Pakistan - Epidemiology
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Association of ABO blood groups with glaucoma in the Pakistani population.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To study the association of blood groups with different types of glaucoma including primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), primary closed-angle glaucoma (PCAG), and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PEXG) in the Pakistani population. STUDY DESIGN: ... Read more...

Experiences from an international tele-epilepsy collaboration.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Our main objective was to use videoconferencing as a primary means to: a) assist in launching an epilepsy surgery program in Pakistan; 2) participate in case conferences on complex epilepsy patients in each country. METHODS: Extensive ... Read more...

Care seeking for STI symptoms in Pakistan.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the frequency of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among sex workers and drug users in Pakistan. METHODS: Interviews were conducted on 3640 sex workers, injection drug users and truckers about STI symptoms within the past ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pakistan - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Association of ABO blood groups with glaucoma in the Pakistani population. 29 Sep 2009
• Experiences from an international tele-epilepsy collaboration. 30 Aug 2009
• Care seeking for STI symptoms in Pakistan. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinico-pathologic study of 70 enucleations. 30 Aug 2009
• Coronary artery bypass surgery in old age group: is age itself a barrier? 30 Aug 2009
• Prevalence of antimalarial drug resistance mutations in Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum from a malaria-endemic area of Pakistan. 30 Aug 2009
• Nucleotide identity and variability among different Pakistani hepatitis C virus isolates. 22 Aug 2009
• Survival analysis and prognostic indicators of systemic lupus erythematosus in Pakistani patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Communicable disease among displaced Afghans: refuge without shelter. 30 Jul 2009
• Battling polio in Pakistan: breaking new ground. 26 Jul 2009
• The Karachi intracranial stenosis study (KISS) Protocol: an urban multicenter case-control investigation reporting the clinical, radiologic and biochemical associations of intracranial stenosis in Pakistan. 13 Jul 2009
• Prevalence of anxiety, depression and associated factors among pregnant women of Hyderabad, Pakistan. 8 Jul 2009
• Pakistan's refugees face uncertain future. 2 Jul 2009
• The impact of culture and sociological and psychological issues on Muslim patients with breast cancer in Pakistan. 29 Jun 2009
• Anthropometric and metabolic indicators in hypertensive patients. 29 Jun 2009
• Multiple origins of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype Asia 1 outbreaks, 2003-2007. 29 Jun 2009
• Chronic kidney disease, transplantation practices and transplantation law in Pakistan: opportunity for a global meditation. 29 Jun 2009
• Difficulties in maintaining improved handwashing behavior, Karachi, Pakistan. 29 Jun 2009
• Epidemic spread of hepatitis C virus genotype 3a and relation to high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in Pakistan. 29 Jun 2009
• Treatment response to iron and folic acid alone is the same as with multivitamins and/or anthelminthics in severely anemic 6- to 24-month-old children. 15 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Pakistan'

Descriptor UI: D010154

Alternative terms: Pakistan;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.252.245.723;