Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
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Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (JCPSP), is the prestigious, peer reviewed monthly biomedical journal of the country published regularly since 1991. College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan is the parent body of this Journal.
By Ayesha Asad, Shabnam Hamid, Khadija Qama
Objective: To determine the effects of lead acetate and Ficus carica on disruption of basement membrane in seminiferous tubules of adult rat testis. Study Design: An experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Anatomy, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi in collaboration with Nati...
By Sania Asif, Sitwat Mudassir, Rabia Sajjad Toor
Objective: To determine the histological effects of Nigella sativa on kidneys against aspirin-induced nephrotoxicity in albino rats. Study Design: An experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Anatomy Department, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, from January 2014 t...
By Amna Rehan, Syed Qaisar Abbas, Rehan Riaz, Raja Parvez Akhtar
Objective: To determine the positivity of CT angiography in visualization of poorly visualized left anterior descending artery (LAD) on conventional angiography for decision of its surgical revascularization. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of C...
By Muhammad Mohsin, Hamid Sharif Khan, Muhammad Saleem, Aamir Afzal
Objective: To determine the frequency of side branch (SB) occlusion during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting of bifurcation lesions and to assess the predictors of side branch occlusion in local population. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study...
By Naheed Gul, Azra Parveen, Neelum Zaka, Mehwish Rafique
Objective: To evaluate the association of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) with hypertension in Pakistani population. Study Design: A cross-sectional, analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Shifa Community Health Centre, Islamabad from December 2016 to July 2017. Methodology: One hundred an...
By Hailin Liu, Xiangyang Ren, Congmin Ma
Objective: To investigate the effect of berberine on angiogenesis and signal transduction pathway of hypoxia-inducible growth factor-1α (HIF-1α) / vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. Study Design: An experimental stud...
By Muhammad Naeem Azhar, Waqar Muzaffar, Muhammad Aamir Arain, Omer Farooq
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of intravitreal Bevacizumab in decreasing central macular thickness in branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) related macular edema. Study Design: Quasi experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology (AFIO), Ra...
By Xue Gao, Linlin Hao, Jiawei Wang, Guangfeng Ma, Tonghe Zhang
Objective: To investigate the change on phacoemulsification combined with intraocular lens implantation on inflammatory factors IL-2, IL-6, hs-CRP,TNF-α oxidative stress response indexes MDA, CAT, SOD, GSH-Px; peripheral blood hemorheologic index WHV, WMV,PV, PCV, FIB in diabetic catarac...
By Nida Saleem, Sara Waqar, Aamir Shafi
Objective: To identify the common aeroallergens causing allergy symptoms among the allergic rhinitis patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Immunology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rawalpindi, from January to July 2016. Methodolog...
Objective: To find out the frequency of psychiatric morbidity in patients reporting to general medical camps in the Hindu Kush and Karakoram ranges of Pakistan. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Four different valleys of the region, with the Psychiatry Depart...
By Sohail Saqib Chatha, Razia Bano, Maham Farooq, Mahwish Farooq, Umar Farooq, Abdullah Zakaullah
Objective: To analyse the epidemiological characteristics, clinical presentations, and histopathological as well as immunological characteristics of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of breast. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, fro...
By Edip Erkus, Gulali Aktas, Burcin Meryem Atak, Mehmet Zahid Kocak, Tuba T. Duman, Haluk Savli
Objective: To study haemogram derived inflammatory indices, mean platelet volume (MPV), red cell distribution width (RDW), and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in vitamin D deficient patients and to compare to those subjects with normal vitamin D levels. Study Design: Descriptive study....
By Mohammad M. Al-Qattan, Ahmed M. Al-Qattan
Fibromodulin (FMOD) is one of the small leucine-rich proteoglycans. A search of the literature did not reveal any paper that specifically reviews the potential clinical applications of FMOD in the management of human diseases. First, the structure and physiological functions of FMOD were revi...
By Abrar Hussain Zaidi, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Shoaib Hanif
Splinters of improvised explosive devices [IEDs] cause multiple intestinal perforations and random pattern visceral injuries causing contamination of peritoneal cavity. This necessitates multiple peritoneal toilets and relook surgeries. Surgical management is to perform laparostomy to avoid life t...
By Nadeem Anjum, Arbab Jehangir, Yu Liu
Objective: To determine the risk of type II diabetes (T2D) with two transcription factor 7-like 2 gene (TCF7L2) variants in the Han nationality population of Guangdong, China. Study Design: Case control study. Place and Duration of Study: International School, Clinical Laboratory of Over-sea Chin...
By Burcin Atak, Gulali Aktas, M. Zahid Kocak, Tuba Duman, Edip Erkus, Kamil Gurel, Haluk Savli
Hydatid cyst is a parasitic infection which causes enormous morbidity and mortality worldwide. The pathogenic organism responsible for hydatid cyst is Echinococcus granulosus. Despite the fact that the characteristic cysts of the disease usually occur in liver and lungs, they may also occur in abe...
Splenic abscess is a rare condition, detected in individuals with certain predisposing factors that lead to abscess formation. This is a case report of a 20-year female presenting with high grade fever, weight loss, and left hypochondrial pain. She had an abdominal mass, that was reported as enlar...
By Ayesha Liaqat, Azib Shahid, Hamza Attiq, Atoofa Ameer, Muhammad Imran
Crigler-Najjar syndrome type II is caused by mutations in the UGT1A1 gene resulting in severely reduced hepatic activity of UDP-glucoronyltransferase – an enzyme required to convert bilirubin into a more soluble form that can then be removed from the body. Absence or severe deficiency of thi...
By Mansoor Banday, Gaurav Patel, Atul Jain, Malwinder Singh, Rabi Shankar Singh
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By Humza Mumtaz, Usama Bin Zubair, Sayyed Nusrat Raza
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