Pakistan Journal of Physiology

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Adopt VAE programme for basic medical sciences: the 21^st century method to honour work and experience

Tehseen Iqbal

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Immunophenotyping of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia through flowcytometry in children

Zulfania, Hinna Hayat, Sadia Shaukat, Rashid Mahmood, Yasir Ihtesham

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Academic stress and suicidal ideation in MDCAT repeating candidates: mediating role of depression and moderating role of age and gender

Ahmad Bilal, Anum Riaz

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Misuse of topical corticosteroids on facial skin

Sadaf Fasih, Asad Bilal Arif, Ali Amar, Mazhar ul Haque, Farheen Hameed, Jawed Iqbal

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Current antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among blood culture isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

Mumtaz Ahmad Khan, Jamila Farid, Muhammad Idris, Raja Ijaz, Sehrish Mumtaz, Muhammad Shakil Sadiq

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Outcome of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute calculous cholecystitis

Wasim Ahmad, Saqiba Rehman, Arshad Ali Khan, Dastgir Waheed, Aftab Alam, Sajjad Ahmad

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Morphological analysis of astrocytoma

Abdul Rehman Qaisrani, Uzma Shaheen, Sadia Nazeer, Naseem Jahan, Muhammad Wahid Saleem, Zohaib Ashraf

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Young and old adults’ health-related procrastination, quality of sleep and mental wellbeing

Ghaliyah Firdaus, Saadia Aziz, Saba Akhtar, Saman Sunny

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Pattern of positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients: role of patients’ perception, motivations, and socioeconomic status

Qasir Abbas, Khawar Bilal Baig, Zoobia Ramzan, Farkhanda Emad, Mafia Shahzadi, Shoaib Ahmad

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REVIEW ARTICLE

Age related changes in physiology of normal human tooth enamel: a review

Afsheen Mansoor, Faisal Moeen, Aleena Hussain, Shahab Ud Din, Muhammad Talal Khan, Farrukh Said

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OBITUARY

Brig (Rtd) Professor Dr. M. Amjad Hameed

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