EDITORIAL

Research ethics need consideration

Abdul Rashid, Muhammad Ayub, Mohammad Salim Wazir

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Troponin-I positivity in patients referred to rapid access chest pain clinic

Umar Hayat, Motwani J, Burrell CJ

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Frequency of depression and somatic symptoms in patients on Interferon alpha/Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C

Abdul Shakoor, Farzana Shafqat, Tafazzul e Haque Mehmud, Mohammad Akram, Sarah Riaz, Zafar Iqbal, Anwaar A Khan

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Diagnostic accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in meniscal injuries of knee joint and its role in selection of patients for arthroscopy

Asif Rahman, Muhammad Nafees, Muhammad Hamid Akram, Atif Hussain Andrabi, Muhammad Zahid

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Impact of socioeconomic factors on nutritional status in primary school children

Nabeela Fazal Babar, Rizwana Muzaffar, Muhammad Athar Khan, Seema Imdad

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Frequency of severe mitral stenosis in young female patients having pure mitral stenosis secondary to rheumatic heart disease

Shakeel Ahmad, Umar Hayat, Humera Naz

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Is nasogastric decompression necessary in elective enteric anastomosis?

Nadia Shamil, Shamim Quraishi, Samreena Riaz, Asghar Channa, Mumtaz Maher

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Prevalence of obesity among the school-going children of Lahore and associated factors

Adeel Anwar, Faisal Anwar, Habib Ullah Joiya, Azhar Ijaz, Haroon Rashid, Atif Javaid, Moazam Mehmood

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Neonatal Sepsis: Causative bacteria and their resistance to antibiotics

Zardad Muhammad, Ashfaq Ahmed, Umar Hayat, Muhammad Salim Wazir, Rafiyatullah, Huma Waqas

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Feasibility of early surgical intervention in postoperative entero-cutaneous fistulas

Abdul Razaque Sheikh, Arshad M. Malik, Gulshan Ara Sheikh

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Relationship of selected prenatal factors to pregnancy outcome and congenital anomalies

Gulrukh Qazi

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Evaluation of modified Alvarado score for frequency of negative appendicectomies

Haider Kamran, Danish Naveed, Shawana Asad, Muhammad Hameed, Umar Khan

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Prevalence of obesity in school children of Hazara division

Israr ul Haq, Tahir Saeed Siddiqui, Muhammad Ali Jan

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Alpha-1 microglobulin: A marker for early detection of tubular disorders in diabetic nephropathy

Najla Shore, Rukhshan Khurshid, Mahjabeen Saleem

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Outcome of the rubber band ligation with Milligan Morgan haemorrhoidectomy

Syed Asad Ali, Agha Taj Mohammad, Mohammad Khan Jarwar, Javeria Imran, Akmal Jamal Siddique, Abdul Ghafoor Darwani

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Prevalence and management of anencephaly at Saidu Teaching Hospital, Swat

Sania Tanweer Khattak, Muhammad Khan, Tabassum Naheed, Imran ud Din Khattak, Muhammad Ismail

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Maternal factors associated with intrauterine growth restriction

Taj Muhammad, Asmat Ara Khattak, Shafiq-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Amjad Khan, Afzal Khan, Muhammad Aqeel Khan

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