Table of Contents

Original Article

• Open Access

  Determination of sensitivity of male Wistar rats to an equal dose of ketamine/xylazine injection at anesthetic dose in a chronic model of hypernatremia in comparison with control group.

  Fereidoun Heydarpour, Bahram Amini, Sadraddin Kalantari, Ahmad Rostami and Pouria Heydarpour

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1485-1488;
• Open Access

  The protective effect of ethyl pyruvate on lung injury after burn in rats.

  Melih Karabeyoglu, Belma Kocer, Ummuhani Ozel, Fatma O. Atasay, Huseyin Ustun, Mete Dolapci, Isil Karabeyoglu and Omer Cengiz

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1489-1492;
• Open Access

  Analysis of HumFABP2 as a polymorphic human genetic marker in the Turkish population.

  Fatma Y. Beyaztas, Ilhan Sezgin, Eylem Gul and Zerrin Erkol

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1493-1495;
• Open Access

  Renin-angiotensin system polymorphisms and renal graft function in renal transplant recipients.

  Hassan Argani, Masood Noroozianavval, Mohammad Aghaeishahsavari, Pegah Veisi, Nadereh Rashtchizadeh, Amir Ghorbanihaghjo, Mortaza Bonyadi, Mohammad Asgarzadeh and Hosain Hamzeiy

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1496-1502;
• Open Access

  Lupus nephritis. Clinicopathological correlation.

  Ibrahim H. Al-Zahrani and Azhar Qayyum

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1503-1505;
• Open Access

  Clinicopathological study of primary gastric lymphoma.

  Zuheir A. Al-Shehabi, Hassan B. Zezafon and Rana S. Saleh

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1506-1510;
• Open Access

  Determination of human papillomavirus type 16 genotype and construction of cloning vector pTZ57R encoding HPV16 E7 gene.

  Zahra Meshkat, Hoorieh Soleimanjahi, Mahmoud Mahmoudi, Hessam Mirshahabi, Zuhair M. Hassan, Saeed R. Ghaffari and Tayebeh Sabokbar

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1511-1515;
• Open Access

  Hepatitis B and C virus infections in patients with hemophilia in Zahedan, southeast Iran.

  Batool Sharifi-Mood, Payman Eshghi, Esmail Sanei-Moghaddam and Mohammad Hashemi

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1516-1519;
• Open Access

  Variations in Serratia marcescens differentiation using different primers.

  Hassan Mohabatkar, Anahita Hamidi and Reza Mohammadzadegan

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1520-1524;
• Open Access

  Monopolar electrodissection versus cold dissection tonsillectomy among children.

  Manal A. Bukhari and Ahmed Y. Al-Ammar

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1525-1528;
• Open Access

  Standard surgical versus percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in intensive care patients.

  Jindrich Lukas, Jaroslava Duskova, David Lukas, Jan Paska, Martin Stritesky and Tomas Haas

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1529-1533;
• Open Access

  Suturing of the nasal septum after septoplasty, is it an effective alternative to nasal packing?

  Daifallah K. Al-Raggad, Ali M. El-Jundi, Osama S. Al-Momani, Mefleh M. Al-Serhan, Omar O. Nawasrah, Muafaq A. Qhawi and Adnan M. Husban

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1534-1536;
• Open Access

  Effect of use of mitomycin C on the outcome of Choanal atresia repair.

  Ahmed Y. Al-Ammar

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1537-1540;
• Open Access

  Arthroscopy versus arthrocentesis. A retrospective study of disc displacement management without reduction.

  Joseph B. Hobeich, Ziad A. Salameh, Eman Ismail, Walid M. Sadig, Nabil E. Hokayem and Khalid Almas

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1541-1544;
• Open Access

  Measurement of coronary sinus blood flow after first anterior myocardial infarction with transthoracic echocardiography and its correlation with wall motion scoring index.

  Mehrnoush Toufan, Jahanbakhsh Samadikhah, Azin Alizadeh-Asl, Rasoul Azarfarin, Seyed-Hadi Hakim, Alireza Yaghoubi and Saeed Farzam

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1545-1549;
• Open Access

  Adding remifentanil to propofol and etomidate in cardioversion anesthesia.

  Zeynep N. Akcaboy, Erkan Y. Akcaboy, Berrin Altinoren, Erdem Karabulut and Nermin Gogus

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1550-1554;
• Open Access

  Growth charts for Saudi children and adolescents.

  Mohammad I. El-Mouzan, Abdullah S. Al-Herbish, Abdullah A. Al-Salloum, Mansour M. Qurachi and Ahmad A. Al-Omar

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1555-1568;
• Open Access

  Prevalence and trends in obesity among school boys in Central Saudi Arabia between 1988 and 2005.

  Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1569-1574;
• Open Access

  Malnutrition, and anthropometric and biochemical abnormalities in end-stage renal disease patients.

  Reema F. Tayyem and Majd T. Mrayyan

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1575-1581;
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  Seasonal variation in the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism in Isfahan, Iran.

  Mahin Hashemipour, Massoud Amini, Roya Kelishadi, Silva Hovsepian, Sassan Haghighi, Mohsen Hosseini and Mojtaba Talaei

  Saudi Medical Journal October 2007, 28 (10) 1582-1586;