December 2011, Volume 61, Issue 12
Editorial
World Health Organization defined emerging infectious diseases (EID) as diseases of infectious origin whose incidence in humans has increased in the recent past or is threatened to increase in near future.1 These also include those infections which appear in
Injury accounts for 16% of the global burden of disease. As one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide, it overwhelmingly affects low and middle income countries.1,2 Evidence has shown that deaths are prevented and disability averted for
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Carious lesions in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment
Imtiaz Ahmed , et al
Hepatitis B virus among maintainence haemodialysis patients: A report from Karachi, Pakistan
Muhammad Khalid Idrees , et al
RESEARCH ARTICLES
IN THIS ISSUE
Short Reports
Opinion and Debate
Case Series
Contact lens-related visual loss — A case series from Karachi
Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry , et al
Evidence Based Medicine
Shaista Anwar Siddiqi , et al
REVIEW ARTICLES
Review Articles
Update of old and emerging therapies in chronic hepatitis C
Syed Iftekhar Haider , et al
CASE REPORTS
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma presented as cavernous sinus tumour
Mohammad Shafi Moona , et al
Solitary hydatid cyst in thigh without any detectable primary site
Tarun Kumar Pathak , et al
STUDENTS' CORNER
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