Pakistan Journal of Physiology

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Rapid changes are deleterious for health profession

Tehseen Iqbal

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Testosterone levels in patients of erectile dysfunction with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus

Javaid Hassan, Shafiq-ur-Rehman, Inayat Shah, Muhammad Irfan Shereen, Zain-ul-Abideen, Henna Salman

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Major risk factors leading to maternal mortality in a tertiary care hospital

Abida Islam, Maryam Zubair, Sami Wahid, Uzma Noreen

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Peak expiratory flow rate in asthmatic smokers and asthmatic non-smokers: a comparative analysis

Fatima Qayyum, Sidra Qayyum Malik, Amber Tasnim Qureshi, Afreen Diju

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Evaluation of physical fitness by post-exercise heart rate recovery in relation to body mass index

Muhammad Shafiq, Najla Shore, Saqib Javaid, Rida Fatima, Nabiha Saeed, Abdullah Shafiq

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Nalbuphine and tramadol in the treatment of post spinal anaesthesia shivering: a randomized control study

Rifat Latif, Zainab Nazneen, Rabnawaz Khattak, Azmat Ali Shah, Afsheen Siddiqi, Bushra Aaqil, Qasim Mehmood

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Pitx3 gene polymorphism and its association with Parkinson’s disease

Mohsin Ali, Alina Mehwish, Sidra Humayun, Sohail Iqbal, Muhammad Irfan Shereen, Hamza Munir

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Levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor in patients with major depressive disorder and its relation to coping strategies

Fareeha Butt, Raza ur Rahman, Ambreen Qamar, Shazia Nazar

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Clinical spectrum and aetiology of chronic kidney disease in children ―an experience at Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad

Syed Sajid Hussain Shah, Bibi Aalia, Mohammad Ali Raza, Khyal Muhammad, Nasir Khan

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Assessment of effects of sympathetic nervous system with evoking acute mental stress on the 1^st year BDS students by a surprise viva examination

Zeba Hisam, Murad Aslam, Haifa Ishaq, Faryal Zaidi, Gulenoor Mansoor

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OBITUARY

Another gem we lost! Prof Zafar Ali Chaudhry