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Chief Editor
Muhammad Aslam
Editors
Muhammad Ayub
Muhammad
Alamgir Khan
Associate Editor
Umar Ali Khan
Samina Malik
Assistant Editors
Madiha Imran
Sadaf Mumtaz
Inayat Shah
Adnan Kanpurwala
Editorial Secretary
Muhammad Ajmal
Editorial Office
Room
# 126, 1st Floor,
Doctors� Plaza, Opp.
Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad-22040, Pakistan.
Cell: +92-314-5000900
Email: pjp@pps.org.pk
URL: www.pjp.pps.org.pk
Pakistan Journal of Physiology, (Pak J Physiol, PJP) publishes original research papers in all areas of
Biological Sciences including but not limited to human and animal Physiology.
It is recognised by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council. It is indexed by EMRO Index Medicus, Index Copernicus, Pakmedinet,
and Index Pakistan.
All articles published, including editorials, letters, and book reviews
represent opinion of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of
PJP, Pakistan Physiological Society, or the Institution with which the author
is affiliated, unless it is specified. All submissions are electronic to be
submitted on Open Journal System (OJS). For details, authors should read the
Guidelines for Authors published in every issue. Pakistan Journal of Physiology
is self-supported by the authors.
The
published material is accessible free for research and academic purposes with
due citation reference to Pak J Physiol. The publication is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
License.
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL
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Medical importance of human microbiota
Tehseen Iqbal
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1
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
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Serum cystatin C as a
biomarker of acute kidney injury in pre-eclamptic
patients
Saqibah Rehman, Tariq Mahmood
Ahmad, Asma Hayat, Ayesha Qamar, Syeda Basma Bukhari, Saima Bashir
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3
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Correlation of urinary neutrophil gelatinase
associated lipocalin with erythropoietin in acute
kidney injury
Aamir Asmatullah, Ayesha Sardar, Maham
Khalid, Rashid Mahmood, Aslam Khan Mohmand, Fatima Munir
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6
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Antihypertensive effects
of ethanolic extract of Trapa
Natans seeds IN L-name-induced hypertensive
rats
Maria Liaqat,
Khadija Mastoor, Muhammad Naveed Mushtaq, Huma
Sohail, Salman Haider Shah Hashmi,
Aqsa Arif
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9
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Protective role of Empagliflozin
against methotrexate-induced liver injury
Salahuddin Shaikh, Sheraz Ansari, Farzana Rahim Memon, Farheen
Malik, Unshall Memon,
Anjuman Gul Memon
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12
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Relationship of eating domains with anxiety and
physical activity among university students of Lahore
Muhammad
Hasnat Agha, Muhammad Adil Agha, Syed Inayat Ali, Saima Bairam,
Mahnoor Yasir, Shahid Pervez Shaikh, Afsheen Mansoor, Mudassar Mushtaq
Jawad Abbasi
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16
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Postpartum depression at secondary healthcare
level in Northern Pakistan
Nazia Wahid,
Zainab Nazneen, Sobia Ali, Hina Iftikhar, Kashmine Mehboob, Arooj Batool
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20
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Efficacy of oral Tranexamic acid versus placebo
in the treatment of epidermal melasma
Jehanzeb Sikandar Rana, Sumyra Saleem, Muhammad Erfan, Sadia Lodhi, Hina Aslam, Mehwish Tayyab
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24
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Ameliorative effects of
melatonin on histopathological changes in lung tissue of nicotine-exposed
rats
Shazia
Parveen Channar, Sana Kashif, Sheeraz
Ansari, Tariq Feroz Memon, Qandeel Abbas Soomro,
Huma Abbasi
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28
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Effect of Bacillus Clausii in combination with phototherapy in the
treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a quasi-experimental study in a
tertiary care hospital
Hina
Batool Siddiqui, Abeer Asif, Attia
Bano, Saba
Mushtaq, Nadia Bashir, Shanzay Nahal
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33
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Effect of ketogenic diet on leptin level in a
depressed rat model
Amber Farid, Muhammad Omar Malik, Syed Murtaza Shah
Bukhari, Saadia Anwar, Muhammad Irfan Shereen, Abdul Haseeb, Awais ul
Islam, Saif ul Islam, Muhammad Mustafa, Muhammad Mobashar
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Whole exome sequencing of a Pakistani family
segregating autosomal recessive Gaucher
disease type I
Muhammad
Imran, Maryam Shafaq, Nida Shafi, Amna Mahmood, Syed Khalil Akbar, Shahida Awais,
Syed Irfan Raza
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42
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Right ventricular function on routine
echocardiography as a predictor of short-term outcomes in acute heart
failure admissions in a resource-limited tertiary care hospital in Pakistan
Misbah Manzoor, Syed Alishan, Safiullah, Muhammad Aitzaz
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Comparison of multiple artificial
intelligence-models� predictive power in detecting delayed analgesia in
emergency department patients
Ayesha Saeed, Muhammad Moeed Azwar Bhatti, Zubia Razzaq, Zainub Saeed
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Renal function and oxidative stress in
doxorubicin-treated wistar rats: Implications for
nephrotoxicity
Fazeela Rizwan, Shahnaz Bano
Memon, Sehar Khowaja, Asiya Kazi, Ahsan Aslam, Rida Qureshi
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REVIEW ARTICLE
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From bite to brain: A deep
dive into the rabies virus and its impacts
Babar Mumtaz Malik, Amnah Mutaq Al-Rasheedi, Areeba Asif, Noman
Aslam, Maryam Hameed, Muhammad Atif
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Guidelines for Authors
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