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EDITOR'S CHOICE

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GUEST EDITORIAL

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DIALYSIS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

1. Renal Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease - The Indian Scene Revisited in the New Millennium
   AL Kirpalani
   
   
2. An Introduction to Haemodialysis
   Alan Almeida
   
   
3. An Introduction to CAPD
   Shrirang Bichu
   
   
4. End-stage Renal Failure in India : Is Cadaver Transplantation "The" Answer?
   Shrirang Bichu
   
   
5. Cadaver Transplantation
   Umesh G Oza
   
   
6. Brain Death
   SV Khadilkar, KA Jagiasi
   
   
7. Approaching the Family of a Potential Cadaver Donor
   Harsha Deshmukh
   
   
8. Evaluation of a Potential Kidney Donor
   Rajiv Joshi
   
   
9. HLA System
   Dr. (Mrs) Kankonkar
   
   
10. Immunosuppression
    Shrirang Bichu, Umesh Oza
    
    
11. Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy
    DD Gaur
    
    
12. Surgical Complications Following Renal Transplantation
    Sadanand W Thatte
    
    
13. Zonal Transplantation Co-ordination Committee in Mumbai
    Vatsala Trivedi
    
    
14. Interventional Nephrology - One Stop Shop for Nephrology Services
    Tushar J Vachharajani, Ashok L Kirpalani
    
    
15. Interventional Radiology in the Management of Complications of Renal Transplantation
    Sundeep J Punamiya
    
    
16. Patients' Perspective
    

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ORIGINAL / RESEARCH

1. A Comparative Study Between Tramadol and Pethidine as a Form of Labour Analgesia
   Anahita Pandole, Ranjit Akolekar, Nagendra Sardeshpande, Shailesh Kore, VR Ambiye
   
   
2. Role of Lignocaine Jelly Application to Alleviate Vaginal Pain During 1st Trimester MTP Under Local
   AnaesthesiaJignesh J Kansaria, SV Parulekar
   
   
3. Is Caesarean Section Justi.able for very Low Birth Weight Preterm Babies?
   Meghana Joshi, Sanjay Rao, MN Fonseca, VR Badhwar, Vinit Patil
   
   
4. Contraceptively Aware - Nonacceptance Beware!! : A Study of Correlation of Awareness of Family
   Planning Methods (TL + IUCD) with its Nonacceptance
   Punam M Satpute, Vinayak Swati, Rakhee M Gupta, Suchitra N Pandit, RV Badhwar
   
   
5. Effect of Saral Meditation - Comparative Study of Short and Long Term Practice
   AH Shah, SV Joshi, Naina Potdar, HL Dhar
   
   
6. Prophylactic Use of Panchavalkal (Pentaphyte - P - 5) for Chemoprophylaxis in Major Gynaecological
   SurgeriesHS Palep, Pallavi Shukla, Smita Gujar, Vidya Wagh, Manisha Salunkhe, Vandana Khatri

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REVIEWS ARTICLES

1. Common Ear, Nose and Throat Infections in India
   Meenesh R Juvekar
   

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GENERAL PRACTITIONERS’ SECTION

1. Unconsummation of Marriage
   OP Kapoor
   
   
2. Three Points Worth Noting in a Patient, in Whom you Detect Hypertension
   OP Kapoor
   
   
3. Three Rewards Which I Had in My Practice While Doing Dark Room Fluoroscopy
   OP Kapoor
   
   
4. Avoid Using Anti-Leukotrienes in Patients of Bronchial Asthma in Private Practice
   OP Kapoor

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COST EFFECTIVENESS/YIELD/MEDICAL ECONOMICS

1. Start Diagnosing DVT by D-Dimer Test
   OP Kapoor
   

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SYMPTOMS/SIGNS/OBSOLETE/EVERGREEN NEW

1. Three Types of Symptoms Appearing Soon After a Patient Goes to Bed at Night
   OP Kapoor
   
   

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DISEASE PATTERN IN INDIA

1. Neurocysticercosis and Leptospirosis are More Common in Private Practice Than What an Average Practitioner Thinks
   OP Kapoor
   

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CASE REPORTS

1. Obstruction of Third Part of Duodenum Due to Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
   Minakshi Jambhulkar, Mohan Joshi, Dharmesh Balsarkar, Mahendra Chandak, Sanjay Parab,
   Hemant Nemade, Jitendra Jadhav
   
   
2. Pregnancy in Patient of Hansen's Disease
   Ashok Kumar Shukla, Asha R Dalal
   
   
3. Imperforate Anus with Recto Vaginal Fistula in a 16 year Old Female
   Sachin B Jamma, Arvind P Ganpule
   
   
4. CT Cerebral Angiography - Utility as a Screening Tool in Patients with SAH
   Shweta Bhatt, Jernail S Bava, Suleman A Merchant, Anagha Joshi
   
   
5. Myelin Vacuolization in Neuro.bromatosis Type 1 : Brain MRI Findings
   Dinesh S Baviskar, Devang J Desai, Sunila T Jaggi, Inder Talwar
   
   
6. Laryngeal Airway Obstruction - A Sequelae of Long Standing Tracheostomy
   Suryakant Choudhary, Parkar Nazim, Prakash Patil
   
   
7. Recovery of a Linear Foreign Body from the Paediatric Vagina - A Simple Way Out
   Punam M Satpute, PK Shah, Vrushali Gourwar, Sheetal Waingankar, Shifa Shaikh
   
   
8. Pentalogy of Cantrell Associated with Midline Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate : Sonographic Features
   Alpa Bharati, Ajita Nawale, Paritosh Khanna, Suleman A Merchant, Bhupender Yadav
   
   
9. Folic Acid De.ciency Mimicking Hellp Syndrome
   JG Saluja, M Ajinkya, Leroy Rebello
   
   
10. Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia
    Sangeeta B Kulkarni (Bhide), Ila M Vora
    
    
11. Intravesical Intercatheter Knotting
    Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak, Varun Dixit, Mohit Jain, Mukund Jagannathan
    
    
12. Avulsion Injury of the Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine on a Sports Day
    JD Jagiasi, Bibhas Dasgupta
    
    
13. Ovarian Dysgerminoma in a Pregnant Woman?
    Ashok Kumar Shukla, Vaideha Deshpande, Asha R Dalal
    
    
14. Post Partum Torsion of Ovarian Cyst
    Hetal Kothari, MN Fonseca, Sanjay Rao, VR Badhwar, Meghana Joshi
    
    
15. Metatarsal Ewing's Sarcoma - An Unusal Presentation
    Vishal A Beri, Aseem N Parekh
    

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