Published: Jan 21, 2015

Editorials

Combined Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography : Option or necessity?

1-3 Naima K. Al-Bulushi
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Sleep Deprivation and Depression : A bi-directional association

4-6 Mohammed A. Al-Abri
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Comments

Heerfordt’s Syndrome : An interesting and under-recognised manifestation of sarcoidosis

7-8 Jeanie McGee, Alireza Minagar
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Reviews

The Role of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns in Human Diseases : Part I - Promoting inflammation and immunity

9-21 Walter G. Land
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Paget’s Disease of Bone among Various Ethnic Groups

22-26 Mira Merashli, Ali Jawad
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Health Workforce Planning : An overview and suggested approach in Oman

27-33 Abdulaziz Al-Sawai, Moeness M. Al-Shishtawy
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Medical History

A Brief History of Breast Cancer : Part III - Tumour biology lays the foundation for medical oncology

34-38 Ritu Lakhtakia, Ikram Burney
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Original Studies

Trends in the Risk for Cardiovascular Disease among Adults with Diabetes in Oman

38-45 Jawad Al-Lawati, Magdi Morsi, Asya Al-Riyami, Ruth Mabry, Medhat El-Sayed, Mahmoud Abd El-Aty, Hawra Al-Lawati
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Prevalence of Hepatitis C among Multi-transfused Thalassaemic Patients in Oman : Single centre experience

46-51 Khalid Al-Naamani, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Siham Al-Sinani, Fauzia Wasim, Shahina Daar
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Selective Use of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography in the Management of Metastatic Disease from Colorectal Cancer : Results from a regional centre

52-57 Sadaf Jafferbhoy, Adam Chambers, James Mander, Hugh Paterson
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Diagnostic Screening Workflow for Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes

58-70 Stella Lai, Clare Brooke, Debra O. Prosser, Chuan-Ching Lan, Elaine Doherty, Donald R. Love
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Reliability of the Emergency Severity Index : Meta-analysis

71-77 Amir Mirhaghi, Abbas Heydari, Reza Mazlom, Farzaneh Hasanzadeh
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Prevalence of Sleep Deprivation and Relation with Depressive Symptoms among Medical Residents in King Fahd University Hospital, Saudi Arabia

78-84 Esraa M. Al-Maddah, Badria K. Al-Dabal, Mohammad S. Khalil
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Hepatoblastomas in Oman : Unveiling success

85-90 Fatma Rabah, Nagwa El-Banna, Dipali Bhuyan, Ibrahim Al-Ghaithi, Mohamed Al-Hinai, Amal Al-Sabahi, Nawal Al-Mashaikhi, Ismail Beshlawi
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Factors Responsible for the Prolonged Stay of Surgical Neonates in Intensive Care Units

91-97 Khalid M. Bhatti, Zainab N. Al-Balushi, Mahmoud H. Sherif, Sareyah M. Al-Sibai, Ashfaq A. Khan, Mazen A. Mohammed, Maria F. Batacalan, Cheryl C. Montemayor, Mohammad Fazalullah, Masood Ahmed, Mathew Kripail, Asad ur- Rahman, Zenaida Reyes, Mohamed Abdellatif
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Voluntary Fasting to Control Post-Ramadan Weight Gain among Overweight and Obese Women

98-104 Suriani Ismail, Khadijah Shamsuddin, Khalib A. Latiff, Hazizi A. Saad, Latifah A. Majid, Fadlan M. Othman
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Perceived Benefits of Pre-Clinical Simulation-based Training on Clinical Learning Outcomes among Omani Undergraduate Nursing Students

105-111 Girija Madhavanprabhakaran, Esra Al-Khasawneh, Lani Wittmann
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Brief Communications

Trends in Epithelial Cell Abnormalities Observed on Cervical Smears over a 21-Year Period in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kuwait

112-115 Kusum Kapila, Prem N. Sharma, Sara S. George, Azza Al-Shaheen, Ahlam Al-Juwaiser, Rana Al-Awadhi
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Does Sickle Cell Disease Protect Against Diabetes Mellitus? : Cross-sectional study

116-119 Ali A. Mohamed, Fathia Al-Qurashi, David L. Whitford
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Dependent Cushing’s Syndrome : Use of an octreotide trial to distinguish between pituitary or ectopic sources

120-123 Omayma T. El-Shafie, Nooralddin Al-Saffi, Ahmed Al-Sajwani, Nicholas Woodhouse
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Case Reports

Heerfordt’s Syndrome Presenting with Recurrent Facial Nerve Palsy : Case report and 10-year literature review

124-128 Preetam Chappity, Rajeev Kumar, Anjan K. Sahoo
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Trichilemmal Cyst of the Penis in a Paediatric Patient

129-132 Samuel Madan, Rashi Joshi
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Cerebellar Mutism Following Closed Head Injury in a Child

133-135 Rajeev Kariyattil, Mohamed I. A. Rahim, Unnikrishnan Muthukuttiparambil
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Vascular Anomalies in Children Misdiagnosed with Asthma : Case series

136-139 Hashim Javad, Khalfan Al-Sineidi, Anas A. Abdelmogheth, Dilip Sankhla, Humoud Al-Dhuhli, Sinan I. Azzawi, Mohamed A. El-Naggari
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Medical Images

Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging T2* in Diagnosing and Monitoring Severe Cardiac and Hepatic Siderosis

140-142 Shahina Daar, Moez Hassan, Vinodh Panjwani, Anil Pathare, Humoud Al-Dhuhli, Arwa Z. Al-Riyami
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Bart Syndrome with Ear Malformation

143-145 Ahmed Omran, Dalia Elimam, Reem A. E. Mobarak, Mohammed Ibrahim, Sonia El-Sharkawy
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Letters to the Editor

Sodium Valproate-Induced Myopathy in a Child

146-147 Riaz Ahmed
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Re: Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Homozygous Beta Thalassaemia : A single-centre experience from Oman

148-148 Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi
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