JERUSALEM - Yasser Arafat's medical records do not give conclusive results regarding what caused his death, The New York Times and Haaretz newspapers reported today, prompting Palestinian officials to call for the publication of the records.

The reports were the first based on the actual medical records since Arafat died in a Paris hospital on Nov. 11 after falling ill in his West Bank compound a month earlier. Arafat's widow, Suha Arafat, and other relatives have kept the records secret since his death.

A stroke was the final blow that killed Arafat, but it is not clear what disease or illness led to a deterioration in his health, The New York Times concluded in its report. The records show, according to independent experts who studied them, that Arafat's symptoms make it highly unlikely that he died of AIDS or poisoning, the newspaper said.

But Palestinian doctors continue to insist that he was poisoned, The Times reported.