DOI: 10.1055/s-00051312

Avicenna Journal of Medicine

Ausgabe 03 · Volume 8 · Juli 2018 DOI: 10.1055/s-011-51676

REVIEW ARTICLE

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Alaofi, Rawan K.; Nassif, Mohammed O.; Al-Hajeili, Marwan R.: Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of the literature

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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Almassri, Ibrahim; Sekkarie, Mohamed: Cases of thallium intoxication in Syria: A diagnostic and a therapeutic challenge
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Safadi, Mhd Firas: Qat-induced intestinal obstruction: A case series of a new entity
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Kaako, Ahmad: Evaluating the efficacy of best practice alerts to improve Clostridium difficile early detection in hospital settings: A 6-month interim analysis of the 2-year prospective study
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Albaroudi, Issam N; Khodder, Majed; Al Saadi, Tareq; Turk, Tarek; Youssef, Lama A: Prevalence, diagnosis, and management of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia among Syrian children in a major outpatient center in Damascus, Syria

BRIEF REPORT

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Beatty, Norman; August, Jessica Anthony; Saenz, Joe; Nix, David E; Matthias, Kathryn R; Mohajer, Mayar Al: Knowledge, attitude, and practices associated with the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections among medical students, residents, and attending physicians

CASE REPORT

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Aljomaa, Ayman: Delayed bilateral obturator nerve injury due to compressing bilateral pelvic lymphoceles after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and bilateral lymphadenectomy for prostatic carcinoma
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Ahmad, Tagrid Younes; Al Houri, Hasan Nabil; Al Houri, Abdullah Nabil; Ahmad, Nagham Younes: Aggressive orbital rhabdomyosarcoma in adulthood: A case report in a public hospital in Damascus, Syria
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Abazid, Rami Mahmood; Shoman, Mohamed; Smettie, Osama A; Elamin, Osama A.: Human menopausal gonadotropin-induced bioprosthetic valve thrombosis
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Youssef, Alexey; Yaseer, Samar; Harfouch, Rim; Marouf, Maya; Hasan, Foz: Chiclero's ulcer: An unusual presentation of Leishmania tropica in Syria

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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Moustafa, Khaled: Promoting an academic culture in the Arab world