Vol. 74 No. 2 (2024): April

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Editorial

• Pakistan Vision 2025 and Social Health Determinants

  Masood Ahmed

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Original Articles

• Factors Affecting the Development of Speech in Children After Cochlear Implant

  Iqra Safoor, Abdul Hakim, Shahid Iqbal, Sohail Babar Niazi, Nawal Khurshid, Saleh Khurshied

  260-264

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• Minimal Inhibitory Concentrations Of Azithromycin In Typhoidal Salmonella Isolated In Tertiary Care Setting

  Anam Tariq, Irfan Ali Mirza, Qanita Fahim, Ayesha Bashir, Shafqat hussain, Chahat Hussain

  265-268

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• Frequency of 17p Deletion in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Presenting to Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi

  Atiq-ur- Rehman, Riaz Ahmad, Muhammad Nadeem, Umair Tufail, Amjad Khan, Fayyaz Hussain

  269-272

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• A study of Electroencephalography Findings and its Prognostic Value in Severe COVID-19 Patients Admitted at Intensive Care Unit

  Fawad Ahmad, Wasim Alamgir, Imran Ahmad, Saima Shafait, Anusha Pervaiz, Zahid Farooq Baig

  273-276

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• Sharing the Experience of Two Hundred Patients in A Novel Cochlear Implant Programme At Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi

  Muhammad Ali, Sayed Nusrat Raza, Abdul Hakim, Kashif Obaid Khan Niazi, Shakeel Ahmed, Riaz Ahmed Khokhar

  277-281

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• Patterns of Musculoskeletal Injuries Secondary to Strenuous Physical Training, Assessed on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  Saerah Iffat Zafar, Humza bin Saeed, Muhammad Asif, Adnan Anwer, Hassan Mahmud Syed

  282-286

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• Evaluation of Burden of Carotid Artery Disease In Ischemic Stroke Patients With And Without Hypertension

  Hamad Khan, Khurram Haq Nawaz, Asif Hashmat, Hamid Mukhtar, Fawad Ahmad, Muhammad Anjum

  287-290

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• Comparison of Efficacy of Decompressive Craniectomy By Multiple Dural Stabs Versus Open Dural Flap For The Evacuation of Acute Subdural Hematoma

  Ali Ahmed, Muhammad Junaid Mushtaq, Awais Ali Khan, Babar Shamim, Amjad Saeed Abbasi

  296-299

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• Comparison of Depression, Anxiety And Stress In Undergraduate And Postgraduate Medical Students

  Nadia Iftikhar, Tanwir Khaliq

  300-303

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• Comparison of Gutta Percha Removal with Manual H-Files and ProTaper with or Without Eugenate

  Nazish Iftikhar, Syed Muzammil Hussain, Fatima Tu Zahra, Maha Aslam, Aminah Sabir

  304-307

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• Evaluation of Self-Esteem Levels in Patients Desiring Orthodontic Treatment

  Tooba Ishtiaq Shah, Abdullah Jan, Sundas Mehmood, Zoyia Ahsan, Nasira Adnan, Ridaa Qammar

  308-311

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• Relationship Between Personality Traits and Dejavu Experience Among Religious and NonReligious People

  Noshaba Razaq, Zunaira Anjum, Hifza Sehar, Sheher Bano, Laiba Fayyaz, Sana Shafqat

  312-315

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• Our Experience with Iatrogenic Ureteric Injuries Following Obstetric and Gynaecological Surgery at a Tertiary Care Center

  Muhammad Rafiq Zafar, Nilofar Mustafa, Muhammad Tanveer Sajid, Qurratulain Mushtaq, Shazia Tufail, Omer Farooq Rehman

  316-321

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• Adequacy of Surgery of Head and Neck Cancers

  Tooba Ather, Ghulam Haider, Asra Taj, Khalil Mehar, Maliha Ashfaq, Sana Sehar

  322-326

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• Relationship of Plasma Osmolarity within Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism

  Ayesha Anwer, Khurshid Muhammad Utra, Maria Tariq, Marriam Hussain, Huma Zafar, Mahboob Meer

  327-330

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• Saving Blood Bags

  Nabeel Khan Afridi, Muhammad Zubair, Shane Rauf, Turki Hussein Awaji

  331-334

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• Paediatric Patients-Based Case-Control Analysis: The Association Between Serum Vitamin D Levels And Febrile Seizures

  Shaheen Masood, Riffat Farrukh, Amber Naseer, Farhina Nasir, Ibrahim Shakoor, Syed Arif Iqbal

  335-338

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• Correlation of Various Ultrasonographic Renal Parameters With Serum Creatinine Level In Patients of Chronic Kidney Disease

