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Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal (SQUMJ) is a leading, internationally peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal published quarterly online with free access to full-text articles. Our mission is to advance medical knowledge and practice by publishing groundbreaking research and fostering global collaboration in healthcare.

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SQUMJ is completely FREE OF CHARGE for both authors to publish and readers to access articles, thanks to our publisher, Sultan Qaboos University, for fully funding the Journal.

SQUMJ is indexed in PubMed, SCOPUS, the Directory of Open Access Journals, the Al Manhal database of Arab journals, and the WHO Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

ISSN (Print): 2075-051X

ISSN (Online): 2075-0528

Published: Dec 19, 2018

Diabetes and Stroke: More than just accelerated atherosclerosis?

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.001

e261-263 Arunodaya R. Gujjar

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Sources and Clinical Applications of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: State-of-the-art review

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.002

e264-277 Roberto Berebichez-Fridman, Pablo R. Montero-Olvera

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Noninvasive Ventilation and High-Flow Nasal Cannulae Therapy for Children with Acute Respiratory Failure: An overview

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.003

e278-285 Khaloud S. Al-Mukhaini, Najwa M. Al-Rahbi

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Teaching the Role of Health Advocate: Reflections on two cross-cultural collaborative advocacy workshops for medical trainees and instructors in Oman

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.004

e286-290 Jessica Breton, Louis H. Francescutti, Yousef Al-Weshahi

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Correlation of the Homeostasis Model Assessment Index and Adiponectin, Leptin and Insulin Levels to Body Mass Index-Associated Gene Polymorphisms in Adolescents

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.005

e291-298 María D. Martínez-Martínez, Hugo Mendieta-Zerón, Luis Celis, Cristian F. Layton-Tovar, Rocío Torres-García, Laura E. Gutiérrez-Pliego, Eneida Camarillo-Romero, José D. Garduño-García, María D. Camarillo-Romero

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Prognostic Significance of Blood Glucose Levels and Alterations Among Patients with Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.006

e299-303 Arvind Sharma, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Kiran D. Gill, Ashish Bhalla

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High Efficacy of Praziquantel in Schistosoma haematobium-Infected Children in Taraba State, Northeast Nigeria: A follow-up study

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.007

e304-310 Robert S. Houmsou, Binga E. Wama, Hemen Agere, John A. Uniga, Elizabeth U. Amuta, Santaya L. Kela

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Relationship Between Glycated Haemoglobin and Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease Among Patients with Acute Ischaemic Stroke

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.008

e311-317 Saima Nazish, Azra Zafar, Rizwana Shahid, Aishah Albakr, Fahd A. Alkhamis, Danah Aljaafari, Majed Alabdali, Abdullah Alsulaiman, Faisal A. Al-Mulla

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Lactate Dehydrogenase and β-Glucuronidase as Salivary Biochemical Markers of Periodontitis Among Smokers and Non-Smokers

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.009

e318-323 Syed A. Ali, Ravi L. Telgi, Amit Tirth, Irfan Q. Tantry, Abdul Aleem

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Prevalence of Infectious Organisms Observed in Cervical Smears Between 1997–2014 at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.010

e324-328 Rana Al-Awadhi, Azza Al-Shaheen, Ahlam Al-Juwaiser, Sara S. George, Prem Sharma, Kusum Kapila

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Spectrum of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Oman

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.011

e329-337 Darshan Lal, Arunodaya R. Gujjar, Nandagopal Ramachandiran, Ammar Obaidi, Sunil Kumar, Mortada El-Tigani, Faizal Al-Azri, Abdullah R. Al-Asmi

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Diabetic Foot Disease Research in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A bibliometric analysis

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.012

e338-343 Ibrahim S. Al-Busaidi, Nadia N. Abdulhadi, Kirsten J. Coppell

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Attitudes Towards and Perceptions Regarding the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice Among Omani Nurses

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.013

e344-349 Mohammed A. Al-Maskari, Barbara J. Patterson

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Association Between Voice Handicap Index and Reflux Symptom Index: A cross-sectional study of undiagnosed general and teacher cohorts in Saudi Arabia

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.014

e350-354 Rawan Alanazi, Ahmed Alrahim, Sara Bayounos, Abdulrahman Al-Ghuwainem, Mohammad H. Al-Bar

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Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes of Pregnant Indian Pilgrims: A three-year experience at the Indian Hajj Medical Mission

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.015

e355-361 Shazia Khan, Inam D. Khan

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Implementing Lean Management Techniques at a Radiation Oncology Department

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.016

e362-366 Mustafa M. Al-Balushi, Zahid Al-Mandhari

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Evaluation of Antibiotic Use Among Sepsis Patients in an Intensive Care Unit: A cross-sectional study at a referral hospital in Indonesia

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.017

e367-373 Ratna S. Dewi, Maksum Radji, Rizka Andalusia

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Current Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Practices Following Endovascular Electrophysiological Procedures in the UK: A retrospective study

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.018

e374-378 Christopher Saunderson, Sally Hickman, Elaine Wilkinson, Muzahir Tayebjee

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A Triad of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis, Mandibular Retrognathia and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Case report

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.019

e379-382 Issa K. Al-Nuumani, Abdulaziz Bakathir, Ahmed Al-Hashmi, Mohammed Al-Abri, Hussein Al-Kindi, Intisar Al-Macki, Zainab Al-Balushi

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Primary Gastric Yolk Sac Tumour

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.020

e383-385 Asim Qureshi, Mansour Al-Moundhri, Maha Al-Shaibi, Ibrahim Al-Haddabi, Alok Mittal

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A New Variant of Dual Left Anterior Descending Artery Anomaly: Type XI

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.021

e386-388 Rashid S. Al-Umairi, Faiza A. Al-Kindi, Saqar A. Al-Tai

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Two Different Causes of Paediatric Hypercalcaemia

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.022

e389-392 Stepan Kutilek, Ivana Plasilova, Viktor Chrobok

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Nodular Pulmonary Amyloidosis Mimicking Metastatic Pulmonary Nodules: A case report and review of the literature

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.023

e393-396 Rashid S. Al-Umairi, Fatma Al-Lawati, Fadhila M. Al-Busaidi

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Primary Plasma Cell Leukaemia: Case report and review of the literature

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.024

e397-401 Sarika Singh, Ashutosh Rath, Surekha Yadav

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A Probable Case of Mucosal Fixed Drug Eruption Following Treatment with Silodosin

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.025

e402-404 Eleni Klimi

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Multifocal Skin Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in a Patient with a Large Abdominal Mass

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.026

e405-406 Run Yu

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Large Thrombus on a Prosthetic Mitral Valve During Early Pregnancy

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.027

e407-408 Yasser A. Kamal, Mohamed Zahran, Ahmed Oreiby

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Pyogenic Granuloma in an Atypical Location Following Isotretinoin Treatment

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.028

e409-410 Carlos Cuenca-Barrales, Teresa Ródenas-Herranz, Laura Linares-Gonzalez, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde

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Chronic Discoid Lupus: An uncommon cause of nail atrophy

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.029

e411-412 Francisco J. Navarro-Triviño, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde

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Re: Perceptions of Plagiarism Among Medical and Nursing Students in Erbil, Iraq

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.030

e413 Sora Yasri, Viroj Wiwanitkit

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2nd International Nursing Conference: Transforming nursing future - Technology, innovation and collaboration

10.18295/squmj.2018.18.03.031

e414-424 Sultan Qaboos University

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