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Dilshad Ahmed Khan; Wafa Munir Ansari; Farooq Ahmad Khan
(2011)
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Dilshad Ahmed Khan; Wafa Munir Ansari; Farooq Ahmed Khan
(Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, 2011)
Proinflammatory interleukin-18 (IL-18), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hS-CRP), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and anti-inflammatory IL-10 are involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The aim of ...
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Muhammad Farooq Malik; Dilshad Ahmed Khan; Wafa Munir Ansari; Farooq Ahmad Khan
(BMC Health Services Research, 2013)
Background: In recent years inappropriate and excessive use of clinical laboratory facilities has become a cause of concern and has led to concurrent rise in the laboratory errors and the health care costs. The aim of the ...
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Dilshad A Khan; Karam Ahad; Wafa M. Ansari; Hizbullah Khan
(2013)
This study evaluated pesticide effects on reproductive and thyroid hormones of cotton farmers of southern Punjab, Pakistan. A total of 88 cotton farmers (42 spray applicators and 46 cotton pickers) were randomly included ...
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Hasan Abbas Zaheer, Umar Saeed; Yasir Waheed, Saira Karimi; Usman Waheed
(Journal of Blood Disorders and Transfusion, 2014)
Background: Pakistan is a developing country of 190 million people with increased burden of infectious
diseases. Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are the
most important ...
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Aisha Nasir Hashmi, Ahmed Yaqinuddin, Touqeer Ahmed
(International Journal of Neuroscience, 2014)
Aluminium metal (Al) has been implicated in etiology of many neurodegenerative
diseases, most commonly the Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Al causes the biochemical
defects, by affecting the neurotransmitters levels, causes ...
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Dr. Wafa Munir Ansari; Prof. Dr. Abdul Khaliq Naveed; Prof. Dr. Dilshad Ahmed Khan
(The Professional Medical Journal, 2015)
Introduction: Genetic information which is specific to an individual has the potential to improve Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) risk prediction. 13 CAD risk SNPs were selected by removing SNPs in loci which had not been ...
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Wafa Munir Ansari; Abdul Khaliq Naveed; Dilshad Ahmed Khan
(Khyber Medical University Journal, 2015)
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate role of Interleukin-6 (-174 G/C) gene promoter polymorphism and the serum level of (IL-6) in the identification of premature coronary artery disease (PCAD).
METHODS: The case-control study was ...
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Omer Jamshed Khan; Naveed Mumtaz; Wafa Munir Ansari
(International Journal of Pathology, 2016)
Introduction: To determine the efficacy of ultrasound therapy as compared to intra lesional steroid injection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) using visual analogue scale (VAS) and electrodiagnostic parameters.
Study Design: ...
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Wafa Omer; Abdul K. Naveed; Omer J. Khan; Dilshad A. Khan
(Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers, 2016)
Aims: Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines play a significant role in early atherosclerosis. Linkage disequilibrium patterns differ between ethnic groups pointing toward the need to develop population-specific gene risk ...
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Dr. Wafa Munir Ansari; Prof. Dr. Abdul Khaliq Naveed; Dr. Muhammad Nadir Khan; Dr. Omer Jamshed Khan; Prof. Dr. Dilshad Ahmed Khan
(The Professional Medical Journal, 2016)
Objectives: Interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R) gene (A>C, rs8192284) polymorphism has been associated with inflammatory biomarkers. We sought to investigate the association of IL-6R gene (A>C, rs8192284) polymorphism with IL-6, ...
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Omer Jamshed Khan; Nadeem Ahmed; Wafa Munir Ansari
(International Journal of Pathology, 2017)
Background: Spinal Cord Injury can have devastating consequences on an individual’s physical and social capabilities. There is a scarcity of studies in Pakistan which identify the factors having a favorable and unfavorable ...
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Wafa M. Ansari; Steve E. Humphries; Abdul K. Naveed; Abdul K. Naveed; Dilshad A. Khan; Ejaz Hassan Khattak
(Elsevier (Cytokine), 2017)
Background: Premature Coronary Artery Disease (PCAD) occurs almost a decade earlier in the South Asian population as compared to the West. Inclusion of genetic information can prove to be a robust measure to improve early ...
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Wafa Munir Ansari; Steve E Humphries; Abdul Khaliq Naveed; Omer Jamshed Khan; Dilshad Ahmed Khan
(Oxford Academic (Postgraduate Medical Journal (PMJ)), 2017)
Background Genetic information has the potential to create a more personalised, prompt, early and accurate risk evaluation. The effect of these genetic variants on the serum biomarker levels (phenotype) needs to be studied ...
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Wafa Omer; Amer Siddiq; Omer Jamshed Khan; Dilshad Ahmed Khan; Ejaz Hassan Khan Khattak; Abdul Khaliq Naveed
(The Professional Medical Journal, 2018)
ABSTRACT… Introduction: Integrative genomics may help in the identification of novel biological pathways in the pathogenesis of CAD. Objectives: To find out the association of 5 Cytokine SNPs and 13 CAD SNPs gene risk ...
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Faisal MEHDI, Kazim ALI; Nesheman HUMA, Iqbal HUSSAIN; Abid AZHAR, Saddia GALANI
(Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019-02-11)
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L) is a valuable cash crop which plays an imperative role in the worldwide economy. However, high temperature has significantly retarded the crop growth and yield by alteration of biochemical ...
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Usman Waheed, Farooq Ahmed Noor; Noore Saba, Akhlaaq Wazeer; Zahida Qasim, Muhammad Arshad; Saira Karimi, Ahmad Farooq; Javaid Usman, Hasan Abbas Zaheer
(Journal Lab Physicians, 2020)
Objective The serological testing of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is mandatory
under the blood safety legislation of Pakistan; hence, data exist on the prevalence
of HIV in blood donors. However, little is known ...
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Riaz Shahbaz Janjua; Jamilah Riaz; Wafa Omer
(Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020)
Objective: The students and teachers are major stakeholders whenever there is a change in the curriculum. Objective of the study was to assess the views of Third Year MBBS students and college teachers involved in teaching ...
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Syed Ilyas Ahmad · Gowhar Ali · Tahir Muhammad · Rahim Ullah · Muhammad Naveed Umar · Aisha Nasir Hashmi
(Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, chronic and age-related neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people
across the world. In pursuit of new anti-AD remedies, 2-[Hydroxy-(4-nitrophenyl)methyl]-cyclopentanone ...
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Saira Jawed; Wafa Omer
(Journal of Islamic International Medical College (JIIMC), 2020)
Objective: To appraise the preventive effect of turmeric on anti-mosquito coil smoke induced interstitial fibrosis in lungs of Sprague Dawley rats.
Study Design: Randomized control trial.
Place and Duration of Study: ...