  Hafsa Sadiq, Rizwan Bilal, Mobeen Shafique, Sana Waqar, Qurat-ul-Ain, Sana Ahmad

  339-343

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• Frequency of Hematological Response in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (Chronic Phase) with Imatinib After Three Months Presenting to CMH Rawalpindi

  Anil Babar, Riaz Ahmed, Ahmed Raza, Zulfiqar Ali Amin, Muhammad Nadeem Piracha, Anum Zargham, Ibtisam Idrees

  344-347

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• Comparison of Analgesic Efficacy of Nalbuphine with Tramadol as Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic in Caudal Block in Children

  Muhammad Imran Khan, Muhammad Rashid, Usama Khalid, Kaukab Majeed Kayani, Shahid Maqsood, Humayun Munir Tarar

  348-351

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• Clinical and Echocardiographic Features of Rheumatic Heart Disease at First Presentation at a Tertiary Care Setup

  Fazal ur Rehman, Raam Chand, Abid Ali, Shahnawaz Sathio, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Najma Patel

  352-356

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• Comparison of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis in the Screening of Haemoglobinopathies

  Shumaila Asghar, Asad Mahmood Abbasi, Jawad Zafar, Rafia Mahmood, Saima Zahir, Maria Khan

  357-361

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• Pattern of Drug Resistance Among Patients Presenting with Relapse of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

  Muhammad Hammad, Muhammad Sharjeel, Imran Fazal, Amna Aziz, Farhan Shahid, Mahmood Iqbal

  362-366

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• Soft Skills Awareness Among General Dental Practitioners, Residents and Specialists

  Qayyum Akhtar, Hajra Imran, Khalid Mahmood, Nadeem Ahmed, Nasir Jamal Baig, Fatima Nawaz

  367-371

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• Three Port versus Conventional Four-Port Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Comparative Study

  Zeeshan Shoukat, Muhammad Saeed Awan, Talha Makshoof, Mujahid Zulfiqar, Sohail Ilyas, Muhammad Zubair

  372-375

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• Comparison of Closure Device with Manual Compression in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Through Femoral Access Site

  Ayesha Rehman, Abdul Hameed Siddiqui, Andaleeb Khan, Muwahhid Rasheed, Sohail Zafar, Kamil Rehman Butt

  376-379

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• Effects of Posterior Femoral Condylar Osteophytes Removal on Range of Motion in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

  Muhammad Arsalan Azmat Swati, Zeeshan Aslam, Zainullah Kakkar, Javaid Iqbal Niazi, Adeel Habib

  380-384

• Frequency and Comparison of Personality Types of Pre-Medical and First-Year Medical Students in Choosing Medicine as a Career Choice and its Association with the Education System and Socioeconomic Status

  Ayesha Rafiq, Ahsan Sethi, Najia Sajjad Khan, Anam Rafiq

  385-391

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• Comparison of Micro Needling plus Topical Insulin with Micro Needling Alone In Patients with Atrophic Acne Scars: A Split Face Study

  Sadia Malik, Moizza Tahir, Quratulain Ejaz, Khawar Kamal, Sameena Kausar, Samra Sadaf

  392-396

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• Association of Platelet Count with Severity of COVID-19 Infection at the Time of Admission in Pakistan: A Retrospective Study

  Anam Fatima Bangash, Mohsin Choudhry, Lala Rukh Bangash, Waqar Ali, Nayab Bangash, Kiran Riaz

  397-400

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• Co-Loading Versus Pre-Loading for Preventing Post-Spinal Hypotension in Caesarean Section

  Muhammad Tayyab Saeed, Ali Rao, Muhammad Nasir Saeed, Tasneem Alam, Azmat Riaz, Hira Ahmad

  401-404

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• Clinical Presentation, Tumour Characteristics, Sociodemographic, And Lifestyle-Related Factors of Oral Cancer In Patients Visiting Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi Pakistan

  Sahar Usman, Sufyan Ahmed, Sana iqbal, Mehwash Kashif, Bushra Saeed, Sehrish khan

  405- 409

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• Cephalometric Differences In Male And Female Characteristics of Facial Soft Tissue Thickness In Various Orthodontic Malocclusions

  Nasira Adnan, Erum Amin, Ramsha Nawaz, Muska Ijaz, Tooba Ishtiaq Shah, Tehreem Janjua

  410-414

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• Comparison of Primary Failure Rates for Radiocephalic, Brachiocephalic and Brachiobasilic Fistulas Between Patients of Diabetes and Non-Diabetes with Chronic Kidney Disease

