BIOMEDICAL
INVESTIGATIONS
P1
Rett
Syndrome
Zonozi
F, Habibi M, Massodi M
Welfare Organization,
Tehran, Iran
P2 Congenital deafness
Al-Abri
KS, Al-Zarooni AA, Al-Mandari AR
Sultan
Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
P3 Hypohydrotic
ectodermal dyspasia in a family with X-linked recessive and
involvement of carrier
Zonozi F 1, Habibi M1,2,
Pourdaraee M1, Massoudi M1
Welfare Science University ,Rey City,Tehran Iran1,
Iran Pasteur Institute, Education
Department2
P4
Determination
of levels of deafness in patients referred to the Genetic
Counselling Centre of Department of Welfare, Rey City, 1997-2002
Zonozi
F, Habibi M, Massodi M
Welfare
Organization, Tehran, Iran
P5
High frequency of deafness in a genetically isolated
population due to the Founder effect
Habibi M 1,2, Zonozi F,1 Shabazi K,1Massoudi
M
Department of Welfare, Rey City, Tehran Iran,1
Education Department, Iran Pasteur Institute 2
P6
An
experience of buccal carcinoma in a Pakistani population
Sarwar CMS, Salahudin I
Aga
Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
P7 Detection of rare unknown ß- Thalassaemia mutation in the
Iranian population
Habibi Roudknar M, 1Najmabadi H, 2 Bidaki
SK, 3 Derakhshandeh
P,1 Farhod D1
Department
of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of
Medical Science, 1 Department of Genetics faculty of
Science, Tarbiat Moddares University, 2 Genetic
Research Centre, Rehabilitation and Welfare Sciences University,
3
P8 Contraction
and intracellular Ca2+ in ventricular myocytes from fructose-fed
rats
Al-Mansoori D, Qureshi A, Ponery AS, Naseer O, Adeghate E,
Howarth FC
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain,
UAE
P9
A three-dimensional model of the rabbit atrioventricular nodal
conduction axis
Greener ID, Dobrzynski H, Billeter-Clarke R, Boyett MR
School of Biomedical
Sciences, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, England, UK
P12
A
pharmacological modulator of cardiac Na channel inactivation
prolongs ventricular action potentials in a rate-dependent
manner
Yuill
KH, Dooley PC, Hancox JC
La
Trobe University , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
P13
Insulin
pump design
Isfahani
P, Akhlaghi H, Asadi H
Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services,
Qazvin, Iran
P14 Resorption
capacity by inflamed peritoneum of inflammatory mediators in the
pathogenesis of systemic sepsis in an acute peritonitis model
Al
Ali NA, Srour FR, Obaid R, Ali NG, Torab FC
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain,
UAE
P15
Hormonal
levels in male infertile patients in the Makkah area
Al-Ghamdi
SA, Khan ZA
Department
of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Umm.
AI-Qura University, Makkah,
Saudi Arabia
P16 The
effect of Ga.Al.As laser irradiation on sperm motility, velocity
and mortality in normal and infertile men with motility
dysfunction
Abbasnia
E, Khademi, Saeedi
Laser
Research Group, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Heath
Services, Tehran, Iran
P17 Human
sperm aster formation and chromatin configuration in rabbit
oocytes following intracytoplasmic sperm injection using a Piezo-micromanipulator.
Terada
Y2, Abolhassani F1, Nakamura S2 ,*
Amidi F1, Akbari M1, Ghaffari M3, Okamura K2
Department
of Anatomy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,
Iran1, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku
University School of Medicine, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai,
Miyagi, Japan2, Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and
Embryology, Avesina Research Center, Tehran, Iran3
P18 The
effect of honey and some of its components on the proliferation
of cultured
fibroblasts
Aljadi
AM, Kamaruddin MY
Department
of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
P19
Effects of Al-Khillah (Ammi visnaga) on kidney stone formation
Al-Afghani
HMA, Khan ZA
Department
of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Umm
AI-Qura University
P20
Structural
studies of actin mutants
Murtagh
M, Burgess S, Sparrow J, Trinick J
University
of Leeds, Leeds, UK
P21 Microtubule
assembly in cultured myoblasts and myotubes following nocodazole
induced microtubule depolymerisation.
