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  1. Karrar Z A. Prenatal Mortality. Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics, supp.(1) 1977; 49-57.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Omer M I, Karrar Z A .The pattern of emergency admissions in Khartoum. Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics 1977; 2: 19-30.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Ahmed M M, Karrar Z A, Roberts C J. Drug metabolism in malnourished children: a study with antipyrin. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1979; 54 (4): 299-301.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Fedail S S, Karrar Z A, Harvey R F and Read. Serum Trypsin as a measure of pancreatic exocrine function in children with protein energy malnutrition. Lancet 1980; 2:374.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Karrar Z A, Omer M I O. Morbidity pattern among under-five children in a rural community in Sudan. Tropical & Geographical Medicine 1981; 33: 75-78.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Karrar Z A. Diphtheritic polyneuropathy in Sudanese children. Journal of Tropical Paediatrics 1981; 27 (1): 23-25.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Karrar Z A, Abdulla M A. Gastroentritis among under-five children in Riyadh: a prospective analysis of 254 hospital admissions. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1981. 1: 119 – 22.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Karrar Z A, Elidrissy A T H, Adam K A & Arabi K. Cutis Laxa, intrauterine growth retardation and bilateral dislocation of the hips: a report of five cases. Skeletal Dysplasias: Progress in Clinical and Biological Research 1982; 104: 215-21<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Karrar Z A et al .The Wrinkly Skin syndrome: a report of two siblings from Saudia Arabia. Clinical Genetics 1983; 23 :308-10.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Karrar Z A. Neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia: a common aetiology ? Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics 1984; 3 :42-45 .<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Elseed F, Karrar Z A. Congenital Afibrogenaemia in a Saudi family :a case report & family study .Acta Haematol. 1984; 71: 388-92 .<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Abdulla M A, Jamgoum G, Karrar Z A et al .Seroepidemiology of Rubella in Riyadh: an adapted vaccination policy. British Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 1984 ; 236-39.<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. Taha S A, Karrar Z A & Dost S. Transcutaneous bilirubin measurement in assessing neonatal jaundice among Saudi infants .Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1984 ; 4:229-31 .<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Karrar Z A. Cutis Laxa, ligamentous laxity and growth retardation .Paediatrics 1984; 5 :903.<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Karrar Z A, Abdulla M A .Pyogenic liver abscess in children . Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1985; 5 : 97-101.<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. Adam K A, Elseed F A, Karrar Z A & Gadir A A. a combind factor V and VIII deficiency: a family study .Scandinavian Journal of Haematology 1985; 34 : 401-405.<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. Karrar Z A, Al Arabi K, Adam K A 7 Elidrissy A T H. cutis Laxa, growth retardation and bilateral hip dislocation: a report of further four cases Saudi Medical Journal 1985; 6: 561-65.<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. Karrar Z A et al. Neonatal Jaundice among full term infants in Riyadh: a prospective analysis of 190 hospital admissions. East African Medical Journal 1985; 10: 62 – 66.<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. Abdulla M A, Karrar Z A et al. Cystic fibrosis in a Saudi child. Saudi Medical Journal 1986; 7: 189 – 92.<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. Elidrissy ATH, Abdulla M A, Alsidrani S, Karrar Z A et al. Level of vitamin D in female school children at different age groups in Saudia Arabia. In: Vitamin D, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1985 ;561-62.<\/span><\/li>\n
