adults
Nigar Coskun, Kamil Karaali, Can Cevikol, Bahadir M. Demirel and Muzaffer Sindel

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1320-1325;
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Computed tomography in detecting bone metastases of breast carcinoma. Is it better than plain x-ray?
Sabahattin Aslan, Bahadir Cetin, Melih Akinci, Meltem Cetin, Necmi Yucekule and Abdullah Cetin

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1326-1328;
Open Access
Does thymidine phosphorylase correlate with angiogenesis in intraductal carcinoma of the breast?
Muhan Erkus, Ibrahim Meteoglu, Nil Culhaci, Nezih Meydan and Ibrahim Erdogdu

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1329-1333;
Open Access
Carrier screening and prenatal detection of chronic granulomatous disease in Iran
Maryam Ayatollahi and Bita Geramizadeh

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1334-1337;
Open Access
Metabolic hormones profile in 2 weeks old healthy infants of diabetic mothers
Soad M. Jaber

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1338-1345;
Open Access
Comparison of the automated Cobas Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay with the conventional methods for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory and extrapulmonary specimens
Mubarak S. Alfaresi, Adeel I. Abdulsalam and Abida A. Elkoush

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1346-1351;
Open Access
Narcolepsy in Saudi Arabia. Demographic and clinical perspective of an under-recognized disorder
Ahmed S. BaHammam and Ahmed M. Alenezi

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1352-1357;
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Cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with confirmed cardiovascular disease
Mohammad Aghaeishahsavari, Masood Noroozianavval, Pegah Veisi, Raziye Parizad and Jahanbakhsh Samadikhah

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1358-1361;
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Spectrum of clinical disease in a series of hospitalized HIV-infected patients from southeast of Iran
Batool Sharifi-Mood, Roya Alavi-Naini, Masoud Salehi, Mohammad Hashemi and Fatemeh Rakhshani

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1362-1366;
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Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among Hajj pilgrims
Ziad A. Memish, Hanan H. Balkhy, Maha A. Almuneef, Baraa T. Al-Haj-Hussein, Abdullah I. Bukhari and Abimbola O. Osoba

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1367-1372;
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Pattern of medical diseases and determinants of prognosis of hospitalization during 2005 Muslim pilgrimage Hajj in a tertiary care hospital
Nasim A. Khan, Adam M. Ishag, Maha S. Ahmad, Fifi M. El-Sayed, Zakeyah A. Bachal and Tahir G. Abbas

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1373-1380;
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The prevalence and the age at the onset of menopause in Turkish women in rural area
Suphi Vehid, Sinan N. Aran, Selcuk Koksal, Haluk Isiloglu and Mustafa Senocak

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1381-1386;
Open Access
Anticardiolipin antibody in women with recurrent spontaneous miscarriage
Ilham M. Jwad, Nadham K. Mahdi and Maysoon S. Flafil

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1387-1390;
Open Access
Higher prevalence in young population and rightward shift of colorectal carcinoma
Salman Y. Guraya and Omer E. Eltinay

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1391-1393;
Open Access
A study of knowledge and attitudes towards the use of evidence-based medicine among Primary Health Care Physicians in Bahrain
Fawzi A. Amin, Zbigniew Fedorowicz and Anthony J. Montgomery

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1394-1396;
Open Access
The use of a molecular technique for the detection of porcine ingredients in the Malaysian food market
Abd-ElAziem Farouk, Mohamed F. Batcha, Ralf Greiner, Hamzah M. Salleh, Mohamad R. Salleh and Abdur R. Sirajudin

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1397-1400;

Case Report

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Arterial homograft and medical therapy in pseudoaneurysm of infrarenal aorta concomitant with recurrent right ventricular thrombus in Behcet's disease
Jalal Vahedian and Ali Sadeghpour

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1401-1403;
Open Access
Satellite implantation of the skin with malignant melanoma
Abdulqadir M. Zangana

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1404-1406;
Open Access
Isolated brain stem tuberculoma presenting with one and a half syndrome
Mushira Enani, Daifallah J. Al-Nakhli and Eman Bakhsh

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1407-1411;
Open Access
Ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of low malignant potential associated with a mature cystic teratoma
Fahad A. Al-Ghamdi and Maysoon A. Al-Khattabi

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1412-1414;
Open Access
Crossing renal vessel causing ureteropelvic junction obstruction
Anuj Mishra

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1415-1417;
Open Access
Factor V Leiden mutation and deep venous thrombosis in a patient with hypereosinophilic syndrome
Vahap Aslan and Emre Entok

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1418-1420;

Clinical Note

Open Access
Pityriasis rubra pilaris in association with hepatitis A
Teoman Erdem, Mustafa Atasoy, Cihangir Aliagaoglu, Mehmet Melikoglu and Umran Yildirim

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1421-1422;
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Successful initial treatment with caspofungin alone for hepatosplenic candidiasis in a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia
Abdullah Altintas, Orhan Ayyildiz, Abdurrahman Isikdogan, Engin Atay and Mehmet A. Kaplan

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1423-1424;
Open Access
Intestinal obstruction. A rare delayed presentation of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
Hooman Yarmohammadi, Leyla Ghahramani and Abdoulrasoul Talei

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1425-1426;

Brief Communication

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Patients adherence to treatment and knowledge about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Banu E. Gulbay, Rusina Dogan, Oznur A. Yildiz, Ozlem U. Gurkan, Turan Acican, Sevgi Saryal, Gulseren Karabiyikoglu and Kenan Kose

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1427-1429;
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Follow-up of hepatitis C virus infected patients
Mehmet R. Helvaci, Mustafa C. Algin and Hakan Ozdogu

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1429-1431;
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Diagnostic role of pediatric flexible bronchoscopy in Down s syndrome associated with congenital heart disease
Atqah Abdul-Wahab, Ibrahim A. Janahi, Fadhila Al-Rawi and Ossama A. Mostafa

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1431-1433;
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Effects of statins on bone mineral density
Abdulkerim Yilmaz, Osman Arikan and Sebile Dokmetas

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1433-1435;
Open Access
Obstructed labor. A real problem in Yemeni s rural areas
Abdelrahman H. Al-Harazi

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1435-1436;
Open Access
Symptomatology of menopause among middle-aged women in 3 impoverished Lebanese communities
Matilda Saliba, Marwan K. Khawaja and Faysal H. El-Kak

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1436-1438;

Clinical Image

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Exertional dyspnea in a 50-year-old man
Amita Singh, Jaya Kala, Sandeep Sahay and Ashok Shah

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1439-1440;

Correspondence

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Is the risk of multiple cesarean sections similar to that of a single or 2 previous cesarean sections in the Middle East?
Diaa E. Rizk

Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1441;

Book Review

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Mood and anxiety disorders in women
Saudi Medical Journal September 2006, 27 (9) 1442;

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