Table of Contents

Original Article

• Open Access

  Transcriptomics-based validation of the relatedness of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins to chronic lymphocytic leukemia as potential biomarkers of the disease aggressiveness

  Suliman A. Alsagaby

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 328-338; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.23380
• Open Access

  Role of venlafaxine in relapse to methamphetamine seeking

  Yusuf S. Althobaiti

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 339-346; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.23718
• Open Access

  Does weight loss affect the parameters that are metabolically related to cardiovascular diseases?

  Ozlem Persil-Ozkan, Ece Yigit and Zerrin Yigit

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 347-352; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24007
• Open Access

  Adipokine levels and their association with insulin resistance and fetal outcomes among the newborns of Indian gestational diabetic mothers

  Balachandiran Manoharan, Zachariah Bobby, Gowri Dorairajan, Vickneshwaran Vinayagam and Rajaa Muthu Packirisamy

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 353-359; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24058
• Open Access

  Platelet/lymphocyte ratio is an independent predictor for osteoporosis

  Semra Eroglu and Gulsah Karatas

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 360-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24009
• Open Access

  Risk factors for prolonged mechanical ventilation after surgical repair of congenital heart disease

  Sulaiman M. Alrddadi, Mohamed M. Morsy, Jehad K. Albakri, Moneer A. Mohammed, Ghassan A. Alnajjar, Mohanad M. Fawaz, Abdulrhman A. Alharbi, Abdulhameed A. Alnajjar, Mansour M. Almutairi, Aitizaz U. Sayed, Saad Q. Khoshal, Mohamed S. Shihata, Sherif S. Salim, Mustafa A. Almuhaya, Ali E. Jelly, Khalid M. Alharbi, Ibraheem H. Alharbi, Ashraf R. Abutaleb, Hasan I. Sandogji and Mohamed A. Hussein

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 367-371; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.23682
• Open Access

  Association of acute stress with multiple sclerosis onset and relapse in Saudi Arabia

  Anwar S. AlZahrani, Foziah J. Alshamrani, Fahd A. Al-Khamis, Abdulla A. Al-Sulaiman, Walaa S. Al Ghamdi, Omar A. Al Ghamdi, Maryam Y. Mohammad, Mashail S. Alshayea, Razan A. Alhazmi and Mohamed A. Alkhaja

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 372-378; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24010
• Open Access

  Public perception of bariatric surgery

  Abdulmalik Altaf and Mohammad M. Abbas

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 379-384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24050
• Open Access

  Vision screening services in special needs schools in Western Saudi Arabia

  Mohammed R. Algethami, Medical Student, Lina H. Raffa, Rabaa H. Alhibshi, Maha Y. Baabdullah and Abdulrahman H. Alobudi

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 385-390; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24076
• Open Access

  Prevalence of herbal medicines in patients with chronic allergic disorders in Western Saudi Arabia

  Abdulrahman E. Koshak

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 391-396; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24006
• Open Access

  Causes of hospitalization in sickle cell diseased children in western region of Saudi Arabia. A single center study

  Abeer A. Abd Elmoneim, Zakaria M. Al Hawsawi, Badr Z. Mahmoud, Abdullah A. Bukhari, Abdulmalik A. Almulla, Abdullah M. Sonbol and Anas M. Makhdoum

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 401-404; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24049
• Open Access

  Unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics to healthy/asymptomatic school-age carriers of potentially pathogenic bacteria

  Mirjana Kostić, Vladimir Bedeković, Biserka Bastijančić-Kokić and Tomislav Lauc

  Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 405-408; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24004