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VOLUME 47 NUMBER 4
DECEMBER 2015
KMJ
Kuwait MEdical JourNal
the official Journal of the Kuwait Medical association
Editorial
289
Surgical Interventions for Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
Mohammad H Jamal
rEviEw articlE
291
Diabetes: A Fast Evolving Epidemic
Ali H Ziyab, Anwar Mohammad, Elizabeth Maclean, Kazem Behbehani, Manuel Carballo
oriGiNal articlEs
Clinical and Laboratory Features, Complications and Treatment Outcome of Tularemia and a Review of
Literature
302
Mehmet Ulug
308
Arcuate Line Variations: Are They Important for TEP Surgeons?
313
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Psoriasis Patients
317
Closed Reduction of Pediatric Nasal Bone Fractures
321
325
casE rEPorts
Carbimazole-Induced Agranulocytosis Treated with Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (GCSF): A Report
of Two Cases
330
Male Child
333
Scimitar Syndrome: Two Cases in Different Age Groups
336
Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting in a Patient with L-I Type Single Coronary Artery
339
343
346
Cerebral Cryptococcoma - But Why?
348
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December 2015
Editorial
Surgical Interventions for Non Insulin
Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
Mohammad H Jamal
glycemic control
Mohammad H. Jamal MBChB(HONS) MEd FRCSC FACS FASMBS, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
E-mail: u22mj@yahoo.com
December 2015
et al. Bariatric
et al. Bariatric
REFERENCES
et al
et al
December 2015
Review Article
Diabetes: A Fast Evolving Epidemic
Ali H Ziyab , Anwar Mohammad , Elizabeth Maclean , Kazem Behbehani , Manuel Carballo
ABSTRACT
KEY WORDS:
INTRODUCTION
DIABETES IN HISTORY
i.e
the growing challenge
Ali H Ziyab, PhD, Department of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait. Tel: (+965) 24636545;
Fax: (+965) 25338948. Email: aziyab@hsc.edu.kw
December 2015
Enivioromental Agents
cell mass
cells
100%
Genetic
Predisposition
REASONS FOR LATE ATTENTION
Primary
Diagnosis
Pre-Clinical Diabetes
(undiagnosed)
Immune
Activation
Secondary
Fig. 1:
degradation
TYPES OF DIABETES
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF T1DM
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF T2DM
Clinical
Diabetes
Tertiary
0%
December 2015
Fig. 2:
alone
, and
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF GDM
role
EPIDEMIOLOGY
DIABETES
AND
TRENDS
OF
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th
th
, but
Fig. 3:
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Fig. 4:
PREDIABETES: THE RISING EPIDEMIC
i.e.,
Federation
i.e.,
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RISK FACTORS
T2DM AND PREDIABETES IN YOUTH
weight
CONSEQUENCES
December 2015
morbidity
PREvENTION
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
th
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et al
et al
et al
et al
et al
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et
al
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et al
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et
al
et al
December 2015
Original Article
Clinical and Laboratory Features, Complications and
Treatment Outcome of Tularemia and a Review of Literature
Mehmet Ulug
ABSTRACT
Objective:
Design:
Subjects:
Conclusion:
Main outcome measures:
Results:
KEY WORDS:
INTRODUCTION
Francisella tularensis
F. tularensis subsp. tularensis
tularensis subsp. holarctica
subsp. tularensis
F. tularensis
F.
F. tularensis
F. tularensis subsp. holarctica
treatment
@hotmail.com
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F. tularensis
MATERIAL AND METHODS
RESULTS
Epstein-Barr virus
and Brucella
Toxoplasma
F. tularensis Antigen, Becton
F.
tularensis
F. tularensis
Table 1:
No
Age
Sex
M
M
M
F
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
F
F
F
Occupation
AT
(day)
Date of arrival
Clinic form
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Glandular
Glandular
Glandular
First MAT
titer
Second
MAT titer
Result
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Table 2:
Risk factor
n (%)
F. tularensis
Table 3:
Symptoms
n (%)
Signs
Myalgia
Headache
Cough
n (%)
DISCUSSION
Bilateral
country
tularensis subsp. holarctica
holarctica
et al
al
F.
