Indian J Med Res 134, September 2011, pp 247-406

Contents

Editorials 

World Heart Day: Education is the key 
Alessandro Colombo

Universal Healthcare & Nationwide Public Health: A tale of two declarations from one city
T. Jacob John & Naman K. Shah 

Commentaries

Genetic polymorphism of drug refractory epilepsy
R. Kesavan, Ritushree Kukreti
& C. Adithan 

Time to re-think measles vaccination schedule in India
T. Jacob John & Valsan P. Verghese 

Review Article

Umbilical cord blood: Current status & promise for the future
David McKenna & Jayesh Sheth 

Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis

PCR versus serology for diagnosing Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: A systematic review & meta-analysis
Lei Zhang, Zhi-Yong Zong, Yan-Bin Liu, Hui Ye
& Xiao-Ju Lv 

Status Report

Rationalizing antibiotic use to limit antibiotic resistance in India
Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP) - India Working Group 

Original Articles

Possible role of CYP2C9 & CYP2C19 single nucleotide polymorphisms in drug refractory epilepsy
Ram Lakhan, Ritu Kumari, Kavita Singh, Jayanti Kalita, Usha Kant Misra & Balraj Mittal 

Immune response to second dose of MMR vaccine in Indian children
Sunil Gomber, Shilpa Khanna Arora, Shukla Das
& V.G. Ramachandran 

Effects of sports training & nutrition on bone mineral density in young Indian healthy females
Raman K. Marwaha, Seema Puri, Nikhil Tandon,
Sakshi Dhir, Neha Agarwal, Kuntal Bhadra & Namita Saini 

Recovery pattern of hypothalamo-pituitary-testicular axis in patients with macroprolactinomas after treatment with cabergoline
Rama Walia, Anil Bhansali, Pinaki Dutta, Niranjan Khandelwal, Ravinder Sialy & Sanjay Bhadada 

WNIN/GR-Ob - An insulin-resistant obese rat model from inbred WNIN strain
N. Harishankar, A. Vajreswari & N.V. Giridharan 

Obesity associated pathophysiological & histological changes in WNIN obese mutant rats
Nemani Harishankar, Putcha Uday Kumar, Boindala Sesikeran & Nappanveettil Giridharan 

Prevalence & correlates of metabolic syndrome in alcohol & opioid dependent inpatients
Surendra K. Mattoo, Kaustav Chakraborty, Debasish Basu, Abhishek Ghosh, Vijaya Kumar KG & Parmanand Kulhara 

How do health care providers deal with kala-azar in the Indian subcontinent?
Narendra Kumar, Shri Prakash Singh, Dinesh Mondal, Anand Joshi, Pradeep Das, Shyam Sundar, Axel Kroeger, Siddhivinayak Hirve, N.A. Siddiqui1 & Marleen Boelaert 

γδ T cells response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pulmonary tuberculosis patients using preponderant complementary determinant region 3 sequence
Xueyan Xi, Xiqin Han, Liang Li
& Zhendong Zhao 

Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit typing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Sichuan Province in China
Jian-hua Guo, Wen-liang Xiang, Geng Zhang, Tao Luo, Ning Xie,
Zhi-rong Yang & Qun Sun 

In vitro & in vivo estrogenic activity of glycoside fractions of Solanum nigrum fruit
S. Jisha, S. Sreeja & S. Manjula 

Efficacy of indigenous plant extracts on the malaria vector Anopheles subpictus Grassi (Diptera: Culicidae)
G. Elango, A. Abduz Zahir, A. Bagavan, C. Kamaraj, G. Rajakumar, T. Santhoshkumar, S. Marimuthu & A. Abdul Rahuman 

Antiarthritic activity of Majoon Suranjan (a polyherbal Unani formulation) in rat
Surender Singh, Vinod Nair & Y.K. Gupta 

Student IJMR

Neutrophils to lymphocyte ratio as a screening tool for swine influenza
Ajit Indavarapu & Abhilash Akinapelli 

Correspondences

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from blood cultures in Puducherry, India
R.M. Parveen, M.A. Khan, G.A. Menezes, B.N. Harish, S.C. Parija & J.P. Hays 

Clinical implications of oxidative stress & sperm DNA damage in normozoospermic infertile men
S. Venkatesh, M.B. Shamsi, D. Deka, V. Saxena, R. Kumar & R. Dada 

Occurrence of group B rotavirus infections in the outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis from western India
S.D. Chitambar, A. Lahon, V.S. Tatte, N.H. Maniya, G.U. Tambe, K.I. Khatri, H.S. Desai, M.R. Ugare, S.V. Kulkarni & A.P. Waghmare 

Book Reviews

Biological child psychiatry: Recent trends and developments 
How to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into programmes 
Selfhood, identity and personality styles 

 

Some Forthcoming Scientific Events 

Announcements 

Guidelines for Contributors