  21. Izz Eldin A S, Karrar Z A. H-type tracheo-0esophageal fistula in a Saudi child. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1986; 6 (2) :129 – 33.<\/span><\/li>\n
  22. Abdulla M A, Stubbe P & Karrar Z A. Dangers of topical corticosteroids. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1986; 6:265 – 66.<\/span><\/li>\n
  23. Abdulla M A, Ashong E F, Al Habib S, Karrar Z A & Al Jishi N M .Fever in children. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1987; 7(3): 1232 – 27.<\/span><\/li>\n
  24. Karrar Z A et al. .Meningitis and septicaemia due to a multiply resistant strain of Haemophilus influenzae type B. Journal of infection 1987 ; 14: 61-65 .<\/span><\/li>\n
  25. Babiker M A, Patel P J, Karrar Z A & Hafeez M A. Comparison between serum ferritin and computed tomographic densities of liver, spleen , kidneys and pancreas in children with B thalassaemia major .Scandinavian Journal of Clinical Laboratory Investigations 1987; 47: 715 – 18.<\/span><\/li>\n
  26. Karrar Z A, Abdulla M A et al. Loperamide in acute diarrhoea in childhood results of a double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial .Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1987; 122 – 27.<\/span><\/li>\n
  27. Karrar Z A et al. Trans-cutaneous bilirubin measurement: Evaluation of the jaundice meter to screen for significant jaundice. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics1988; 9: 59 – 61.<\/span><\/li>\n
  28. Behemuka M, Karrar Z A et al. Protean manifestations of Wilsons disease: a review of seven Saudi patients. Tropical Geographical Medicine 1988; 40:131 – 8.<\/span><\/li>\n
  29. Karrar Z A et al. Mortality among children with meningococcal disease: an analysis of deaths in the 1988 epidemic. Sudan Medical Journal 1990; 28:16:22.<\/span><\/li>\n
  30. Karrar Z A & Mabrouk A Z.Cutis Laxa, growth retardation and hip dislocation in a Sudanese child .Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1991; 11:367 – 70.<\/span><\/li>\n
  31. Salih M, Ahmed H S, Karrar Z A et al. Features of meningococcal disease in a large epidemic. Scand. J Infect. Dis. 1991; 22: 161 – 70.<\/span><\/li>\n
  32. Karrar Z A, Patel J P & Abdurrahman M B. Hydrops of the gallbladder in a child with Wilsons disease: a rare association. Indian Paediatrics 1991; 28: 91 – 94.<\/span><\/li>\n
  33. Karrar Z A, Omer M I A. Training medical students and graduates in primary health care at community level Soba-Butri field training experience .Sudan Medical Journal 1992; 30(1): 93 – 95.<\/span><\/li>\n
  34. Musa A M, Yassin S & Karrar Z A. Training of medical students in health centers. Sudan Health Forum 1992; 47 – 53 (Arabic).<\/span><\/li>\n
  35. Karrar Z A et al. Street children in Khartoum: social and health profile. Children at RiskKaren Edbirg & Per Egil Mjaavon (ed.). The Norweigen Centre for Child Research, Trodheim 1993; 150 – 53.<\/span><\/li>\n
  36. Ibrahim S & Karrar Z A .The pattern of childhood tuberculosis in Khartoum. Sudan Medical Journal 1993; 31(2):1 – 16.<\/span><\/li>\n
  37. Ibrahim S & Karrar Z A .The incidence and time trend of cildhood immunizable diseases in hospitals in Khartoum. Sudan Medical Journal 1995<\/span><\/li>\n
  38. Mobashar B, Karrar Z A & A\/Aziz M I Neonatal tetanus in a rural Sudanese community: A study of knowledge, attitudes & practices .Tropical Paediatrics 1996; 42: 110 – 12.<\/span><\/li>\n