  Shafi ullah, Nauman Imtiaz, Sana Ullah, Abdul Rehman Arshad

  415-419

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• Comparison Study Between Chemical Peeling with 70% Glycolic Acid and Intradermal Tranexamic Acid for the Treatment of Melasma

  Naheed Khan, Majid Hussain, Bushra Muzaffar, Adeel Siddique, Rizwan Ali Khan, Tamoor Nazir

  420-423

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• Association of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) with Keratoconus in Patients Presenting to Ophthalmology Clinics of Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Pakistan

  Maham Zehra, Mohd Shakaib Anwar, Erum Yousafzai, Qura-Tul- Ain, Waseem Akhter, Afia Matloob Rana

  424- 428

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• Significance of Serological Markers in Diagnosis of Acute Dengue Infection: 2021 Outbreak

  Saifullah Khan Niazi, Aymen Bibi, Eijaz Ghani, Muhammad Ali Rathore, Hammad Hussain, Hina Hammad

  429-432

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• Association of Cyclooxygenase 1 (COX1) Polymorphism at SNP RS1330344 with Aspirin Resistance in Pakistani Patients of Ischemic Heart Disease

  Mudassar Noor, Syed Zubair Hussain Shah, Usman Nawaz, Qaiser Mansoor

  433-437

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• Comparison of Hyperglycemic Effects of Antenatal Administration of Dexamethasone in Gestational Diabetes: A Study of Recommended Versus Predicted Split Doses Regimens

  Shagufta Parveen, Saima Batool, Saima Rafique, Nabila Iram, Rabeya Rehman, Iffat Rafeeq

  438-441

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• Comparison of Phenylephrine Infusion Versus Boluses for Management of Blood Pressure in Elective Caesarean Section

  Muhammad Mohsin Riaz, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, Muhammad Saad Sikander, Waqas Tariq

  442-445

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• Effect of varying levels of Glycemia on CA-19.9

  Ayesha Hafeez, Javeria Hafeez, Izza Rehan, Sikandar Hayat Khan, Qurrat-ul -Ain, Saima Zahir

  446-450

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• Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase as an Indicator of Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

  Sadia Zainab, Amina Akbar, Ambreen Ehsan, Sidra Mushtaq, Humaira Tabbasum, Mobeen Ikram

  451-454

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• Frequency of Hyperlipidemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Microalbuminuria

  Maeda Jabeen, Sehrish Kanwal, Jamal Waris, Asad Sufain Azeem, Kahlid Ibrahim Ahktar, Amna Nasar

  455-458

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• Hybrid Versus Traditional Teaching in the Subject Of Anatomy: A Comparison Based On Results Of Students

  Hina Siddique, Shamaila Hasnain, Rafia Minhas, Noor Shahid, Rabia Hanif , Muhammad Jabran Javaid Sidhu

  459-463

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• The Clinical Course of Typhoid Fever And Resistance Pattern of Salmonella Typhi In Patients Admitted To A Tertiary Care Hospital In Pakistan

  Jamal Azfar Khan, Muhammad Irfan Khattak, Fazila Sikandar, Muhammad Luqman Satti, Kashif Razzaq, Nadia Aziz Ather

  464-468

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• Diagnostic Accuracy of Fetal Middle Cerebral Artery Peak Systolic Velocity in the Detection of Fetal Anaemia Keeping Neonatal Hae Moglobin Estimation at Birth as the Gold Standard

  Saira Noreen, Nisar Ahmed, Muhammad Usman Khan, Atiq ur Rehman Salehria, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali

  469-472

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• Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Substituted with Insulin Degludec Aspart from Premixed Insulin Therapy: a Quasi Experimental Study

  Komal Mumtaz Malik, Sadia Zafar, Shabana Ali, Mudassir Noor, Noaman Ishaq

  473-477

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• Statins and its Effects on Lipids and Glycemic Status: A Quasi-Experimental Study

  Sikandar Hayat Khan, Rahat Shahid, Ayesha Hafeez, Mehreen Gillani, Zeeshan Ali Qureshi, Javeria Hafeez

  478-482

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• Effects of Lower Limb Amputations on Bone Health of Amputees: Study from A Developing Country

  Rehana Yasmeen, Umer Younas, Zaheer Ahmed Gill, Muhammad Tawab Khalil, Omer Jamshed, Imran Irshad

  483-488

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• Efficacy of Fixing Chest Tube to Chest Wall from Both Sides versus Single Side Fixation with Silk One Breaded Suture

  Ahmed Raza, Yasser Saeed, Farhan Ahmed Majeed, Ahmed Waqas, Imran Ashraf, Salahudin Masood, Mr

  489-492

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• Comparison of Various Factors with Different Methods of Self-Harm In Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan

