RAWAL MEDICAL JOURNAL
Editorial Staff
Patron:
Prof. M. Salim Professor of Anethesiology Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi
Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Nasir Khokhar Professor of Gastroenterology, Shifa International Hospital Islamabad
Editors:
Prof Mazhar Malik Professor of Psychiatry Rawal Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad
Dr Muhammad Usman Ghani Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Rai Medical College Sargodha
Associate Editors:
Dr Omar Qureshi Assistant Professor of Medicine Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute, Lahore
Dr. Mati ur Rehman. Professor of Medicine Riphah International University Islamabad
Dr. Ejaz Khan. Professor of Pediatrics Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad
Nargis Munir Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad
Noureen Khan Services Academy, Islamabad
Managing Secretary:
Dr. Muhammad Khurram Professor of Medicine Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi
Finance Secetary:
Dr Zakaullah Warriach Assistant Professor of Medicine Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi
Epidemiologist:
Dr. Sajida Naseem Associate Professor of Community Medicine Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad
Bibliographer:
Muhammad Javed. Chief Librarian, Shifa Tameer e Millat University, Islamabad
National Editorial Board
Prof. Musaddiq Khan Prof. Shawkat Matabdin
Professor of Surgery Professor of Anesthesiology
Rawalpindi Medical College Shifa International Hospital
Rawalpindi Islamabad
Prof. Mian Abdul Rashid Prof. M. Yousuf Chaudhary
Professor of Forensic Medicine Professor of Radiology
Muhammad Medical College Shifa International Hospital
MIrpur AJK Islamabad
Prof. Javed Butt Prof. Rehana Arshad
Professor of Gastroenterology Professor of Anatomy
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Rawalpindi Medical College
Islamabad Rawalpindi
Dr Naveed Ashfaq
Consultant Surgeon
CDA Hospital
Dr Hina Mehwish Dr Khalid Randhawa
Asstt Prof of Gynecology Asstt Prof of Surgery
Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi Medical College
Rawalpindi Rawalpindi
Dr. Sajjad Minhas Dr Arshad Rana
General Practice President PMA Rawalpindi Islamabad Branch
Rawalpind Rawalpindi
International Editorial Board
Prof. Helmut Denk Prof. Graham Foster
Professor of Pathology Professor of Medicine
University of Vienna University of London
Austria London
Prof. C. L. Lie Prof. James Lewis
Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine
University of Hong Kong Georgetown University
Hong Kong Washington DC
Prof. Myron Schwartz Prof. Graeme P. Young
Professor of Surgery Professor of Medicine
Mount Sain School of Medicine Flinders University
New York, NY South Australia, Australia
Prof. Rene Lambert Prof. Zhang Gao Wang
International Agency for Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Research on Cancer Xuan Wu Hospital Capital University
Lyon, France of Medical Sciences
Beijing, China
Dr Med. Peter Schiedermaier Dr Dr. Abdurrahman Hamdi inan
Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology
University of Bonn
Germany
Luca Testarelli
Professor of Dental Restorative, Endodontics
School of Dentistry, Sapienza, University of Rome,
Italy