Musa
H, Orton C, Morrison EE,
Peckham M
University
of Leeds, Leeds, UK
P22 Time
course of degradation and deadenylation of maternal mRNAs during
early hours in mouse one-cell embryo
Alizadeh
Z, Aoki F, Pasbakhsh P, Sobhani A
Tehran
University of Medical Student , Tehran, Iran
P23 Neurotoxicity
of manganese chloride on cortex thickness, and cellular changes
in mouse embryo
Roushandeh
AM
Medical
College, Tehran, Iran
P24 Effects
of lipid storage on raft associated myelin proteins in a
glycolipid storage disorder
Saravanan
K, Schaeren-Wiemers N1, Klein D, Sandhoff R2,
Schwarz A Yaghootfam A, Gieselmann V, Franken S
Institute
of Physiological Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität,
Bonn, Germany, Neurobiology, Department of Research, University
Hospital Basel, Pharmacenter, Switzerland1, Deutsches
Krebsforschungszentrum, Department of Cellular and Molecular
Pathology, Heidelberg, Germany2
P25
The development of a guinea-pig model of vesicoureteral
reflux under the dissecting microscope
Kajbafzade
A, Tajik P, Rostambeigy N, Amanpour S
Students'
Scientific Research Centre , Tehran, Iran
P26
Evaluation of the effectiveness of ethanolic extract of Peganum
harmala L. against Plasmodium berghei in
comparison with chloroquine in sourian mice using in vivo
test
Motevalli
Haghi A, Natheghpour M, Edirssian GH, Sori E, Satvat MT
Department
of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health
and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University Of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
P27
In vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity
of crude abdominal extract obtained from Oecophylla
Smaragdina
Wie
TS, Ismail SB, Yong NC, Kee HA
University of
Malaya, Malaysia
P28 Antileishmanial
activity of aqueous onion extract in Vitro
Sattar
A, Khalid N, Saleheen D
Aga
Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
P29 Initiating
a streamlined donor eye-harvesting program for studying the
roles of ß amyloid, EFEMP1 and Apolipoprotein E in age-related
macular degeneration
Battye
S, Baird P, Guymer R, McKelvie P, Pollock G, Finn P, Masters C,
Cardamone T
University
of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
P30 Effect
of Zafirlukast on tracheal contractility and airway resistance
(experimental and clinical study)
Elsheldiepy
HA, Babckeir ES
Department
of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical
Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
P31 Influence
of local herbs on reproductive parameters in parathion-treated
male rats
Al-Mazrooei
S, Al-Munthari N, Ali S, Al-Alkeem F, Al-Ginidi A, Amin A
Department
of Biology, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
P32 Taurine: a protective role in streptozotocin-induced
diabetic rat heart?
Al
Shamsi HR, Al Wedami MM
Faculty
of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al Ain, UAE
P33
Antidiabetic
effect of fractions of alcoholic extracts of fruits of Momordica
dioica and Polygala arvensis in alloxan induced
diabetic rats
Dhanabal
SP, Kokate CK, Elango K, Ramanathan M, Kumar EP, Satish Kumar
MN, Subburaju T, Manimaran S, Suresh B
J.S.S.