  Sahar Riaz, Nadia Azad, Sawera Mansoor, Nadeem Abbas, Khalid Hayat, Usama bin Zubair

  493-496

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• In Hospital Outcome of COVID-19 Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

  Ayesha Rehman, Abdul Hameed Siddiqui, Andaleeb Khan, Muwahhid Rasheed, Sohail Zafar, Kamil Rehman Butt

  497-500

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• Correlation of Disease Severity with High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) Severity Scores in COVID-19 Patients - A Cross-Sectional Study

  Abdul Rehman Azeem Dar, Maira Aleem, Muhammad Zafar Ali Qureshi, Tariq Khan

  501-505

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• Short Message Service as a Tool for Health Education in Families of Children with Type 1 Diabetes in Pakistan: A Randomized Control Trial

  Asbah Rahman, Asma Razzaq, Mohammad Sheharyar Khan, Noor un Nisa, Sadaf Nawaz, Saleem Akhtar

  506-511

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• Does Vitamin E Protect the Male Reproductive System Against the Noise-Induced Stress?

  Maria Yousaf, Humaira Ali, Liaqat Ali, Nomana Mahmood, Shazia Imran, Kishwar Naheed, Amna Shoaib

  512-516

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• Pattern of Disease Admissions and Their Outcome of Neonates Admitted In Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of A Tertiary Care Hospital in Quetta

  Hira Javed, Arshad Khushdil, Khursheed Ali Bangash, Rida Tahir, Faisal Javed, Sidra

  517-521

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• Bridging Gaps in Teaching and Learning Biochemistry: A Qualitative Study

  Syed Danish Haseen Ahmed, Ambreen Usmani

  522-529

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• Impact of Haemoglobin and Haematocrit on the Incidence of Thrombosis in the Individuals Exposed to High-Altitude

  Muhammad Ahmer, Hassan Saeed, Raheel Iftikhar, Shahzeb Satti, Hira Tariq, Farrukh Saeed

  530-534

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• Evaluation and Comparison of the Preventive Role of Nebivolol and Alpha- Tocopherol in Testosterone-Induced Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Rats

  Malik Sikandar Mehmood, Akbar Waheed, Shabana Ali, Arooj Shahid, Uzma Naeem

  535-539

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• Comparative Efficacy of Goserelin vs. Leuprolide in Advanced Prostate Cancer in Patients Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy

  Muhammad Adnan Zeb, Zeeshan Ahmed Alvi, Muhammad Imran Khan Wajid, Sameed Hussain, Omer Riaz

  540-543

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• Does Gestational Thrombocytopenia and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Warrant Hospital Admission?

  Ayesha Ellahi, Ayesha Nayyar, Maham Arshad, Wasiullah Khan, Afnan Naeem, Warda Furqan

  544-548

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• Endoscopic Findings and Correlation with Outcome in Oesophagal Battery Button Ingestion in Children

  Muhammad Salman Khoso, Anjum Saeed, Muhammad Nadeem Anjum, Zafar Fayyaz, Muhammad Arshad Alvi, Hiba Kokab, Hooria Rehman

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• The Impact of Hidden Curriculum in Clinical Learning Environment: Exploring Resident’s Perceptions

  Aisha Akhtar

  555-561

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• Screening of Syphilis Using the Reverse Algorithm and its Trends Among Healthy/Asymptomatic Blood Donors: A Regional Transfusion Centre Study from Northern Pakistan

  Tahir Ghafoor, Nargis Sabir, Asad Mahmood, Rehan Lodhi, Muhammad Ali, Sarah Fatimah

  562-565

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Review Articles

• Restricted Daily Sodium Intake as Heart Failure Management: A Systematic Review

  Kiara Hanna Quinncilla, Eric Raditya Kaminto, Melani Limenco Benly, Anisa Rizmi Lausiri, Andreas Adiwinata Then, Rara Poetri Claudya, Hartanto Hartanto, Muhammad Juni Akbar, Christobal Anugerah Tanisa, Nafisa Zulpa Elhapidi

  566-573

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• Effectiveness of Methotrexate Versus Cyclosporine in the Management of Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis- Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

  Sakina Sadiq Malik, Ayesha Anwar, Aisha Akhtar, Farrah Yousaf, Uzma Bashir, Saadia Malik

  574-582

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• The molecular pathology at Work: Metformin and Variability in Glycemic Control

  sikandar hayat khan, Muhammad Qaiser Alam Khan, Asma Hayat, Asif Ali, Sajida Shaheen, Muhammad Younis, Muhammad Anwar, Eijaz Ghani

  583-590

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Case Reports

• Supra-Therapeutic Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (Ssri) Dosesfor Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Case Report

  Syed Faraz Zafar, Michelle Ahmed

  591-593

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