F. tularensis subsp.
and Korkmaz et al
et
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our country
et al
a tularemia
et al
et al
and Celebi et al
et al
et al
al
et al ,
et
et al
et al
et al
al
et
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et al
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
Turkish Article
et al
et al
delayed
CONCLUSION
December 2015
et al
et al
Turkish Article
Article
Turkish
December 2015
Original Article
Mean Platelet volume, Red Cell Distribution Width and
Hakan Aylanc
ABSTRACT
Objectives: Childhood
an
adulthood
to
the
between red cell
albumin
mean
and childhood
Design:
control
: General
the
, Canakkale
Mart
,
Subjects:
hundred and
and
normal
weight children and
aged
Interventions: Age, gender, body
were
recorded
and
blood count
the
were
,
, hemoglobin Hb
hematocrit Hct mean
red
blood cell
count and white blood cell
count were
the automated
blood count
Main Outcome Measures:
and
were
higher in
children and
than normal weighted
<
were
minimally
in
to normal
weighted
Results: Hb,
,
and
were
between normal and
Hct and
count
were
higher in
Conclusions:
the
we
that
and
are
higher in
children and
to
with normal
weight
and
had
correlation with
that
and
begin in childhood
body
INTRODUCTION
Childhood
with an
incidence in
recent
an
health
that
the
children
in
the
in childhood a
adulthood
the
, non alcoholic
[
and
with
metabolic and
a
endocrine organ and
a
[
which
local and
,
can
and
the nuclear
and
the
[
in
[
may lead to
red cell
width
to be correlated with
clinical
chronic heart
,
and
, either chronic or acute[
related to
and
[
nutritional
et al[
that
in
and
the
in
children
can
the terminal
region albumin in
that may
the
albumin
been
Sule Yildirim, Department of Pediatrics, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Canakkale, Turkey,
E-mail: sule.yildirim@comu.edu.tr, draylanc@hotmail.com
. Tel: +
,
December 2015
are
metabolic
DM[
Mean
which
Clinical
and
[
in
related to obe
,
, and
an automatically
in the
blood count
the correlation with
with low grade
,
,
,
can
, our
between
,
,
to
the
and childhood
Statistical Analysis
All the
were
normality
to
and Mann
abnormally
Chi
categorical
between
were
rank correlation
linear
the
method were
to
the
age,
the
Chicago, ,
, with
<
by
,
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
Study population
included
children and
aged
who
the general
the Canakkale
Mart
,
,
to July
out them were
and were with normal
weight
and children were
and
and
obtained
local
the
Exclusion criteria
Children with
hematologic
abnormal
were
,
were
, chronic
count and
and
and congenital
,
,
endocrinological
children with anemia,
Baseline variables
All
underwent detailed
Height and weight were
body
w calculated
each
the data
normally
mean
to detect the
t
U
among
RESULTS
A
children and
and normal weight were included in the
Hb,
,
,
were
between normal and
Hct and
count were
higher in
and
were
to be
higher in
children and
were minimally
in
to normal weighted
, clinical
and
laboratory
are
in
Table 1:
variables
Normal
weight
(n = 50)
Obese
(n = 57)
p-value
, and
Body Mass Index (BMI)
calculated by the
weight kg height m
were labeled
, their
the th
and age
Laboratory investigations
albumin
by
the method which
by Bar
et
al[ Hemoglobin Hb hematocrit Hct
mean
,
mean
red blood cell
count,
count
and white blood cell
count were
the automated
blood count
a Coulter LH
Hematology Analyzer Beckman
Coulter, CA,
correlation between
and
and
were
Fig
r
correlated
December 2015
Table 2.
Blood parameters
with
had
Fig
r
and
BMI
r
IMA
p-value
correlation Fig
had a
r
and
r
RDW
p-value
r
correlation Fig
correlation
All the
and
Fig. 1:
Fig. 3: C
Fig. 2:
Fig. 4:
mean
MPv
p-value
r
r
are
between
in
p-value
,
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,
linear
to
and
method
the
the
to
age,
and
Table 3:
variable
B
p-value
95% CI
DISCUSSION
and
are
and
,
artery
the
childhood
term
, we determined that
and
in
children
to normal weighted
correlation with
that
and
begin in childhood
that
early in children[
children and
,
,
and carotid
[
, detection
chronic
in
will allow
to
the long
et al[ and
were
who
metabolic
that
were
in
a
red blood
by automatical
hematologic
iron
may
the
and
may
in bone marrow
[
et al[
and
in
that
children
correlated with
our
,
but we did not
indicator
in circulation
calculated
in the laboratory
in hemolytic
and
with
,
but not in
bone marrow to
For
, adrenergic
a
enhanced heterogen
[
circulating red blood
recent
,
to be
in
with chronic heart
,
[ ,
myocardial
and chronic
and it
that
could be the underlying
Felker et al[
the
an
morbidity and mortality
another
indicated that
with metabolic
[
by three
to be related with the
metabolic ndrome
abdominal
,
,
and
[
et al[ concluded that abdominal
the only
that
an
with high
our
,
in
chronic
, and
with
in the literature
the
correlation
between
and
,
,
[
,
and
Coban et al[
that
in the
renal and
But
conducted in
children with or without metabolic
[
ndrome
ed no
in
the
,
were minimally
in
to normal weighted
CONCLUSION
determined that
,
and
are
in
children and
the
correlation
between
,
and
to
be
by the
Childhood
in adulthood
,
which an
obtained laboratory
can be
to indicate the
in the
in early
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
thank Dr
Binnetoglu
their
and Dr Fatih
to
Funding source:
Financial disclosure:
of interest:
to
REFERENCES
to
article to
no
no
December 2015
et al
et al
et al
et al
et al
et al
et al
et al
et al
et al
December 2015
Original Article
Arcuate Line variations: Are They
Important for TEP Surgeons?
