Table of Contents

Original Article

• Open Access

  Expression of alkaline phosphatase in immortalized murine cementoblasts in response to compression-force.

  Ye Tian, Lan Huang, Yong-Wen Guo, Li Cao, Ya-Ting Wang, Hui Xu and Ding Bai

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1235-1240;
• Open Access

  Serum hyaluronic acid level does not reliably differentiate minimal and significant liver disease in chronic hepatitis C.

  Shoukat A. Arain, Sultan A. Meo and Qamar Jamal

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1241-1245;
• Open Access

  Plasma total antioxidant capacity and its related factors in Iranian pregnant women.

  Zatollah Asemi, Shima Jazayeri, Mohammad Najafi, Mansoreh Samimi, Zohreh Tabasi, Farzad Shidfar, Abbas Rahimi-Foroushani and Vahid Mofid

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1246-1250;
• Open Access

  Characteristics of patients with fluid extravasation during retrograde ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy for renal calculi.

  Xiao-Min Luo, Ci Zhang, Hui-Jun Qian, Chao Song and Si-Xing Yang

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1251-1255;
• Open Access

  One month outcome of ocular related emergencies in a tertiary hospital in Central Saudi Arabia.

  Abdullah G. Alotaibi, Essam A. Osman, Khalid H. Allam, Ahmed M. Abdel-Rahim and Khaled K. Abu-Amero

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1256-1260;
• Open Access

  Reverse breech extraction versus head pushing in cesarean section for obstructed labor. A comparative study in Yemen.

  Kaima A. Frass, Abdulhakim Al Eryani and Abdelrahman H. Al-Harazi

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1261-1266;
• Open Access

  Secular trend of infant mortality rate during wars and sanctions in Western Iraq.

  Zaid R. Al-Ani, Sahar J. Al-Hiali and Hussain H. Al-Farraji

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1267-1273;
• Open Access

  Impact of tinnitus on the quality of life among Saudi patients.

  Abdulrahman A. Alsanosi

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1274-1278;
• Open Access

  The burden of ischemic heart disease at a major cardiac center in Central Saudi Arabia.

  Ahmed M. Osman, Mohammed S. Alsultan and Meshal A. Al-Mutairi

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1279-1284;
• Open Access

  Assessment of quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Oman.

  Masoud Y. Al-Maskari, Ali O. Al-Shookri, Samir H. Al-Adawi and Khor G. Lin

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1285-1290;
• Open Access

  Vitiligo-epidemiological study of 4134 patients at the National Center for Vitiligo and Psoriasis in Central Saudi Arabia.

  Ahmed Alissa, Abdulla Al Eisa, Rozeena Huma and Sajeev Mulekar

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1291-1296;
• Open Access

  Research productivity among faculty members at medical and health schools in Saudi Arabia. Prevalence, obstacles, and associated factors.

  Saad A. Alghanim and Rashid M. Alhamali

  Saudi Medical Journal December 2011, 32 (12) 1297-1303;