CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Monkeypox ―a looming health crisis for the world

Tehseen Iqbal

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Role of ascorbic acid on altered levels of testosterone during chemotherapy

Aisha Abdul Haq, Maria Khan, Dur-e-Shewar Rehman, Rabia Rehan, Shumaila Khalid, Durr e Sameen

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Comparison of diet induced metabolic syndrome with artificially induced metabolic syndrome in a rat model

Jawaria Ilyas, Noor Zahra, Amer Hassan Siddiqui, Komal Iqbal, Rana Muhammad Yousaf, Muniza Saeed

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Effect of Ramadan fasting on post-exercise heart rate recovery at two minutes and body composition in healthy male adults

Abida Shaheen, Fahad Azam, Afrose Liaquat, Khurram Irshad, Hania Ahmer, Hania Naveed

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Teratogenic effects of topically applied paraphenylenediamine on the rat foetus

Shagufta Manzoor, Najma Baseer, Sarmud Latif Awan, Zilli Humma, Irum Gillani, Ziyad Afzal Kiyani, Humza Farooq

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Effects of metformin and insulin on morphology, stereology and mean morphometric diffusion capacity in diabetic placenta

Rabia Arshad, Fahad Azam, Abida Shaheen

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Correlation of serum galectin-3 levels with ejection fractions in healthy subjects and heart failure patients

Sidra Shaukat, Amina Nadeem, Syeda Fauzia Mazloom, Rubab Rameez, Sadia Shaukat

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Pre-diagnostic serum levels of inflammatory cytokines in patients with fibromyalgia

Nusrat Tariq, Muhammad Rafiq, Rahma Zahid Butt, Fatima Zahid Butt, Sulayman Waquar, Arif Malik

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Frequency of microalbuminuria in hypertensive patients with acute ischemic stroke

Ghulam Farooq, Khalid Shahab, Mumtaz Ali Marwat, Muhammad Ishfaq, Ghulam Rabbani Anwar, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal

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Effects of avocado (Persea americana) aqueous seed extract on gross features of liver and hepatocyte size in isoniazid affected albino rats

Sana Qanber Abbasi, Zahid Bashir, Raafea Tafweez, Aqsa Aslam, Ghazal Mansoor, Sobia Ibrahim

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Clinical profiling and outcome of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in children from a tertiary care centre

Muhammad Ali Raza, Saima Gillani, Shazia Sadaat, Bibi Munazza, Shazia Tauqeer, Raisa Naz

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Association between iron status and gestational diabetes mellitus

Tallat Naureen, Umbreen Ahmed, Bushra Riaz, Ujala Ali, Javaria Sharafat, Ehsan Shabbir

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Effects of clinical interventions on nursing care practices regarding incidence of primary post-partum haemorrhage

Iram Khadim, Adnan Yaqoob, Kousar Perveen, Sadia Khan

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Risk factors and parents’ attitude for children presenting with asthma at a tertiary care hospital

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

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Impact of SARS COV-2 on frontline healthcare workers in Azad Kashmir: a multicentre survey

Ambreen Ehsan, Maryam Zubair, Nosheena Akhtar Shabir, Hina Pirzada, Umairah Yaqoob, Abida Islam, Shafaq Hanif, Zahid Azeem, Zahid Iqbal Awan, Muhammad Furqan Ubaid

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Effect of anger expression on mental wellbeing and emotional expressivity of orphans and non-orphans

Sajid Mahmood Alvi, Ayla Khan, Mazhar Iqbal Bhatti, Kainat Younis

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Guidelines for Authors

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