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
Design
Subjects:
Intervention:
Conclusions:
Method of analysis:
Results:
:
INTRODUCTION
abdominal wall
mma_amu@yahoo.com
December 2015
B
A
D
C
F
E
G
Fig. 1:
E&F
A&B
H
C&D
G
H
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Table 1:
inguinal hernia
S. No.
Classical arcuate line
(n = 18)
Secondary outcome measures
variant arcuate line
(n = 12)
p-value
DISCUSSION
RESULTS
th
down the
, although in
rd
rd
December 2015
REFERENCES
i.e
th
i.e
CONCLUSIONS
et al
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Presentation at Conference:
Funding:
et al
th
et al
December 2015
Original Article
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Psoriasis Patients
Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh , Ali Akbar Akaberi
,
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
Main Outcome Measure:
Design:
Results:
Subjects:
Intervention:
Conclusion:
KEY WORDS
INTRODUCTION
i
arideh.dehghan@ssu.ac.ir
December 2015
Table 1:
variables
RESULTS
Patients
Height
HDL
LDL
DISCUSSION
et al
Control group
December 2015
et al
et al
et al that they could not
et al
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
December 2015
et al
et al
December 2015
Original Article
Closed Reduction of Pediatric Nasal Bone Fractures
ABSTRACT
Objective:
Results:
Design:
Conclusion:
Subjects:
Intervention(s):
Main Outcome Measure(s):
,
INTRODUCTION
nd
Among children,
amarfaj@hotmail.com,
@gmail.com
December 2015
Table 1:
trauma
Gender Type
older
Type of trauma
Fall Down
Football
RTA
Fight
Total
Male
Female
Table 2:
Type of Fracture
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Frequency
Percent
Comminuted
RESULTS
Table 3:
variables
1 - 3 days
(n = 12) 21%
4 - 7 days
(n = 16) 28%
7 days
(n = 29) 51%
December 2015
DISCUSSION
,
trauma
et al
e.g
e.g.
et al
et al
According to Moran
CONCLUSION
etc.
December 2015
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
J Craniofac Surg
December 2015
Original Article
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Severe Perineal
Injuries during Childbirth in Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
Results
Design:
Arabia
Subjects: All
Interventions:
Conclusion
Main Outcome Measures:
.
INTRODUCTION
Lateefa O. Al-Dakhil, Assistant Professor and Consultant,King Saud University/King Khalid University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and
lateefa95@hotmail.com
December 2015
ethnicity
Statistical Analyses
weight
MATERIAL AND METHODS
rd
th
in the introduction
RESULTS
December 2015
Table 1.
Cases
(n = 73)
Characteristics/Risk Factor
Control
(n = 146)
p-value
Age
labor
Table 2.
Risk Factors
OR
95% C I
p-value
< 0.001
< 0.001
< 0.001
DISCUSSION
and debate
December 2015
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
et al
nd
nd
rd
CONCLUSION
th
December 2015
December 2015
Case Report
Carbimazole-Induced Agranulocytosis Treated
with Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating
Factor (GCSF): A Report of Two Cases
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
CASE REPORTS
Case 1
Naw8282kt@gmail.com
December 2015
DISCUSSION
Case 2
et al
cell monitoring
.
December 2015
CONCLUSION
in vitro and in vivo
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
et al
Fumarola A, Di Fiore A, Dainelli M et al
et al
et al
et al
et al
December 2015
Case Report
Rare Case of Non-Parasitic Chyluria in Pediatric
in a Four-year-old Male Child
ABSTRACT
:
INTRODUCTION
in children
CASE REPORT
Fig
@sancharnet.in, umangpaedia@yahoo.co.in
December 2015
Fig. 1:
DISCUSSION
Fig. 2:
Fig
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CONCLUSION
and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REFERENCES
i.e., a
- .
