Vol 17, No 4 (2017)

November

Table of Contents

Editorials

The Role of Patients’ Families in Cancer Treatment Decision-Making: Perspectives among Eastern and Western families
Abdulrahim Al-Bahri, Mansour Al-Moundhri, Mohammed Al-Azri
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383-385
Trauma Care in Oman: Where do we stand and where should we be heading?
Ammar Al-Kashmiri
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386-388

Reviews

Deciphering the Role of the Barr Body in Malignancy: An insight into head and neck cancer
Deepti Sharma, George Koshy, Shruti Gupta, Bhushan Sharma, Sonal Grover
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389-397

Original Studies

Troponin Testing in the Emergency Department: Real world experience
Mohammed Al-Maskari, Mahmoud Al-Makhdami, Hatim Al-Lawati, Hafidh Al-Hadi, Sunil K. Nadar
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398-403
Epidemiology of Chronic Hepatitis C Infections at a Tertiary Care Centre in Oman
Said A. Al-Busafi, Halima Al-Shuaili, Heba Omar, Haifa Al-Zuhaibi, L. Jeyaseelan, Khalid Al-Naamani
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404-410
Interpreting Neonatal Growth Parameters in Oman: Are we doing it right?
Reem M. Abdulrahim, Ahmed B. Idris, Asad Ur-Rahman, Mohamed Abdellatif, Nigel Fuller
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411-417
Discrepancies Between Planned and Actual Operating Room Turnaround Times at a Large Rural Hospital in Germany
Regula Morgenegg, Franziska Heinze, Katharina Wieferich, Ralf Schiffer, Frank Stueber, Markus M. Luedi, Dietrich Doll
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418-423
Mortality Rate and Years of Life Lost Due to Prostate Cancer in Yazd Province, Iran: A 10-year study
Mojtaba Mirzaei, Mahboobehsadat Mirzadeh, Mohsen Mirzaei
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424-429
Distribution of Trauma Care Facilities in Oman in Relation to High-Incidence Road Traffic Injury Sites: Pilot study
Sara M. Al-Kindi, Ahmed A. Naiem, Kadhim M. Taqi, Najla M. Al-Gheiti, Ikhtiyar S. Al-Toobi, Nasra Q. Al-Busaidi, Ahmed Z. Al-Harthy, Alaa M. Taqi, Sharif A. Ba-Alawi, Hani A. Al-Qadhi
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430-435
Evaluation of Family Planning Counselling in North Jordan
Abdulhakeem M. Okour, Rami A. Saadeh, Mona Zaqoul
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436-443
Diabetes-Related Knowledge and Preventative Practices Among Government Employees with Diabetes in Kuwait
Ahmad J. Abdulsalam, Abdullah E. Al-Daihani, Kostantinos Francis
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444-451

Case Reports

Soft Tissue Rosai-Dorfman Disease: Case report
Rubyath C. Rajib, Rajasekharan Pillai, Ibrahim A. Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Haddabi
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452-454
A Case of Persistent Urogenital Sinus: Pitfalls and challenges in diagnosis
Hooi H. Tan, Shung K. Tan, Rajah Shunmugan, Rozman Zakaria, Zakaria Zahari
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455-459
Thyrotoxic Neuropathy: A rare cause of acute flaccid paraplegia
Aiman K. Al-Wahaibi, Santosh Kumar, Ali Al-Risi, Farook Wali
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460-463
Pitting Oedema in a Patient with Lumbar Disc Herniation: Case report of an unusual association
Homa Sadeghian, Rouzbeh Motiei-Langroudi
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464-467
Intravenous Remifentanil Analgaesia for an Obstetric Patient with Type I Neurofibromatosis and a Factor V Leiden Mutation
José L. Gálvez, Carlos L. Errando, Silvia Serrano, Marga Martín-Ayuso, José M. Valverde-Mantecón
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468-471
Gingival Leiomyosarcoma in a Young Woman: Case report and literature review
Massimo Viviano, Clelia Miracco, Guido Lorenzini, Gennaro Baldino, Serena Cocca
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472-476
Broad Ligament Lipoleiomyoma Masses: Two curious cases masquerading as ovarian carcinomas
Surekha Yadav, Barkha Maheswari, Nishant Sagar, Varuna Mallya, Nita Khurana, Sangeeta Gupta
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477-480
Cardiovocal Syndrome: A rare cause of hoarseness in a patient with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis
Rakul Nambiar, Dae Dalus, Anjali Srikumar
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481-483
Calvarial Tuberculosis in a Preschool-Aged Child: An uncommon entity
Avradip Santra, Arya Sen, Atri Chatterjee
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484-486

Medical Images

Paget’s Disease of the Breast: A dangerous imitator of eczema
Paula Aguayo-Carreras, Laura Bonilla-García, Israel Pérez-López, Carlos Cuenca-Barrales, Jesús Tercedor-Sánchez
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487-488

Letters to the Editor

T Cell Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukaemia with Cutaneous Infiltration
Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Ahinoa Bueno-Rodriguez, Paula Aguayo-Carreras, Daniel Sánchez-Cano, Norberto Ortego-Centeno
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489-490
Re: Neurology Research in Saudi Arabia: Urgent call for action
Ibrahim S. Al-Busaidi
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491-492

Erratum Notice

Erratum Notice of Formatting Correction: In Vitro Cysteine Reactivates Organophosphate Insecticide Dichlorvos-Inhibited Human Cholinesterases
 
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