Original Research

• Serum Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels Correlate with the Severity of Hypertension in a Population of Nigerian Patients. – Chiebonam E Nwajiobi, Bruno Basil, Ugochukwu J Okoli. 231- 240

• Prevalence Of Prehypertension, Hypertension, and its Determinants Among Young Adults in Enugu State, Nigeria. - Obinna C Nwoke, Nkoyo I Nubila, Onyekachi E Ekowo, Nwabunwanne C Nwoke, Edwin N Okafor, Raphael C Anakwue. 241 - 254

• Prevalence and Predictors for use of Herbal medicine in the treatment of Infertility in a secondary Health facility in South-South Nigeria - Ngozi Roy Maduka, Onyekachukwu Paul Okubor.  255 - 265

• Psychosocial dysfunction and delayed sexual development among adolescents living with HIV in Lagos, Nigeria. -Somtochukwu Rose Akunne, Elizabeth Eberechi Oyenusi, Adeseye Michael Akinsete, Abiola Olufunmilayo Oduwole. 266 - 275

• Characterization and Quantification of Vehicular Emissions in Abuja Municipality – Implications for Public Health - Nnenna M Ezeigwe, Echendu D Adinma, Efegbidiki L Okobia, Stephan Schwander. 276 - 291

• Level of knowledge and perceived challenges associated with learning movement disorders topics: a critical review of final-year medical students at a Nigerian private university. - Ikechukwu Chukwuocha, Ernest Nwazor, Emmanuel Iwuozo, Chukwuma Okeafor. 292 - 300

• Prevalence and Pattern of Gestational Thyroid Dysfunction in a Population of South-East Nigerian Women. - Ugochukwu Josiah Okoli, Bruno Basil, Chiebonam Eucharia Nwajiobi. 301 - 312

• Correlation between oligohydramnios and anaemia in the third trimester of pregnancy: A study in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan - Asma Batool, Mussarat Sultana, Zaiba Sher, Saadia Fayyaz, Ayesha Sharif, Nida Faisal. 313 - 319

• Pritchard’s Regimen: The Effect of 12-Hour Versus 24-Hour Magnesium Sulphate Maintenance Regimen on the Occurrence of Seizures and Maternal Outcome in Women with Severe Features of Preeclampsia: A Triple-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial - Samuel Okwuchukwu Ilikannu, Peter Ndidi Ebeigbe, Angela Uduak Ochei. 320 - 331

• Neonatal Transport Network Services: Preparedness of healthcare systems in Southern Nigeria - Elizabeth-Martha Chinyere Okorie, Datonye Christopher Briggs, Peace Ibo Opara, Augusta Unoma Eneh. 332 - 343

• Influence of knowledge about discriminatory practices towards HIV-positive individuals with the uptake of HIV testing during pregnancy among reproductive-aged women in Nigeria - Charles Nzelu, Magdeline Aagard, Hadi Danawi, Gwendolyn S. Francavillo, Pelagia Melea. 344 - 353

• Kaiso Expression in Triple Negative Breast Cancer in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana - Babatunde Duduyemi, Thelma Kwakye, Lorraine Sallah. 354 - 366

Short Communication

• Quality Management in Clinical and Public Health Research: A Panacea for Minimising and Eliminating Protocol Deviations in Research Operations - Elvis Efe Isere, Nosa Eniye Omorogbe. 367 - 375

Case Report & Series

• Outcome of retained intra-abdominal foreign body managed in a general surgical service in Ibadan: a case series - Omobolaji O. Ayandipo, Oludolapo O. Afuwape, Adefemi O Afolabi, Taiwo A. Lawal, Oluwabukade T. Ojediran, Oluwasanmi A. Ajagbe, Philip A Ekhaiyeme, Adegbolahan J. Fakoya, Temidayo O. Ogundiran. 376