Saudi Medical Journal: 36 (12)

December 01, 2015; Volume 36,Issue 12

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Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1389;

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Dental pulp stem cells
Nahid Y. Ashri, Sumaiah A. Ajlan and Abdullah M. Aldahmash

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1391-1399; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12750

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The association between the CC chemokine ligand 5 -28C>G gene polymorphism and tuberculosis susceptibility
Hongfang Lu, Jingang Wang, Baoan Gao, Shixiong Chen, Guangming Xiang, Shaojuan Yang, Yuan Gong and Li Guan

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1400-1407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12264

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Recognition of oxidized albumin and thyroid antigens by psoriasis autoantibodies
Hani A. Al-Shobaili, Ahmed A. Ahmed and Zafar Rasheed

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1408-1419; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12612
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Lack of association between the insulin receptor substrates-1 Gly972Arg polymorphism and type-2 diabetes mellitus among Saudis from Eastern Saudi Arabia
Hawra A. Alsalman and Yahia A. Kaabi

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1420-1424; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12904
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Does social support affect development of cognitive dysfunction in individuals with diabetes mellitus?
Feride T. Yilmaz, Selma Sabancıogullari, Kadriye Aldemir and Azime K. Kumsar

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1425-1431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12845
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Effects of 12-month, 2000IU/day vitamin D supplementation on treatment naïve and vitamin D deficient Saudi type 2 diabetic patients
May A. Al-Shahwan, Abdulaziz M. Al-Othman, Nasser M. Al-Daghri and Shaun B. Sabico

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1432-1438; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12923
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Preoperative duplex ultrasound parameters predicting male fertility after successful varicocelectomy
Fahad M. Alshehri, Mahboob H. Akbar, Adel K. Altwairgi and Omar J. AlThaqufi

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1439-1445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12755
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Parker Flex-It stylet is as effective as GlideRite Rigid stylet for orotracheal intubation by Glidescope
Saad A. Sheta, Ashraf A. Abdelhalim, Ismail A. ElZoughari, Tariq A. AlZahrani and Abdulhamid H. Al-Saeed

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1446-1452; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12432
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Treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia and ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis in the intensive care unit
Awad Al-Omari, Masood Mohammed, Waleed Alhazzani, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Mohammed S. Belal, Ali O. Albshabshe, Maha F. Al-Subaie and Yaseen M. Arabi

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1453-1462; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12345
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Characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis at a tertiary care hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan
Mazhar A. Khan, Sumaira Mehreen, Anila Basit, Raza A. Khan, Faheem Jan, Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Ihtesham, Afsar Khan, Ubaid Ullah and Arshad Javaid

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1463-1471; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12155
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Shared clinical decision making
Ali I. AlHaqwi, Turki M. AlDrees, Ahmad AlRumayyan, Ali I. AlFarhan, Sultan S. Alotaibi, Hesham I. AlKhashan and Motasim Badri

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1472-1476; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.13682
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Dental knowledge of educators and healthcare providers working with children with autism spectrum disorders
Ebtissam Z. Murshid

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1477-1485; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12622

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Spontaneous Achilles tendon rupture in alkaptonuria
Omar A. Alajoulin, Mohammed S. Alsbou, Somayya O. Ja’afreh and Heba M. Kalbouneh

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1486-1489; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12834
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Torsion of a wandering spleen
Nwashilli N. Jude and Nwajei C. Onochie

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1490-1492; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12363
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Wernicke’s encephalopathy following Roux en Y gastric bypass surgery
Azra Zafar

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1493-1495; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12643

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Aligning the SaudiMED framework with the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment domains
Ara S. Tekian and Mahmoud S. Al Ahwal

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1496-1497; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12916

Clinical Note

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Contra-lateral shoulder dislocation caused by seat belts in drivers and front-seat passengers
Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Mohamed I. Abusharia and Tomas A. Braunsteiner

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1498-1499; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12973

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Out-of-hospital adult cardiac arrests in a university hospital in Central Saudi Arabia
Alamin Berhanu

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1500; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.13689
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Platelet changes in healthy male smokers
Nik Kosai, Reynu Rajan and Srijit Das

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1501; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.12.12885

Book Review

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Eular Textbook on Rheumatic Diseases
Marwan H. Adwan

Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1503;

WHO News Release

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WHO CALLS ON COUNTRIES TO PROTECT HEALTH FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1506;
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MEASLES VACCINATION HAS SAVED AN ESTIMATED 17.1 MILLION LIVES SINCE 2000
Saudi Medical Journal December 2015, 36 (12) 1507;

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