College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund, Tamilnadu, India
P34 Pro-apoptotic
effects of the immunosuppressant drug, rapamycin, on vascular
smooth muscle cells (VSMCs)
Fareed
I
College
of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain
P35
Investigation
of unknown related substances in erythromycin using liquid
chromatography with evaporative light scattering and mass
spectrometric detection
Chitneni
S, Govaerts C, Adams E, Van Schepdael A, Hoogmartens J
Laboratory
for Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Drug Analysis, Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven,
Belgium
P36
Essentials
of telemedicine and telecare
Ravvaz
K, Asadi MDH, Akhlaghi H
Tehran
University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Qazvin,
Iran
P37 Copper sulfate can
stimulate Schwann cell proliferation in sciatic nerve
Abolhassani
F, Saberi H , Pourabbasi A, Nouri M, Kamaliyan N
Students
Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, Iran
P38 Effects of Class I antiarrhythmic drugs on the HERG K+ channel
Paul AA, Witchel HJ, Hancox JC
University
of Bristol, Bristol, UK
P39
Comparison of
diagnostic utility of CK, CK-MB, myoglobin and troponin T in
patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction
Sayegli
AI, Ghabashi E, Akbar SA
Department
of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Umm
AI-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia
P40
The
beneficial and detrimental effects of linoleic acid on
autoimmune disorders
Handjani
F, Namazi MR
Shiraz
Medical School, Iran
P41
Prevalence
of IGG and IGM antibodies to Chlamydia Trachomatis in
Saudi Pregnant Women
Kaki
MM, Sharaf EO, Ghazi HO
Department
of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Umm
Al-
Qura University, Saudi Arabia
P42
Pyridoxal
5'-phosphate as a novel weapon against autoimmunity and
transplant rejection
Namazi
MR
Shiraz
Medical School , Iran
P43
In vivo prediction of bone strength using spectral
analysis
Ahmed
I, Cochrane L, Wigderowitz C
University
of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland
P44
The blood and
nerve supply of the long head of biceps femoris
muscle: surgical importance
Aloteby
MMA, Alamoudy AH, Elbarrany WG
Omm
Al Qura University, Makkah Almokarramah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
P45
Neurons of the
superior colliculus of the one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius)
Al
Shamsi E, Al Falasi O
Faculty
of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University,
Al
Ain,United Arab Emirates
P46
The effects of garlic extracts on Cytochrome P450 3a
Ho
Kim Wah, Siti Aishah Binti Lazim, Nur Adila Binti Anuar, Amir Adham Bin Ahmad
Faculty
of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
CLINICAL
STUDIES
P47 Helicobacter
Pylori IGG antibodies among healthy adult in Makkah
Bakkri RA, Bin-Obaed
NA, Ghazi HO
Department
of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical
Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
P48
HIV-AIDS infection: Viral Biology,
Epidemiology and Clinical
aspects.
Khachani I
Faculty
of Medicine -University Muhammad V, Rabat, Morocco
P49
The effects of the Human Immune Deficiency Virus
[HIV] on
human immunity
Ahmed Babiker
Hassan Mohamed
Khartoum,
Sudan
P50
Human Brucellosis in the United Arab Emirates
Al-Awadhi
FAM, Al-Shehhi HAM, Nowotny N
Faculty
of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates
University
P51 Growth of Escherichia coli in iron-enriched medium
induces HP I catalase
Zaid
TM, Srikumar TS, Benov L
Faculty
of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
P52
Intestinal parasitic infections among primary school
children in Makkah Ai-Mukaramah, Western Saudi Arabia
Abdul-Jabar
W, AI-Melunadi S, AI-Arwai S, Sirag S, Al-Harthi S
Department
of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and
Medical
Sciences, Umm AI-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
P53 Attenuated Salmonella expressing interferon-gamma
are highly immunogenic and afford good protection against
virulent challenge
Bedwawi
AO, Yammahi AA, Bashir G, Mahjoub SM
Faculty of Medicine and
Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
P54 The prevalence of Treponema pallidum among Saudi pregnant women
Khayyat
AF, Al-Zahrani KY, Al-Nabati RO, Al-Amri MZ, Ghazi HO, Abu-Sabaah
AS
Department
