Indian J Med Res 132, July 2010, pp 1-118

CONTENTS

         

Editorial 

Introducing pentavalent vaccine in the EPI in India: A counsel for caution
Zubair Lone & Jacob M. Puliyel 

Viewpoint

Tuberculosis control must be scientifically defined & soundly designed
T. Jacob John, Vipin M. Vashishtha, Sushil Mathew John & Thambu David Sudarsanam 

Commentaries

PCR for diagnosis of malaria
S.C. Parija 

Myth buster: caffeine does not exhibit a diuretic effect during exercise performance
Felicia Greer 

Review Article

Orthopaedic applications of bone graft & graft substitutes: a review
S.K. Nandi, S. Roy, P. Mukherjee, B. Kundu, D.K. De & D. Basu 

Original Articles

Detection of mixed Plasmodium falciparum & P. vivax infections by nested-PCR in Pakistan, Iran & Afghanistan
Sedigheh Zakeri, Qutbuddin Kakar, Faezeh Ghasemi, Ahmad Raeisi, Waqar Butt,
Najibullah Safi, Mandana Afsharpad, Muhammad Suleiman Memon, Saber Gholizadeh,
Masoud Salehi, Hoda Atta, Ghasem Zamani & Navid Dinparast Djadid 

Effects of acute supplementation of caffeine on cardiorespiratory responses during endurance
running in a hot & humid climate

Wong Chee Ping, Chen Chee Keong & Amit Bandyopadhyay 

Anti-albuminuric efficacy of a combination of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor &
angiotensin receptor blocker in type 1 DM with nephropathy

Anantharaman R., Anil Bhansali, Sanjay K. Bhadada, Harbir S. Kohli, Pinaki Dutta,
Rama Walia, Jayaprakash P. & Vimal Upreti 

Inheritance patterns, consanguinity & risk for asthma
Bijanzadeh
Mahdi, P.A. Mahesh, R. Savitha Mysore, Pradeep Kumar, B.S. Jayaraj & Nallur B. Ramachandra 

Role of GGT in diagnosis of metabolic syndrome : A clinic-based cross-sectional survey
B. Kasapoglu, C. Turkay, Y. Bayram & C. Koca 

Polymorphic variants of β1 adrenergic receptor gene (Ser49Gly & Arg389Gly) in healthy
Tamilian volunteers

P. Ramu,
K.N. Mahesh Kumar, D.G. Shewade, R.P. Swaminathan, T.K. Dutta,
J. Balachander & C. Adithan 

Pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 outbreak in a residential school at Panchgani,
Maharashtra, India

Yogesh K. Gurav, Shailesh D. Pawar, Mandeep S. Chadha, Varsha A. Potdar,
Abhay S. Deshpande, Santosh S. Koratkar, Abhijeet H. Hosmani & Akhilesh C. Mishra 

Comparison of MGIT 960 & pyrazinamidase activity assay for pyrazinamide susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Babita Sharma, Nita Pal, Bharti Malhotra, Leela Vyas & Suman Rishi 

Ultrasonography for diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis in HIV infected people
Dipti Agarwal, Shamrendra Narayan, Jaya Chakravarty & Shyam Sundar 

Evaluation of risk factors for antituberculosis treatment induced hepatotoxicity
Rohit Singla, Surendra K. Sharma, Alladi Mohan, Govind Makharia, V. Sreenivas, Brajesh Jha, Sanjeev Kumar, Pawan Sarda & Sarman Singh 

Effect of ozone on response to ovalbumin & its modulation by vitamins C & E in sensitized guinea pigs
S.K. Chhabra, Abdul Yasir, K. Chaudhry & B. Shah 

Antibacterial & antiplasmid activities of Helicteres isora L.
Varsha Shriram, Sheetal Jahagirdar, C. Latha, Vinay Kumar, Prashant Dhakephalkar, Supada Rojatkar & Mahadeo G. Shitole 

Correspondences

Evaluation of COBAS TaqMan real time PCR assay for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Salesh P. Chandran & John Kenneth 

Lesson from surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Gujarat
Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra 

An outbreak of dengue fever in Tirupur, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu
R. Paramasivan, V. Thenmozhi, P.S. Thangaratham, R. Rajendran, S.C. Tewari,
K.J. Dhananjeyan & B.K. Tyagi 

The current swine flu pandemic may provide some opportunity for future research of schizophrenia
Narayana Manjunatha 

ROME scheme: From reorientation to research oriented medical education, a new beginning
Preetam B. Mahajan 

Research oriented medical education
Tamoghna Biswas 

Book Reviews

Dengue: Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention & control 
Stabbed in the back: Confronting back pain in an overtreated society 

Books Received 

Some Forthcoming Scientific Events 

Announcements 

Guidelines for Contributors

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