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Present	Prof. & Associate Vice Provost, Aga Khan University
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Urology

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Viral etiology of prostate cancer: Genetic alterations and immune response ...

International Journal of Surgery (2018)

Syed Hani Abidi, Fareena Bilwani, Kulsoom Ghias and Farhat Abbas

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. Recent estimates suggest that over a million men are ...

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Differential receptor dependencies: expression and significance of muscarinic M1 receptors ...

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Abdul Mannan Baig, Vardah Effendi, Zohaib Rana, H R Ahmad, et al.

Recent reports on acetylcholine muscarinic receptor subtype 3 (CHRM3) have shown its growth-promoting role in prostate cancer. Additional studies report ...

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Eukaryotic cell encystation and cancer cell dormancy: is a greater ...

Cancer Biology and Medicine (2015)

Abdul Mannan Baig, Naveed Ahmed Khan and Farhat Abbas

Cancer cell dormancy is the main cause of cancer recurrence and failure of therapy as dormant cells evade not only ...

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Schools of public health in low and middle-income countries: an ...

BMC Public Health (2016)

Fauziah Rabbani, Leah Shipton, Franklin White, Iman Nuwayhid, et al.

BACKGROUND: Public health has multicultural origins. By the close of the nineteenth century, Schools of Public Health (SPHs) began to ...

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Schools of Public Health in Low and Middle-Income Countries: An ...

BMC Public Health [electronic resource] (2016)

Fauziah Rabbani, Leah Shipton, Franklin White, Iman Nuwayhid, et al.

BACKGROUND: Public health has multicultural origins. By the close of the nineteenth century, Schools of Public Health (SPHs) began to ...

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Schools of public health in low and middle-income countries: an ...

BMC Public Health (2016)

F. Rabbani, Leah Shipton, Franklin White, Iman Nuwayhid, et al.

BACKGROUND: Public health has multicultural origins. By the close of the nineteenth century, Schools of Public Health (SPHs) began to ...

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Hospital management training for the Eastern Mediterranean Region: time for ...

Journal of Health Organization and Management (2015)

Fauziah Rabbani, Farah Naz Hashmani, Aftab A. Ali Mukhi, Xaher Gul, et al.

PURPOSE: The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office has emphasized health system strengthening among the top five strategic priorities. One of ...

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Culture and quality care perceptions in a Pakistani hospital.

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (2009)

Fauziah Rabbani, Wasim Jafri, Farhat Abbas, Firdous Jahan, et al.

PURPOSE: Organizational culture is a determinant for quality improvement. This paper aims to assess organizational culture in a hospital setting, ...

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Role of Surgery in locally advanced prostate cancer

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences (2015)

Nazim Syed Muhammad and Farhat Abbas

A significant proportion of patients present with locally advanced prostate cancer with inherent higher risk of local recurrence and systemic ...

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Eukaryotic cell encystation and cancer cell dormancy: is a Greater ...

Cancer Biology & Medicine (2015)

Abdul Mannan Baig, Naveed Ahmed Khan and Farhat Abbas

Cancer cell dormancy is the main cause of cancer recurrence and failure of therapy as dormant cells evade not only ...

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HIV-1 subtype A gag variability and epitope evolution

Plos One (2014)

Syed Hani Abidi, Marcia L Kalish, Farhat Abbas, Sarah Rowland-Jones, et al.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the course of time-dependent evolution of HIV-1 subtype A on a ...

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Surgical management of pheochromocytoma in a 13-week pregnant woman

BMJ Case Reports (2014)

Mazhar Ali Memon, Wajahat Aziz and Farhat Abbas

A 34-year-old 13-week pregnant woman presented with hypertension refractory to medical therapy and on workup was found to have a ...

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Promoter hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes correlates with tumor grade ...

SpringerPlus (2014)

Shumaila M Bilgrami, Sohail A Qureshi, Shahid Pervez and Farhat Abbas

Purpose: To investigate the promoter methylation status at selected loci which encode for key proteins involved in apoptosis, DNA repair, ...

