Pakistan Journal of Physiology

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Learning environments for undergraduate medical students

Tehseen Iqbal

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Mevastatin: a novel agent forming dopaminergic neurons from human mesenchymal stem cells

Humaira Ansari, Shumaila Usman, Syed Tousif Ahmed, Kanwal Hanif, Shazia Hashmat, Kevin Joseph Jerome Borges

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Comparative effect of alpha tocopherol and ascorbic acid on body weight of rats exposed to chronic restraint stress

Sadia Moazzam, Farzana Majeed, Rabia Sattar Asma Irfan, Irfan Afzal Mughal

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Visfatin as a biomarker for early detection of gestational diabetes mellitus

Raisa Naz, Shazia Tauqeer, Maria Shafiq, Kinza Sammar, Faisal Iftikhar, Aamir Nazir, Muhammad Ayub

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Clinical spectrum and outcome of children presenting with poisoning to tertiary care hospital

Syed Sajid Hussain Shah, Bibi Aalia, Khyal Muhammad, Mohammad Ali Raza, Shahzad Najeeb

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Catheter associated urinary tract infection due to prolonged catheterization and its causative uropathogens

Samia Wazir Khawaja, Mumtaz Ahmad Khan, Shabana Bashir, Mir Jalal-ud-din, Sehrish Mumtaz, Asim Mumtaz

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Frequency of antimicrobial resistant genes in E. coli strains present in effluents of pharmaceutical industries in Peshawar

Alina Mehwish, Sara Asmat, Sidra Humayun, Sohail Iqbal, Shakirullah Khan, Mohsin Ali

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Comparison of effects of probiotics and sitagliptin on serum glucose in diabetic rats

Fatima Muhammadi Barki, Akbar Waheed, Alia Rehman, Salma Salim, Rabia Iftikhar, Rukhsana Munawwar

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Microbiological spectrum of uropathogens causing urinary tract infections in diabetics

Shabana Bashir, Mumtaz Ahmad Khan, Samia Wazir Khawaja, Sehrish Mumtaz, Asim Mumtaz

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Dietary patterns and risk of breast cancer among women: a case-control study

Huma Naqeeb, Zia-Ud-Din, Sami Siraj, Zafar Iqbal, Imran Khan

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 Frequency of dental anxiety among children aged 5–12 years visiting a dental teaching hospitals in Kohat, Pakistan 

Ariffullah Khan, Umar Nasir, Aasim Masood, Zeeshan Sadiq, Zaheer Babar, Ishfaq Ahmad

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Impact of priming with the help of videos on the students’ learning experiences in undergraduate medical education

Sadaf Majeed, Nilofar Nasir Zaidi, Hira Moin, Riffat Shafi

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Role-play: a simulated teaching technique in physiology

Huma Saeed Khan, Naveen Siddique Sheikh

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Comparison between traditional, recorded, and zoom online physiology teaching in undergraduate medical students during the Covid-19 pandemic

Sadaf Fatima, Sulail Fatima, Sara Rafique, Sassi Kanwal, Rabeea Rizwan, Kiran Zehra

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Assessment of stress, anxiety & depression levels among medical faculty due to online teaching in Covid-19

Farzana Majeed, Seemeen Ghafoor, Fatima Afridi, Hamza Bin Saeed, Jamila Riaz, Shazia Muazam

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Knowledge of bedside ethics and its implementation in a public sector university hospital

Ramalah Shahzadah, Fareeha Butt, Farhan Zaheer, Fauzia Imtiaz, Ambreen Qamar

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Impact of lockdown due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on the weight related quality of life

Farhat Ijaz, Uswah Bokhari, Uswah Shoaib, Sehar Khauteja Khan, Sana Tariq, Rana Khurram Aftab

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Perceived stress, emotional intelligence, coping strategies, and marital adjustment in dual earner couples

Ayesha Siddiqa, Sana Majeed

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Household chaos, mental health and social adaptive functioning of adolescents

Sadia Rehman, Saadia Aziz

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REVIEW ARTICLE

 Traumatic brain injury assessment by using Glasgow coma scale: a literature review 

Shumaila Mushtaq, Tahira Bibi, Maria Sharif, Nazia Yousef

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