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Associate Professor, Section of Histopathology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

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Present	Associate Professor, Aga Khan University
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Pathology

Commonest cancers in Pakistan - findings and histopathological perspective from a ...

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev (2016)

Zubair Ahmad, Romana Idress, Saira Fatima, Nasir Uddin, et al.

Abstract CONTEXT: There are no recent authoritative data about incidence and prevalence of various types of cancers in Pakistan. AIM: ...

Symptomatic surgically treated non-neoplastic cysts of the central nervous system ...

JCPSP: Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (2015)

Nasir Ud Din, Huma Arshad, Zubair Ahmad, Sheema H Hasan, et al.

Objective: To report clinicopathologic features of symptomatic surgically removed non-neoplastic cysts of the central nervous system (CNS). Study Design: Case ...

Helicobacter pylori: correlation of the virulence marker iceA allele with ...

British Journal of Biomedical Science (2015)

Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Saima Azhar Salim, et al.

The association of Helicobacter pylori virulence marker ‘induced by contact with epithelium A’ (iceA) allele types was determined in H.pylori-related ...

Cytokine and clinical response to Saccharomyces boulardii therapy in diarrhea-dominant ...

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2014)

Zaigham Abbas, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Zubair Ahmad, et al.

Introduction This preliminary study aimed to investigate the effects of the probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii on proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in ...

Cytokine changes in colonic mucosa associated with Blastocystis spp. subtypes ...

Parasitology (2014)

Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Waqas Usman, Aisha Sultana, et al.

We determined cytokines (e.g. interleukin-8, 10, 12 and TNF-α) expression by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and in rectal mucosa ...

Investigation of Charge Transport in Organic Polymer Donor/Acceptor Photovolatic ...

Journal of Modern Optics (2014)

Zubair Ahmad, Shahino Mah Abdullah and Khaulah Sulaiman

Pi-conjugated organic semiconductors have long been used as either holes or electrons transport materials. Recently ambipolar charge carrier transport in ...

How our practice of Histopathology, especially Tumour pathology has changed ...

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (2014)

Zubair Ahmad, Romana Idress, Saira Fatima, Huma Arshad, et al.

Continued advances in the field of histo pathology (and cyto pathology) over the past two decades have resulted in dramatic ...

Gastrointestinal, Liver and Biliary Tract Pathology: A Histopathological and Epidemiological ...

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (2013)

Zubair Ahmad, Huma Arshad, Saira Fatima, Romana Idrees, et al.

Aim: To present an epidemiological and histological perspective of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (including liver and biliary tract) at ...

Sentinel node localisation using pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy and intraoperative gamma probe ...

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2013)

Mubasher Ikram, Shabbir Akhtar, Montasir Junaid, Tariq Dhari, et al.

Objectives: To assess the diagnostic value of sentinel lymph node localisation using pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy and intra-operative gamma probe radio localisation ...

Measuring The Evolving Internet Ecosystem With Exchange Points

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2013)

Mohammad Zubair Ahmad

The Internet ecosystem comprising of thousands of Autonomous Systems (ASes) now include Internet eXchange Points (IXPs) as another critical component ...

Oligodendroglioma arising in the glial component of ovarian teratomas: a ...

Journal of Clinical Pathology (2012)

Nasir Ud Din, Aisha Memon, Kanwal Aftab, Zubair Ahmad, et al.

Aims: To report the exceedingly rare occurrence of oligodendroglioma in the glial component of ovarian teratomas. Methods: Six cases of ...

The clinical, endoscopic and histological spectrum of the solitary rectal ...

BMC Gastroenterology (2012)

Shahab Abid, Ali Khawaja, Salima Ahmed Bhimani, Zubair Ahmad, et al.

Background Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS) is an uncommon although benign defecation disorder. The aim of this study was to ...

Prevalence of non Helicobacter pylori species in patients presenting with ...

BMC Gastroenterology (2012)

Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Shagufta Naz, et al.

Background: Helicobacter species associated with human infection include Helicobacter pylori, Helicobacter heilmannii and Helicobacter felis among others. In this study ...

Gallbladder intestinal metaplasia in Pakistani patients with gallstones.

International Journal of Surgery (London, England) (2011)

Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Syed Ahsan Raza, Zubair Ahmad, Sana Naeem, et al.

The gallbladder specimens of Patients who underwent cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones between 2003 and 2005 were evaluated for the presence ...

Diffuse ganglioneuromatosis of intestine in a 15-year-old girl.

BMJ Case Reports (2011)

Zubair Ahmad, Abrar Barakzai, Arsalan Ahmed, Asim Qureshi, et al.

The authors present the case of a 15-year-old girl with diffuse ganglioneuromatosis, principally involving the caecum. This is a rare ...

Central nervous system lesions: correlation of intraoperative and final diagnoses ...

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : Apjcp (2011)

Nasir Ud Din, Aisha Memon, Romana Idress, Zubair Ahmad, et al.

Background and Aims: Intraoperative consultation of CNS lesions provides accurate diagnosis to neurosurgeons. Some lesions, however, may cause diagnostic difficulty. ...

Squamous cell carcinoma in the small intestine.

BMJ Case Reports (2011)

Shazia Mumtaz, Zubair Ahmad, Saira Fatima and Asim Qureshi

Primary carcinomas of small intestine are rare, and most are adenocarcinomas. Duodenum is the commonest site. Primary squamous cell carcinomas ...

Mixed ductal-endocrine carcinoma of pancreas.

BMJ Case Reports (2011)

Zubair Ahmad, Shazia Mumtaz, Saira Fatima and Asim Qureshi

Mixed ductal-endocrine carcinomas of the pancreas are extremely rare and show morphologically separate ductal adenocarcinoma and endocrine components. Prognostically, they ...

Porcelain fused to metal (PFM) crowns and caries in adjacent ...

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (2011)

Durr-E-Sadaf and Zubair Ahmad

OBJECTIVE: To assess the discrepancies in marginal integrity and contact points of Porcelain Fused to Metal (PFM) crowns and its ...

Size or the number of portal tracts: which matters in ...

JCPSP : Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan. (2011)

Om Parkash, Khalid Mumtaz, Zubair Ahmad, Saeed Hamid, et al.

Liver biopsy has an important role in staging of fibrosis (SoF) and grading of inflammation (GoI) in chronic hepatitis C ...

CNS neoplasms in Pakistan, a pathological perspective.

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : Apjcp (2011)

Zubair Ahmad, Huma Arshad, Sheema H Hasan, Saira Fatima, et al.

The Section of Histopathology, Aga Khan University is the largest center for histopathology in Pakistan and is the major reporting ...

Is fascin really a useful marker in distinguishing between classical ...

Journal of Clinical Pathology (2010)

Romana Idrees, Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Aamir Ahsan, et al.

Background:Fascin is an actin cross-linking protein, which is part of the cytoskeleton and involved in cell motility in several cell ...

Gliomas: correlation of histologic grade, Ki67 and p53 expression with ...

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : Apjcp (2010)

Huma Arshad, Zubair Ahmad and Sheema H Hasan

Background: Gliomas are grouped into grades 1 to 4 on the basis of morphologic criteria. Grade is the most significant ...

Epidemiological data of common soft tissue sarcomas as seen in ...

Journal of Clinical Pathology (2010)

Zubair Ahmad, Asim Qureshi, Romana Idrees and Muhammad Azam

Epidemiological data for common bone sarcomas.

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : Apjcp (2010)

Asim Qureshi, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Azam and Romana Idrees

Very little epidemiological data regarding bone sarcomas from South Asia in general and Pakistan in particular are available. At the ...