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Original Article

• Open Access

  Structural alterations induced by botulinum toxin injection in juvenile versus adult rat muscle

  Sherif M. Hassan, Mohammed H. Badawoud and Abdulmonem A. Al-Hayani

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 17-23;
• Open Access

  Down-regulation of fecal miR-143 and miR-145 as potential markers for colorectal cancer

  Jin-Ming Li, Rong-Hua Zhao, Shao-Tang Li, Cai-Xia Xie, Hong-Hua Jiang, Wen-Jun Ding, Peng Du, Wei Chen, Ming Yang and Long Cui

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 24-29;
• Open Access

  Serum thrombopoietin levels in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

  Ozlem S. Balcik, Derya Akdeniz, Handan Cipil, Mustafa Ikizek, Sema Uysal, Ali Kosar and Ramazan Yigitoglu

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 30-33;
• Open Access

  Role of tissue Doppler imaging in assessing left ventricular diastolic dysfunction severity. Does it hold the same ability?

  Rashed A. Al Bannay and Aysha A. Husain

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 34-38;
• Open Access

  Acetyl salicylic acid resistance in patients with chronic stable angina and the correlation with coronary risk factors

  Rahimeh Eskandarian, Mohsen Darabian, Jalal Heshmatnia and Raheb Ghorbani

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 39-43;
• Open Access

  Clinical analysis for the application of endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of patients with a retroperitoneal space-occupying lesion

  Yue-Hua Wang, Xiang-Wu Ding and De-Jie Chen

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 44-49;
• Open Access

  Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage. Monopolar microdissection needle versus cold dissection

  Ali S. Al-Qahtani

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 50-54;
• Open Access

  Venous thromboembolism in a medical intensive care unit. The effect of implementing clinical practice guidelines

  Hadil A. Al-Otair, Syed M. Khurshid and Abdulaziz H. Alzeer

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 55-60;
• Open Access

  Histopathological pattern of ovarian neoplasms and their age distribution in the western region of Saudi Arabia

  Layla S. Abdullah and Nabeel S. Bondagji

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 61-65;
• Open Access

  Prevalence of cervical ribs and elongated transverse processes in Saudi Arabia

  Rakan F. Bokhari, Mohammad J. Al-Sayyad and Saleh S. Baeesa

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 66-69;
• Open Access

  Effect of daidzein-low-calorie diet on body weight, serum levels of glucose, resistin, and high sensitive C-reactive protein in high fat, high calorie diet induced rats

  Majid Mohamad-Shahi, Majid Karandish, Fatemeh Haidari, Kosar Omidian, Seyed-Reza Fatemi-Tabatabayei and Hossein Rafiei

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 70-75;
• Open Access

  Violence exposure among health care professionals in Saudi public hospitals. A preliminary investigation

  Waleed M. Algwaiz and Saad A. Alghanim

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2012, 33 (1) 76-82;