of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Umm
AI-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
P55
Re-arrangement of priorities for strategies used for reducing
maternal mortality in Sudan
Abubakre
Seifeldin Ebrahim T
International
University of Africa , Khartoum, Sudan
P56
The hospital course of non ill-appearing febrile infants 14-28
days of age
Teague J, Harper M, Bacher R, Baskin MN
Melbourne
University, Melbourne, Victoria , Australia
P57 Investigating the presence of microorganisms on the
stethoscope diaphragms of doctors, nurses and medical students
in Tawam Hospital and stethoscope-related hygiene practices
Buhumaid
RE, Al-Hosani SE, Al-Dhahri HS, Al-Suwaidi ME and Al-Zaabi MR
Faculty
of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
P58
Isolation of saprophytic fungi in ventilator systems (HEPA
filter and common filter) and fan coils in wards of the blood
and oncology centre in a hospital in Tehran
MATabari,
SJ Hashemi
Medical
Mycology Department, School of Public Health Tehran University
Of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
P59
Predictive factors of poor outcome in hospitalized
patients with pneumonia: A retrospective analysis of 314 cases
from Tawam Hospital
Al-Muhairi
S, Zoubeidi T, Ellis M , Safa W ,
Joseph J
Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, UAE
University, Al Ain,United Arab Emirates
P60
The treatment of Meiloidosis in an animal model comparing
Ceftazidime and Cefpriome alone or with Cotrimoxazole
Piliouras
P
James Coo
k University, Australia
P61
Role of bilateral Iliac osteotomies in repair of exstrophy bladder
Sarwar
CMS, Riaz S, Umer M, Umar M
Aga
Khan University Faculty of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
P62
Alteration in the range of motion of the knee joint
following selective cutting of posterior cruciate ligament
Abbasi
M, Barbarestani M, Abolhassani F
Tehran
University of Medical Student, Tehran, Iran
P63 Quality of life of kidney transplantation recipients in
comparison to patients on the waiting-list
Al-Naseem
MA, Al-Salem SA, Al-Nejadah AT, Al-Zayer DE
Kuwait
University, Kuwait
P64
Pilot study of extended cisplatin administration with
concurrent radiation therapy in limited stage small cell lung
cancer
Ho
J, Gregg R
Queen’s
University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
P65
Role of Lamivudine in the treatment of chronic hepatitis
B in Oman. A prospective study
Khashoub M B, Al Belouchi A
College
of Medicine , Sultan Qaboos University
P66 A retrospective study of cervical
cancer cases admitted to Sarawak General Hospital O & G unit
January 2002 - June 2003
Zainil AW, Inu Pu'un B, Achanna s, Azhar MNM, Haizal MNM,
Awi I, Shamsir MAM
University
Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
P67 A retrospective study of eclampsia in
Sarawak General Hospital, January 1999 to July 2003
Yung CS, Ayu AR,Shamsir MAM, Haizal MNM, Awi I, Achanna
S, Azhar MNM
University
Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
P68
Maternal
mortality in Wadmadani's Obstetric and Gynecology Teaching Hospital
Mohammed DOY
Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan
P69
The diagnostic value of pap smear in cervical disease
Al-Shafei
AAM, Jilani A, Jamby M, Khojali F
Department
of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Umm AI-Qura
University, Saudi
Arabia
P70
Priorities and determinants of women's choice of their
obstetrician
and gynecologist provider in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Al-Ali
LY, Al-Mansouri FR, Al-Dhaheri AM, Al-Jenaibi
HS, El-Zubeir
MA, Rizk DEE
Departments of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Family Medicine and Medical
Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al-Ain,
United Arab Emirates
P71 A study on risk factors of spontaneous
abortion (miscarriage) held at the Turkish hospital, Khartoum,
Sudan
Alkarouri
AOM
Department
of Community Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine,
Khartoum University, Sudan
P72
Stillbirth: risk assessment at KTH Sudan
Musa
AMA
Faculty
of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan
P73
Vaginal delivery after caesarean section
Zaini W, Aris MSM, Nor MHM, Idi A, Achanna S, Azhar MNM
University
Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia
P74
Does labouring human myometrium differ from non-labouring?
