Indian J Med Res 129(5), May 2009, pp 465-467

CONTENTS

          

Editorials

Influenza A (H1N1): responding to a pandemic threat 
Jai P. Narain & Rajesh Bhatia

Pictorial health warnings are a must for effective tobacco control 
K. Srinath Reddy & Monika Arora

Salt never calls itself sweet 
Ragavendra R. Baliga & Jagat Narula

Commentaries

TPMT  gene polymorphisms: On the doorstep of personalized medicine 
Sonja Pavlovic

Metabolic syndrome as a marker of risk in type 2 diabetes 
Rajeev Gupta

Review Article

Diet & insulin resistance: A review & Asian Indian perspective 
Sumit Isharwal, Anoop Misra, J.S. Wasir & Priyanka Nigam

Original Articles

Application of SNaPshot for analysis of thiopurine methyltransferase gene polymorphism 
Gauri Kapoor, Arindam Maitra, Somlata & Vani Brahmachari

Predictors of metabolic syndrome in Asian north Indians with newly detected type 2 diabetes
Ethiraj Dhanaraj, Anil Bhansali, Shallu Jaggi, Pinaki Dutta, Shikha Jain Pramil Tiwari & Poduri Ramarao

Effects of resistance training on metabolic profile of adults with type 2 diabetes 
Ekta Arora, Shweta Shenoy & J.S. Sandhu

In silico characterization of genetic homology in nuclear-encoded apicoplast-targeted genes between Plasmodium falciparum & P. vivax 
Sujata Mohanty, Shilpa Saklani & Mukesh Mahajan

Identification of novel variants in the COL4A4 gene in Korean patients with thin basement membrane nephropathy 
Jeong-In Baek, Su-Jin Choi, Sun-Hee Park, Ji-Young Choi, Chan-Duck Kim Yong-Lim Kim & Un-Kyung Kim

Characterization & evolutionary analysis of human CD36 geneCD36 
Gauri Awasthi, Aditya P. Dash & Aparup Das

In vitro effect of fluoroquinolones against Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Agra & Kanpur region of north India 
Mradula Singh, D.S. Chauhan, Pushpa Gupta, R. Das, R.K. Srivastava Prashant Upadhyay, Pushpendra Singh, K. Srivastava, Jaya Faujdar G.P.S. Jaudaun, V.S. Yadav, V.D. Sharma, K. Venkatesan, S. Sachan P. Sachan, K. Katoch & V.M. Katoch

Incomplete immunological recovery following anti-tuberculosis treatment in HIV-infected individuals with active tuberculosis 
L.E. Hanna, Kaustuv Nayak, Sudha Subramanyam, Perumal Venkatesan P.R. Narayanan & Soumya Swaminathan

Methodology for surveillance of antimicrobials use among out-patients in Delhi 
Anita Kotwani, Kathleen Holloway & R.R. Chaudhury

Anti-hyperglycaemic potential of Psidium guajava raw fruit peel 
Prashant K. Rai, Dolly Jaiswal, Shikha Mehta & Geeta Watal

In vitro interference of Hyptis martiusii Benth. & chlorpromazine against an aminoglycoside - resistant Escherichia coli 
Henrique D.M. Coutinho, José G.M. Costa, Edeltrudes O. Lima Vivyanne S. Falcăo-Silva & José P. Siqueira-Júnior

Hepatoprotective activity of six polyherbal formulations in paracetamol induced liver toxicity in mice 
C. Girish, B.C. Koner, S. Jayanthi, K.R. Rao, B. Rajesh & S.C. Pradhan

Influenza a virus induced apoptosis: Inhibition of DNA laddering & caspase-3 activity by zinc supplementation in cultured HeLa cells 
Vikram Srivastava, Shweta Rawall, V.K. Vijayan & Madhu Khanna

Prolonged constriction of sciatic nerve affecting oxidative stressors & antioxidant enzymes in rat
Devarapali Varija, K.P. Kumar, K.P. Reddy & V.K. Reddy

Impact of etofenprox (Vectron® 20 WP) indoor residual spray on malaria transmission 
U. Sreehari, P.K. Mittal, R.K. Razdan, A.P. Dash & M.A. Ansari

Faecal carriage of CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in patients with acute gastroenteritis 
Muzaheed, Yohei Doi, J.M. Adams-Haduch, C.T. Shivannavar, D.L. Paterson & S.M. Gaddad

Effects of progressive muscular relaxation training on quality of life in anxious patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery 
Tahereh Dehdari, Alireza Heidarnia, Ali Ramezankhani, Saeed Sadeghian & Fazlollah Ghofranipour

Plasma paraoxonase activity in patients with systemic sclerosis 
I .B. Ergüder, Şükran Erten, Erdinç Devrim, Murat Turgay & Ilker Durakİ

Epidemiology & antibiograms of Vibrio cholerae isolates from a tertiary care hospital in Chandigarh, north India 
Jagdish Chander, Neelam Kaistha, Varsha Gupta, Manjula Mehta Nidhi Singla, Antariksh Deep & B.L. Sarkar

Correspondence

Challenges of introducing vaginal microbicides in India 
Smita Joshi, Vinay Kulkarni, Ramesh Paranjape & Nomita Chandhiok

Book Review 

The Cambridge textbook of bioethics

Some Forthcoming Scientific Events

Announcements

Guidelines for Contributors

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