PJP-13-2

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
Research and education are interrelated and interdependent Tehseen Iqbal	1
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Relationship of serum resistin and lipid profile in type 2 diabetics Abida Akhtar, Muniza Saeed, Qammar Shakoor	3
Effectiveness of stretching exercises in symptomatic and asymptomatic phase in primary dysmenorrhoea Raheela Kanwal, Tahir Masood, Waqar Ahmed Awan, Mirza Shamim Baig, Muhammad Naveed Babur	6
Cardiovascular disease risk in pre- and postmenopausal women Bindu Garg, Garikapati Kranthi Kumar, Harsha Vardhan, Nirmal Yadav	11
Comparison between injection sclerotherapy and rubber band ligation for first and second degree haemorrhoids Sarmud Latif Awan, Muhammad Arshad Abbasi, Mohsin Shakil, Muhammad Ayub	15
Comparison of Ki-67/MIB-1 labelling index and histopathological grading of astrocytoma Abdul Rehman Qaisrani, Rozina Jaffar, Naseem Jahan, Tehseen Iqbal	19
Causes of low haemoglobin level in patients with acute myocardial infarction Shah Zeb, Said Zaman, Junaid Zeb, Mohammad Waqas, Mohammad Adil, Rifaq Zeb	22
Liver function tests in second and third trimester primigravida in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia Alruba Taimoor, Aamir Nazir, Nuzhat Raza, Sadaf Anwar Qureshi, Muhammad Ayub, Tanvir Ali Khan Shirwany	25
Hospital infection control in Cambodia Florian H Pilsczek	29
Outcome in patients undergoing endoscopic lumbar discectomy for prolapsed para spinal intervertebral disc Syed Shahzad Husain, Usman Ahmed Kamboh, Asif Raza, Muhammad Adil, Naveed Ashraf	34
Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease produced by chronic viral hepatitis Aamir Nazir, Alruba Taimoor, Bibi Munazza, Sadaf Anwar Qureshi	38
*Effect of eradication of Helicobacter pylori* infection on the platelet counts in patients presenting with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura** Lubna Humayun, Muhammad Aafaak Agha, Asma Rasheed, M. Javed Asif, Mulazim Hussain Bukhari	41
Maximal exercise testing –as it elicits a varied cardiovascular response in perimenopausal women during proliferative phase of menstrual cycle Ganashree CP, Aparna M, Devaraj MG	44
Students’ perception about frequent examinations Rabia Siddiqui, Nighat Mannan, Fatima Mannan	46
Hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease Humaira Ali, Jawed Altaf Baig, Junaid Mahmood Alam	49
Insinuation of prophetic variables and their role in development of autoimmune thyroid dysfunction in HCV patients receiving interferon therapy Mahwish Arooj, Arif Malik, Mahmood Hussain Qazi	52
Impact of introduction to research on medical students’ learning ability Ghazanfar Shafique Butt, Muhammad Tariq, Mohsin Shakil, Muhammad Ayub	56
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Teaching strategies: How can a modular integrated system become a real success in medical schools? Muhammad Abdul Azeem	59
Guidelines for Authors	60

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