The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure A prospective comparative study of undergraduate medical students’ and interns’ perceptions in Oman

Objectives: Tis study aimed to assess perceptions of the educational environment in Oman among medical undergraduate students and interns using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) tool. Methods: Tis...

Shigellosis Outbreak in Al Batinah South Governorate, Oman Case-control study

Objectives: An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis due to Shigella flexneri occurred in August 2012 in the catchment area of the Wadi Sahtan Health Center in Rustaq, Al Batinah South Governorate, Oman. Te aim of this st...

Dirt-Like Hyperpigmented Plaques on the Neck and Linea Alba of a 12-Year-Old Girl

Vitamin D Defciency This clandestine endemic disease is veiled no more

Recently, scientists have generated a strong body of evidence providing new information about the preventive effect of vitamin D on a broad range of disorders. Tis evidence suggests that vitamin D is much more than a...

Implications of a Chr7q21.11 Microdeletion and the Role of the PCLO Gene in Developmental Delay

We report here a 4-year-old boy with global developmental delay who was referred for karyotyping and fragile X studies. A small interstitial deletion on chromosome 7 at band 7q21 was detected in all cells examined. Sub...