Indian J Med Res 133, No. 5 May 2011, pp 455-572

CONTENTS

   

Editorials 

World No Tobacco Day 2011: India’s progress in implementing the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Rachel L. Schwartz, Heather L. Wipfli & Jonathan M. Samet 

Superbug – the so-called NDM-1
R.K. Srivastava, R.I. Ichhpujani, Shashi Khare, Arvind Rai
& L.S. Chauhan  

Commentaries

Research on social inequalities in health in India
Malavika A. Subramanyam & S.V. Subramanian
 

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) variants in cardiovascular disease: pharmacogenomic implications
Manjula Bhanoori 

Review Articles

Use of minocycline in viral infections
Kallol Dutta & Anirban Basu 

Involvement of nitric oxide in learning & memory processes
Vanaja Paul & Perumal Ekambaram 

Original Articles

Socio-economic factors & longevity in a cohort of Kerala State, India
Catherine Sauvaget, Kunnambath Ramadas, Jean-Marie Fayette, Gigi Thomas, Somanathan Thara
& Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan 

Prevalence of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene exon 7 Glu298Asp variant in North Eastern India
Priyanka Shankarishan, Prasanta Kumar Borah, Giasuddin Ahmed
& Jagadish Mahanta 

Normative data of cervical length in singleton pregnancy in women attending a tertiary care hospital in eastern India
Joydev Mukherji, Monika Anant, Suhas Ghosh, Subir Kumar Bhattacharyya, Avijit Hazra & Gouri Sankar Kamilya 

Study on cow ghee versus soybean oil on 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)-anthracene induced mammary carcinogenesis & expression of cyclooxygenase-2 & peroxisome proliferators activated receptor- γ in rats
Rita Rani & Vinod K. Kansal 

Fibrous dysplasia & McCune-Albright syndrome: An experience from a tertiary care centre in north India
Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Anil Bhansali, Sambit Das, Ramanbir Singh, R. Sen, A. Agarwal,
B.R. Mittal, Uma Nahar, Pinaki Dutta & Niranjan Khandelwal 

Profile of bacterial pneumonia during Hajj
Atif H. Asghar, Ahmad M. Ashshi, Esam I. Azhar, Syed Z. Bukhari, Tariq A. Zafar & Aiman M. Momenah 

Virulence attributes of Helicobacter pylori isolates & their association with gastroduodenal disease
A. Saxena, S. Shukla, K.N. Prasad & U.C. Ghoshal 

Clinical response of newly diagnosed HIV seropositive & seronegative pulmonary tuberculosis patients with the RNTCP Short Course regimen in Pune, India
S. Tripathy, A. Anand, V. Inamdar, M.M. Manoj, K.M. Khillare, A.S. Datye, R. Iyer, D.M. Kanoj, M. Thakar, V. Kale, M. Pereira & A.R. Risbud 

Outcome of standardized treatment for patients with MDR-TB from Tamil Nadu, India
Pauline Joseph,
Vijaya Bhaskara Rao Desai, Nalini Sunder Mohan, Jemima Sheila Fredrick, Rajeswari Ramachandran, Balambal Raman, Fraser Wares, Ranjani Ramachandran & Aleyamma Thomas 

Effect of efflux pump inhibitors on drug susceptibility of ofloxacin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates
Mradula Singh, G.P.S. Jadaun, Ramdas, K. Srivastava, Vipin Chauhan, Ritu Mishra, Kavita Gupta, Surya Nair, D.S. Chauhan, V.D. Sharma, K. Venkatesan & V.M. Katoch 

Detection & characterization of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) & enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in poultry birds with diarrhoea
T.K. Dutta, P. Roychoudhury, S. Bandyopadhyay, S.A. Wani & I. Hussain 

Correspondences

Treatment practices & laboratory investigations during Chikungunya outbreaks in south India
Manoj V. Murhekar, P. Manickam, R. Mohan Kumar, S.R. Bala Ganesakumar, V. Ramachandran, R. Ramakrishnan & V. Kumaraswami

Phylogenetic analysis of swine & human hepatitis E virus
Aditya Narayan Sarangi & Shambhavi Srivastava
 

Sperm DNA damage & oxidative stress in recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA)
Monis Bilal Shamsi, Sunderarjan Venkatesh, Dhananjay Pathak, Deepika Deka & Rima Dada 

Are women with mental illness & the mentally challenged adequately protected in India?
Govindasamy Agoramoorthy 

Prevalence & determinants of depression in type 2 diabetes patients: Problem in generalization
Debajyoti Datta

Authors’ response
Amit Raval, Ethiraj Dhanaraj, Anil Bhansali, Sandeep Grover & Pramil Tiwari 

Need for better anthropometric markers for prediction of cardiovascular risk in nutritionally stunted populations
S. Sivasankaran, M.K.C.
Nair, George Babu & A.M. Zufikar 

Authors’ response
K.R. Thankappan & Ramachandran S. Vasan 

Introducing pentavalent vaccine in EPI in India: A counsel for prudence in interpreting scientific literature
Madhu Gupta, Shankar Prinja, Dinesh Kumar & Rajesh Kumar 

Authors’ response
Zubair Lone & Jacob M. Puliyel 

Book Reviews

Equity, social determinants and public health programmes 

An introduction to statistics in early phase trials 

Recovery in mental health: Reshaping scientific and clinical responsibilities 

Some Forthcoming Scientific Events 

Announcements 

Guidelines for Contributors

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