Kuwait Medical Journal



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Table of Contents of the June 2003 Issue

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EDITORIAL

 Inappropriate, Exclusive Reliance on Objectivity
    Raymond Maurice Kirk

 
REVIEW ARTICLE

Can Apoptosis Explain Heart Failure?
Dinender Kumar, Thangirala Sudha, Pawan K Singal

Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Jonathan H Skerman, Khalil E Rajab

 

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
  Epidemiology of Self-Dependence among Kuwaiti Elderly Population of Abdullah Al-Salem Area
Abeer Khaled Al-Baho

Improving the Diagnosis of Hypertension and Assessment of Vascular Risk Factors through a
Clinical Audit in Kuwait Family Practice

Ali AAl-Yahya, Huda S Al-Duwaisan, Amal M Al-Mehza

Clinic Blood Pressure Measurements Versus Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Aly M Hegazy, Bader AAbdel Kader

Transcatheter Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) using Gianturco Coil: Jordanian Experience
Abdel Fatah Abu Haweleh, Fakhri Al Hakim, Awni Madani

Bacteriology and Sensitivity Patterns of Acute Adult Bacterial Meningitis: A Seven Year Overview
Behnam Zamanzad, Hedayatollah Shirzadeh, Mohammad Reza Naficy
 
PRELIMINARY REPORT
  Predicting Ulcer Disease in Dyspeptic Patients by H Pylori Testing Rather than Endoscopy
Khaled H Asal, Alaa Eldin M Elgamal

 
INSIGHT
Cost and Value of Screening Radiographs in the Pre-Employment Examination among Kuwaitis
Muneera Al-Adwani, Adnan Abul, Deena Al-Refai
 
CASE REPORTS
Paratesticular Rhabdomyosarcoma
Mujahed Al Anezy, Sameer Fouad, Hassan Al Zaid

Tumoral Ascariasis – An Unusual Presentation of a Common Disease
Mohammad G Al-Ajmi, Mohammad Azfar

Gangrenous Cutanous Mucormycosis of the Anterior Chest Wall
Abdullateef A Dawood, Nayef S Al-Ahmad, Atef M Hussainy

A Rare Form of Granulomatous Gastritis Presenting at an Unusual Age
Rosh Varghese, Suad Abdeen, Gaber A Hameed

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Interferon Therapy for Hepatitis C: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Khalid AAL-Mukhaizeem, Iqbal Siddique, Rani Sophia
 
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Delleman Syndrome: A Known Case With Unusual Finding
Sulaiman Alsaad, Esmail Redha, Ali Alhassan
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Medical Students and Neonatal Ward Rotation
Shabih Manzar
 
SELECTED ABSTRACTS OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE BY AUTHORS IN KUWAIT
FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
WHO-FACTS SHEET
ARABIC ABSTRACTS OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THIS ISSUE


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