  39. Ahmed I S, El Toum, Karrar Z A & Gebril A R. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers regarding diarrhoeal diseases among children in a Sudanese rural community. East African Medical Journal 1995; 71(11): 716 – 19.<\/span><\/li>\n
  40. El Hag A I & Karrar Z A. Nutritional rickets among Sudanese children .Annals of Tropical Paediatrics1995; 15: 69 – 76.<\/span><\/li>\n
  41. Karrar Z A & A\/Rahim F. Prevalence and risk factors of parasitic infections among under-five Sudanese children. East African Medical Journal 1995 ; 72(2): 25 – 31.<\/span><\/li>\n
  42. Mustafa S I, Karrar Z A & Suliman G I.Cerial based oral rehydration solutions in Sudanese children: a comparative clinical trial of rice-based and sorghum-based oral rehydration solutions.Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1995; 15: 313 – 19.<\/span><\/li>\n
  43. Muzamil Hussein A\/Gadir, Abdel Rahman Eltom ,Zein Karrar & Ilham Sid Ahmed. Identifying at risk under-five children in Sudan .Eastern Mediterranean. Health Journal 1995; 1: 38 – 46.<\/span><\/li>\n
  44. M S K Hashim, M A M Salih, A A Elhag, Karrar Z A et al. AIDS & HIV infection in Sudanese children: a clinical & epidemiological study. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 1997; 11(5): 331 – 37.<\/span><\/li>\n
  45. Hashim Elzein, Maurenn E Birmingham, Karrar Z A, A\/Raouf El Hassan & Awad Omer. Poliomyelitis outbreak and subsequent progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in Sudan. The Lancet 1997; 350 (9079): 715 – 16.<\/span><\/li>\n
  46. M E Birmingham, Karrar Z A, A A El Hassan, & A Omer. Rehabilitation of the expanded Program for Immunization in Sudan following a poliomyelitis outbreak. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1998; 76(4): 335 – 41.<\/span><\/li>\n
  47. Karrar Z A. Vitamin D deficiency rickets in the developing countries. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics;1999.. 18: 589 \u2013 92<\/span><\/li>\n
  48. Ahmed Atif A, Osman Hani, Mansour Alawaya, Musa Hassan A, Ahmed Abdalla B, Karrar Zein,\u00a0 Hassan Sidahmed Hassan. Antimicrobial Resistances\u00a0 to Bacterial Isolates from Patients with Diarrhoea and Urinary Tract Infection in Sudan. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygeine 2000; vol 63 ( no 5-6): 259-63<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Abdelrahim O Mohamed Bekhieta Attalla\u00a0 Fathya M K Bashir Fatima E Ahmed Ahmed M El Hassan\u00a0 Gafar Ibnauf\u00a0 Weiyin Jiang\u00a0 Luigi L Cavali-Sforza\u00a0 Zein al Abdin Karrar\u00a0 Muntaser Ibrahim . Relationship of the sickle cell gene to the ethnic and geographic groups populating the Sudan .Community Gene 2005 ; 9: 113-120<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. M Mohammed, Z.E.A. Karrar and S.H. El-Safi .Coeliac disease in Sudanese children with clinical features suggestive of the disease. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2006 . Vol 12 , No 5 : 582-89<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      51 .Mahd A Altom, Omer Alagra, Zein A Karrar. Cncepts and Policies of Graduate Studies. Proceedings of the Conference on : post-graduate training in The Sudan .University of Kartoum .13-15 March 2006 (arabic)<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. Zein A Karrar. Partnerships of Graduate College University of of Khartoum. Proceedings of the Conference on : post-graduate training in The Sudan .University of Kartoum .13-15 March 2006 (arabic)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a053.Medani M Medani ,Zein A Karrar, Alrasheed MusaZeinab Altahir.\u00a0 Administration and Funding of \u00a0\u00a0Graduate College University of of Khartoum. Prceedings of the Conference on : post-graduate training in The Sudan .University of Kartoum .13-15 March 2006 (arabic)<\/span><\/p>\n