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MP39-17 MECP2 Silencing in high grade bladder Cancer derived HTB-5 ...

Journal of Urology (2014)

Shumaila Bilgrami, Zulfiqar Naqvi, Khalid Shaikh, El-Nasir Lalani, et al.

DNA methylation patterns and chromatin structure is significantly altered in many human neoplasms including bladder cancer. Aberrant promoter hypermethylation of ...

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Functional and clinical outcome of ileal (Studer) neo-bladder reconstruction: Single ...

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (2014)

Syed M Nazim, Muhammad Hammad Ather and Farhat Abbas

Objective: To determine the medium and long-term outcome of orthotopic continent urinary diversion with ileal (Studer) neo-bladder following radical cystectomy. ...

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HIV-1 progression links with viral genetic variability and subtype, and ...

Medical Microbiology and Immunology (2014)

Syed Hani Abidi, Aniqa Shahid, Laila S Lakhani, Reena Shah, et al.

In a Nairobi-Kenyan cohort of 50 HIV-1 positive patients, we analysed the prevalence of HIV-1 subtypes and human leucocyte antigen ...

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Sarcomatoid carcinoma of prostate involving the whole lower urinary tract ...

Urol Ann (2013)

Nazim Syed Muhammad, Imran K Jalbani, Farhat Abbas and Khurram Minhas

Abstract Sarcomatoid carcinoma of prostate is an extremely rare but aggressive neoplasm. It is generally associated with a poor prognosis. ...

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Population-specific evolution of HIV Gag epitopes in genetically diverged patients

Infection, Genetics and Evolution (2013)

Syed H. Abidi, Aniqa Shahid, Laila S. Lakhani, Muhammad R. Khanani, et al.

Background: Under the host selection pressure HIV evolves rapidly to override crucial steps in the antigen presentation pathway. This allows ...

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An unusual combination of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma and arteriovenous malformation of ...

BMJ Case Reports (2013)

Ali Khawaja, Wajahat Aziz, Syed Muhammad Nazim and Farhat Abbas

We present a case of a 24-year-old gentleman who presented with painless pan haematuria for 2 weeks. During the workup, ...

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Renal arteriovenous malformation: An unusual cause of recurrent haematuria

BMJ Case Reports (2013)

Mazhar Ali, Wajahat Aziz and Farhat Abbas

A 54-year-old woman presented with gross painless haematuria. Initial workup showed no abnormality except mild hydronephrosis on CT scan. Cystoscopy ...

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Burden of Communicable Disease among the Native and Repatriating Afghans

PLoS Pathogens (2012)

Syed Hani Abidi, Farwa Ali, Farida Shah and Farhat Abbas

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The correlation between international prostate symptoms score and sexual health ...

International Urology and Nephrology (2011)

Abdul R. Nasir, Ali Akbar Zehri, Farhat Abbas and M Hammad Ather

Objective: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are common in aging men and are often associated with erectile dysfunction (ED). The ...

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Understanding the context of balanced scorecard implementation: a hospital-based case ...

Impementation Science (2011)

F Rabbani, Sabrina NH Lalji, Farhat Abbas, SM Wasim Jafri, et al.

Background: As a response to a changing operating environment, healthcare administrators are implementing modern management tools in their organizations. The ...

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Modification and implementation of NCCN guidelines on prostate cancer in ...

J Natl Compr Canc Netw. (2010)

Waleed A. Hassen, Farrok A. Karsan and Farhat Abbas

Abstract A prostate cancer committee was established to modify the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) on Prostate ...

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Preliminary study of effecacy of doxazosin as a medical expulsive ...

Urology (2010)

Ali Akbar Zehri, Hammad Ather, Farhat Abbas and Syed Raziuddin Biyabani

Abstract OBJECTIVES: To assess the clinical efficacy of doxazosin as the medical-expulsive therapy for distal ureterolithiasis. METHODS: A total of ...

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Biological & Biomedical Sciences (3)

Community Health Sciences (5)

Surgery (41)