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Original Article

• Open Access

  The NLRP3 inflammasome rs35829419 C>A polymorphism is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Saudi Arabia

  Yahia A. Kaabi

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 745-750; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230322
• Open Access

  Autoimmune diseases and their prevalence in Saudi Arabian patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

  Walaa M. Mohammedsaeed and Zain J. Alghamdi

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 751-760; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230240
• Open Access

  Establishing local diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography examinations using size-specific dose estimates

  Faisal A. Alrehily, Khalid S. Alqahtani, Marwan H. Aljohani, Nawaf S. Alharbi, Reyan M. Alharbi, Osamah M. Abdulaal, Abdullah F. Alshamrani, Abdulrahman S. Alsaedi, Sadeq H. Al-Murshedi and Fahad H. Alhazmi

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 761-766; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230230
• Open Access

  The usability of neopterin in determining disease course in COVID-19

  Duru Mıstanoglu Ozatag, Pınar Korkmaz, Havva Keskin and Havva Koçak

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 767-772; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230365
• Open Access

  Predictive value of ferritin, glucose, urea, and creatinine for COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients from Asir, Saudi Arabia

  Ahmad A. Shaikh, Turki A. Mubasher, Mohammed H. Makkawi and Sultan Z. Alasmari

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 773-781; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230162
• Open Access

  The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on antibiotic usage during pregnancy

  Eman Bahaa, Maryam H. AL Tamimi, Latifa A. Fakhroo and Nawal Dayoub

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 782-787; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230180
• Open Access

  Antenatal steroid as an independent risk factor for vitamin K2 deficiency in newborns

  Ling Liu, Chao-Hong Chen, Shi-Wen Rong, Shao-Zhu Lin, Na-Li Cai and Dang Ao

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 788-794; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230084
• Open Access

  Application of serum gastric function markers and digestive tumor indices to the diagnosis of early gastric cancer and precancerous lesions

  Zhu Yanan, Wang Juan, Wang Jun, Ma Xin, Wu Kejian and Wang Fangyu

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 795-800; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230231
• Open Access

  Prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in clinical samples

  Amela Dedeić Ljubović, Ðana Granov, Erna Husić, Džemilja Gačanović, Jasmina Halković, Azra Čamdžić lab.ing, Šejla Kotorić Keser and Svjetlana Loga Zec

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 801-807; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230237
• Open Access

  Epidemiology of pediatric trauma in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  Mansour M. Almalki, Mohammed E. Almalki, Nedaa Alsulaimani, Shahad Tariq, Taif Alqahtani, Fawaz Baalaraj and Mohammed Ageel

  Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 808-814; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230292