Monir-Bishty
E, Pierce SJ, Quenby S, Wray S
University
of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
P75 Initiation of insulin glargine in children and
adolescents with Type 1 diabetes
Chin
Yao Tan MS, Wilson DM, Buckingham B
Melbourne
University , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
P76
Diabetes related erectile dysfunctions in men and the
possible role of Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra) in time clinical
management of penile neuropathy
Ayman
H, Mamdooh AF, Saleh AA, Sami SA, Mohammed SW, Ali
ST
Department
of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Umm-Al-Qura
University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
P77
The accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosing appendicitis
Anas
S, Bara'a Z
Damascus
University, Damascus, Syria
P78 Handheld computers from a medical
student point of view
Tashkandi
MF
King
Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
P79
Osteopetrosis
Zonozi F 1, Habibi M1,2,
Pourdaraee M1,Sarhadi M,1
Massoudi M1
Welfare
Science University, Rey City, Tehran Iran1, Iran
Pasteur Institute, Education Department2
P80
Arab American patients in ENT practice
Abbarah T1, Abbarah MA2
Detroit
Medical Center1, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland2
P81
Modern IT and medicine
Boobes
K
Faculty
of Medicine, Damascus University , Damascus, Syria
P82 Ultrastructural changes in endoneurial fibroblasts after crush
injury of the seural nerve in rats
Alamoudy
AH, Elbarrany WG, Elrobeeay KR
Umm
Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
P83 Laryngomalacia: an atypical presentation and review of
literature.
Shahid
K, Saleheen D, Awan S
Aga
Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
P84
Pattern of femoral fractures in Khartoum Teaching
Hospital
Ismail
TAS
Faculty
of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan
P85
Aggressive angiomyxoma
Abdalla
SM
Libyan
Medical Students Association, Benghazi, Libya
P86
Correlation between vitamin E and folic acid levels and
the development of Alzheimer’s disease in a mouse model of AD
Omidi N, Pasbakhsh P
Department of Anatomy, Iran University of Medical Science,
Tehran, Iran
P87
Ventilatory differences during exercise in asthmatic
children
Jeremy
PJ Carr, Richard GD Roberts, Colin F Robertson
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
P88
Evaluation of relationship between EKG changes and
prognosis of patients with organophosphate poisoning
Akhlaghi
N, Jalali N, Shadnia S, Sadat MM
Tehran
Medical University, Tehran, Iran
P89
Measurement of high density lipoprotein (HDL)
phospholipids in normotensive and hypertensive subjects:
ongoing research
Al-Muhairi
SSB, Khan ST, Abulle AM, Obineche EN, Gillett MPT
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain,
UAE
P90
Comparison of computer-assisted image analysis versus
subjective AgNOR counts in gastric mucosal proliferative lesions
associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in the UAE.
Bayoumy
FA
Pathology Department, Dubai Medical College for Girls
P91 The role of passive smoking in
producing upper respiratory tract infections (UTI) in children
Sheriah
A, Shekhah A, Zuhaili B,Jamous T
Damascus University ,Damascus, Syria
P92
Prevalence of various haemoglobins
in elementary school girls of Makkah city
Ba-Jeafer N, Qadi R
Department
of Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Umm
Al-Qura University, Makkah,
Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
P93
Review of different fMRI data analysis methods
Farshidfar
F, Akhlaghi H, Ravvaz K
Tehran
University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
P94
Sheesha smoking: a lab and community based study
Al-Khajah
ZM, Samhan OM
Faculty
of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, UAE
P95 Heat
shock treatment induces expression of the multidrug resistance
P-gp 170 efflux pump protein in MCF-7 breast cancer cells
Makwela
A and Oosthuizen MMJ
University
of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
P96
Flow cytometric assay of ABC-transporters’ functional
activity in intact solid tumour specimens
Pokataev I, Konukhova A, Ravcheeva A, Bogush T, Timofeeva N,
Ozherelyev A
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
