Impact of Fungiform Papillae Count on Taste Perception and Different Methods of Taste Assessment and their Clinical Applications: A comprehensive review

Fungiform papillae are raised lingual structures which contain taste buds and thus play an important role in taste perception. These structures vary in number due to their relative sensitivity to a range of systemic and...

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Acquired Pure Red Cell Aplasia caused by Parvovirus B19 Infection following a Renal Transplant

We report a young Omani male who developed severe and persistent anaemia after a kidney transplantation while being on immunosuppression therapy, standard practice to prevent rejection of the transplanted kidney. His b...

Multi-Factorial Causes of Torsade De Pointes in a Hospitalised Surgical Patient

A 55-year-old chronic alcoholic male known to be positive for human immunodefciency virus (HIV) was admitted to a surgical ward following perianal abscess drainage. He was noted to have sinus bradycardia, ventricular p...

Serum Iron Status of Children with Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease in Lagos, Nigeria

Objectives: Cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD) predisposes patients to iron deficiency due to compensatory secondary erythrocytosis. This study aimed to determine the serum iron status and prevalence of iron defici...