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Volume 04 | Number 01 | Issue 07 | January - June 2015

Original Articles

Demographic Profile and Extra Intestinal Manifestations of Ulcerative Colitis in Nepalese population: Study from TUTH, a Tertiary Care Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal 
Pages 1-5
Shaneel Harsh, Ananya Adhikari, Parmatma Parazuli, Rahul Pathak, Prem K. Khadga, Sashi Sharma
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jaim.v4i1.14173

Serial Ascitic Fluid Analysis – Prognostic Marker for Adverse Outcome in Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Liver Cirrhosis? 
Pages 6-12
Rahul Pathak, Annette Von Thun, Kumar Vikram Singh, Prem Khadga, Shashi Sharma
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jaim.v4i1.14174

Nailfold capillaroscopic findings in patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon: Preliminary report 
Pages 13-15
Binit Vaidya, Manisha Bhochhibhoya
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jaim.v4i1.14175

Review Article

Immunology of the gut and oral tolerance 
Pages 16-24
Umid Kumar Shrestha
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jaim.v4i1.14176

Case Reports

Concurrent multiple intracranial and intramedullary tuberculoma: a rare form of neurotuberculosis 
Pages 25-27
Vikram Singh Tanwar, Harpreet Singh, Nikhil Govil, Sameer Arora, Ruchi Jagota
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jaim.v4i1.14177

Ulcerative Colitis complicated by lower limbs thromboemboilism- an unusual case scenario 
Pages 28-30
Harpreet Singh, Rekha Mathur, Parminder Kaur, Vikram Tanwar
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jaim.v4i1.14178

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