        54.Zulfiqar A , Asim Belgaumi , Mohammed Abdur Rab , Zein Karrar\u00a0 ,Mohamed Khashaba and Nezha Mouane .\u00a0 \u00a0Child health and survival\u00a0 in the Eastern Mediterranean region . BMJ 2006 ; 333 :\u00a0 839-842<\/span><\/p>\n

        55.Mohamed B Abdelrahim,Zein A Karrar, El tigani M A Ali. Spectrum of Renal bone Disease in Sudanese children with chronic Renal Failure. \u00a0Sudan Medical Journal 2009;45(1):42-47<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. Zein A Karrar. Professionalism and Good medical Practice: The Role Of Sudan Medical Council. Sudan Medical Journal 2009: 45(2)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          57 Zeinab Gaily, Zein Karrar: neonatal outcome of in vitro fertilization in Sudan<\/span><\/p>\n

          58 .Innam N Mohammed, Ali Arabi, A Baraka, Zein Karrar. Successful medical treatment of a large thoracic hydatid cystin a child.Khartoum Medical Journal 2009, Vol 02 ( 2) : 219-221<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 59 Zein A Karrar. Paediatric training and practice in Sudan: the making \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of a paediatrician. .Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2010;vol10: 7-9<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 60 Nahid S Zumrawi, Zein A Karrar, Ali M Arabi and Mohamed A Abdulla. \u00a0Osteopetro-rickets: Case report and review of literature. Khartoum Medical Journal 2011; Vol: 3 (NO 6): 508-10<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a061- Claudi Di Blasi,Emanuela Bellafiore, Mustafa A M Salih, M Chiara Manzni, \u00a0\u00a0Maoia M Mukhtar, Zein A Karrar, Christopher A Walsh,Kevin P Campell, Renato Mantegazza ,Lucia Murandi and Marina Mora. Variable disease severity in Saudi Arabian and Sudanese families with c.3924 +\u00a0 2T} C mutation of LAMA2.BMC Research Notes; December 2011, 4; 534-16<\/span><\/p>\n

          62 Sudan Medical Council, editor. Teaching and assessing Professionalism-A guide to course development. Khartoum: Sudan Medical Council; 2011. 36 p.<\/span><\/p>\n

          63 Attalla B A, Karrar ZA,\u00a0 Ibnouf G, Mohamed A O, Abdelwahab , Nasir E M6, El Seed M AOutcome \u00a0of cholelithiasis in Sudanese children with Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) after 13 years follow-up. African Health Sciences March 2013. Vol 13 Issue 1: 155-59<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a064 – \u00a0Eltigani M.A,Amal H.A\/Rahman, Zein A. Karrar. Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics 2012; vol12 (No 2): 52-59\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – 65 – Badreldin Abass, Inaam N Mohamed, Maha Elseed, Zein A Karrar. Causes of uncontrolled Seizures among Sudanese children, KMJ 2014: 07: 915-920<\/span><\/p>\n

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          66 Inaam N. Mohamed<\/a>, Maha A. Elseed<\/a>, Ahlam A. Hamed<\/a>, Manar E. Abdel-Rahman<\/a>, Sarah M. El-Sadig<\/a>, Ilham M. Omer<\/a>, Abdelgadir H. Osman<\/a>, Ammar E. Ahmed<\/a>, Zein A. Karrar<\/a> & Mustafa A. Salih<\/a>. Prevalence of epilepsy in 74,949 school children in Khartoum State, Sudan. Journal of Paediatrics and International Child Health <\/a>Volume 37, 2017 – Issue 3<\/a> Pages 188-192<\/span><\/p>\n

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          67- Alex Adjagba a, Noni E. MacDonald b,\u21d1, Inmaculada Ortega-P\u00e9rez a, Philippe Duclos c, 2016 Global NITAG<\/span><\/p>\n

          Network Meeting Participants 1. Strengthening and sustainability of national immunization technical<\/span><\/p>\n

          advisory groups (NITAGs) globally: Lessons and recommendations from the founding meeting of the global NITAG network Vaccine 35 (2017) 3007\u2013301167-<\/span><\/p>\n

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          68 Mohamed IN, Karrar Z. Teaching methods and assessment of professionalism among undergraduate medical schools in Sudan. 2018;11(01):1454\u20139.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          69- <\/strong>Zein A Karrar.( leading Article) \u00a0Global trends in Quality Assurance in Medical Education: Implications and Challenges to Medical Education in Sudan. Khartoum Medical Journal ( November 2018, vol11:3.158-23<\/span><\/p>\n

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          70- Mohamed IN, Karrar Z. Perception of medical students and faculty on teaching of professionalism: challenges and suggestions for improvement. Khartoum Med J. 2019;12(2):1587\u201395.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          71 – Boelen C*<\/sup><\/a> , Blouin D **<\/sup>, Gibbs T ***<\/sup>, Woollard R*<\/sup>and \u00a0NITAG group 2018 Accrediting excellence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for a medical school\u2019s impact on population health Excellence .(summited for publication)2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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