CONTENTS

Editorial

Medical physiology has its own identity as a separate subject

Tehseen Iqbal

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Diagnostic accuracy of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis

Humaira Ali, Junaid Mahmood Alam, Ali Nadeem, Shazia Naureen

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Vitamin D deficiency and parathormone levels in Punjabi Pakistani population

Hamid Shafiq, Asifa Majeed

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Impact of thalassemia centre on awareness of parents of thalassemic patients about the disease: comparative study in Muzaffarabad and Kotli districts

Malik Mahmood Ahmed, Muhammad Shabbir Sharif, Rashid Yaqoob, Sajjad Ahmed Nadeem, Muhammad Zeeshan Haroon, Toqueer Iqbal

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Frequency of benign breast disease in women of Hazara division, Pakistan

Anila Riyaz, Shagufta Naeem, Shabana Naz, Toqueer Iqbal, Seema Nadeem, Ayesha Jamil

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Correlation of hand dynamometry with body mass index and waist hip ratio in medical students

Erum Afaq, Syed Hafeez ul Hassan, Madiha Rehman Khan, Daania Aman Zaidi, Haisum Baktashi

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Effect of age and gender on emotional intelligence in medical students

Neelam Ehsan, Nigar Johar, Muhammad Alamgir Khan

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Association of adiponectin with insulin resistance in gestational diabetes mellitus

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Prevalence of active hepatitis C viremia and HCV genotypes in different regions of Sindh, Pakistan

Bushra B. Patoli, Atif A Patoli, Ashfaque Korejo, Iram Hassan Khan

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Restoration of renal glutathione levels and histoarchitecture by n-acetylcysteine post cyclophosphamide exposure in rats

Maryam Saqib, Bushra Tayyaba Khan, Mahwish Gul, Sumetha Yaseen, Syeda Urooj Zaidi, Mahjabeen Shareef

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Role of prophylactic antibiotics in clean surgery

Ziyad Afzal Kayani, Sarmud Latif Awan, Muhammad Arshad Abbasi, Irum Gilani, Naheed Akram, Farzana Sabir

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Identification of single nucleotide polymorphism in vitamin D deficient Pakistani population

Hamid Shafiq, Asifa Majeed, Midhat Mustafa

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Association of high sensitivity c-reactive protein, glycated haemoglobin, body mass index and blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Zulfania, Rashid Mahmood, Tahir Ghaffar, Yasir Ihtesham, Umair Rasool

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Maternal serum hepcidin and its impact on different modes of delivery

Tabinda Najeeb, Saba Abrar, Nosheen Wasee, Faiza Sheikh

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Assessment of insulin like growth factor 1 and bone density in normal and β-thalassemia major children

Hira Sohail, Farhat  Ijaz, Aaminah Malik, Rizwana Kamran, Sahar Javed, Rana Khurram Aftab

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Correlation of serum homocysteine levels and lipid profile in coronary heart disease

Ayesha Naureen Awan, Humaira Imtiaz, Alruba Taimoor, Aamir Nazir, Malik Mahmood Ahmed, Sarmud Latif Awan

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Carvedilol as a valuable hepatoprotective agent against methotrexate-induced damage chiefly due to its anti-oxidant inheritence

Mahwish Gul, Muhammad Waqar Aslam Khan, Syeda Urooj Zaidi, Sumetha Yaseen, Maryam Saqib, Muhammad Bilal

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Nutritional status and its association with constipation in spastic cerebral palsy

Waqar Ahmed Awan, Tahir Masood, Raheela Kanwal

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Perception of medical alumni regarding integrated vs non-integrated system of education

Muhammad Waqar Sharif, Farhan Ahmed Majeed, Abdul Rehman Azeem, Noor-e-Fatima, Shehab Chaudhry, Yamina Nasir

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Effect of test anxiety on academic achievement of university students

Uroosa Safeer, Syed Afzal Shah

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The effectiveness of tapping therapy for the treatment of anxiety among university students

Syeda Ayat-e-Zainab Ali, Mamoona Ismail Loona

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Medical students’psychological wellbeing and their overall academic performance —a correlational study

Sadaf Konain Ansari, Mohamed Al-Eraky, Raheela Yasmeen

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Mental health during pregnancy among early and non-early married female

Nighat Gul, Madiha Baber, Asif Nawaz, Sajid Mehmood Alvi, Shaghufta Perveen, Syed Afzal Shah, Aziz ur Rehman Yousafzai

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LETTER TO EDITOR

Use of computer-based data acquisition system in undergraduate medical laboratory teaching and research: a 10-year perspective

Saeeda Shaharyar

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Guidelines for Authors

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