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EDITORIAL
 

University of the 21st century: Opportunities and challenges for medical education          

Ala' Aldin Al-Hussaini HTML PDF
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
  Polymethyl methacrylate (Perspex) line pattern phantom: 
A new gamma camera test pattern for assessment of extrinsic resolution and linearity

Fadhil M. Salih, Afkar N. Al-Farsi 

HTML PDF
  A polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length 
polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) test to detect the common mutation 
(35 del-G) in the connexin-26 gene
Mehmet Simsek, Nadia Al-Wardy, 
Mazin Al-Khabory
HTML PDF
  Occurence of autoantbodies in healthy Omani individuals Ali A. Al-Jabri, Elizabeth R. Richens HTML PDF
 

Prevalence of asthma symptoms in Omani schoolchildren

Bazdawi M. S. Al-Riyami, Omar A. S. Al-Rawas, Asya A. Al-Riyami, Lyla G. Jasim, Ali J. Mohammed HTML PDF
 

Are scintigraphy and ultrasonography necessary before 
fine-needle aspiration cytology for thyroid nodules?

Dilip K. Sankhla, Samir S. Hussein, Haddia Bererhi, Omeima El Shafie, Nicholas J. Woodhouse, V. Nirmala HTML PDF
 

Clinical profile of stroke: The experience at King Abdulaziz 
University Hospital

Daad H. Akbar, Maimona Mushtaq HTML PDF
 

Metered-dose inhaler technique among healthcare providers practising in Oman

Sawsan A. Baddar, Omar A. Al-Rawas, Kassim A. Al-Riyami, Elizabeth A. Worthing, Yolande I. Hanseens, Aqeela M. Taqi, Bazdawi M. S. Al-Riyami HTML PDF
 

The growth pattern of primary schoolchildren in Benghazi, Libya 

Marwan M. Al-Sharbati, Ameer A. Younan, Omar H. Sudani HTML PDF
CASE REPORT
 

Synchronous bilateral endometrioid ovarian cancer and uterine adenocarcinoma in a young woman

 Mansour Al-Moundhiri, Mariam Mathew, Andrzej Krolikowski HTML PDF
Guide to Authors (English)   HTML PDF
Guide to Authors (Arabic)     PDF