Lost and Found Unusual location of a urinary tract calculus
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2013, Vol 13, Issue 2
Abstract
Authors and Affiliations
Anupam K. Kakaria| Department of Radiology & Molecular Imaging, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, Sukhpal Sawhney| Department of Radiology & Molecular Imaging, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
Characterisation of Nicotine and Cancer-Enhancing Anions in the Common Smokeless Tobacco Afzal in Oman
Objectives: Afzal is a common smokeless tobacco product (STP) available illegally in Oman. Tis study aimed to assess pH and moisture levels and determine cancer-enhancing factors in a randomly selected sample of Afzal....
A polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) test to detect the common mutation (35delG) in the connexin-26 gene
Objective: To develop a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based test for the detection of a common frame-shift mutation (35delG) in the connexin-26 (GJB2) gene, and to investigate the status of this mutation in Oman. Metho...
Intrinsic Lymphatics of the Thymus in the Rat: A Detailed Light and Electron Microscopic Study using Serial Sections
The morphology and distribution of intrinsic lymphatics of the thymus gland of adult Swiss-Albino rats was studied by light and transmisson electron microscopy. Lymphatic channels were traced, in serial semithin section...
A Case of Gastric and Duodenal Strongyloidiasis
Strongyloides stercoralis is a nematode parasite which causes a protracted asymptomatic intestinal infection. It is considered a life threatening condition in immunocompromised patients when hyperinfection is associate...
Divergent Views on Abortion and the Period of Ensoulment
A Muslim woman in her sixteenth week of pregnancy was informed that her ultrasound scan showed spina bifda, and laboratory results confrmed the diagnosis. Te child would have various complications and, most probably, w...