C,
PB
,
H,
J Urol
H,
, Mahmood M,
J Urol
Case Report
ABSTRACT
bronchial abnormality,
INTRODUCTION
CASE 1
CASE 2
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December 2015
Fig. 1:
Fig. 4a:
Fig. 2:
Fig. 4b:
right lower lung lobe
Fig. 3:
Fig. 5:
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Fig. 6:
CONCLUSION
DISCUSSION
REFERENCES
December 2015
Case Report
Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting in a Patient
with L-I Type Single Coronary Artery
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
choice
CASE HISTORY
Heng-Chia Chang, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu-Chi Hospital, Taipei branch, 289 Jianguo Road, Xindian
hccmd@ms4.hinet.net
December 2015
Fig. 1:
Fig. 2:
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CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Funding:
REFERENCES
,
DISCUSSION
et al
et al
et al
et al
et al
narrowing
,
December 2015
et al
et al
December 2015
Case Report
Primary Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Uterine
Endometrium: A Case Report
,
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
CASE HISTORY
Dr. Rashmi D. Patel, MD (Path & Bact), Additional Professor, Department of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Services and
E-mail:
@yahoo.co.in
December 2015
Fig. 2:
Fig. 1:
Fig. 3a:
Fig. 3b:
Fig. 3c:
in
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DISCUSSION
REFERENCES
th
CONCLUSION
Primary HL
et al
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
December 2015
Case Report
Cerebral Cryptococcoma - Why?
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
et al
CASE REPORT
Cryptococcus neoformans
E-mail: aguha@gru.edu
December 2015
Fig. 1:
Fig. 2:
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
DISCUSSION
1.
2.
3.
and might be the
4.
5.
.
December 2015
Case Report
Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum Mimicking
Angioedema in an Asthmatic Teenager
ABSTRACT
KEY WORDS
INTRODUCTION
CASE HISTORY
December 2015
A
B
C
D
Fig 1:
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
December 2015
REFERENCES
et al
December 2015
Letter to the Editor
Student-Centered Teaching to Enhance
Learning in Histology Lab
What problems were addressed?
What lessons were learned?
What was tried?
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Grant sponsor:
REFERENCE
xuzhaojin@gmail.com
December 2015
Selected Abstracts of Articles Published
Elsewhere by Authors in Kuwait
to Reduce Infectious Complications: Systematic Review
Urol Ann 201; 7:417-427 Epub 2015 Oct 14
Diversity of Multi-Drug Resistant
Population in a Major Hospital in Kuwait
Kuwait
Cambridge, UK
Front Microbiol 2015; 6:743. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00743. eCollection 2015
Acinetobacter baumannii
hundred A. baumannii
A. baumannii
December 2015
A. baumannii
A. baumannii
A. baumannii
Spatial-Temporal variations and Diversity of the Bacterioplankton
Communities in the Coastal Waters of Kuwait
Almutairi A
Mar Pollut Bull 2015 Sep 21. pii: S0025-326x(15)30031-x. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.016. [Epub
ahead of print]
A Comparison of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion vs.
Multiple Daily Insulin Injection in Children with Type I Diabetes in
Kuwait: Glycemic Control, Insulin Requirement, and BMI
Oman Med J 2015; 30:336-43. doi: 10.5001/omj.2015.69
Objective:
Methods:
Selected Abstracts of Articles Published Elsewhere by Authors in Kuwait
December 2015
Results:
Conclusion:
Prognostic Indicators of Secondary Progression in a Paediatric-Onset
Multiple Sclerosis Cohort in Kuwait
Akhtar
, Alroughani
, Ahmed
, Al
Mult Scler 2015 Oct 9. pii: 1352458515608960 [Epub ahead of print]
Background:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
Normal Reference Ranges for Cardiac valve Annulus in Preterm Infants
Pediatr Cardiol 2015 Sep 1 [Epub ahead of print]
Objective:
December 2015
Subjects and Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis Disease Progression
in Kuwait: A Retrospective Analysis
Pediatr Neurol 2015 Jun 17. pii: S0887-8994(15)00289-1. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol 2015.06.010 [Epub
ahead of print]
Background:
Objective:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
December 2015
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WHO-Facts Sheet
1. Disability and Health
2. Congenital Anomalies
3. Obesity and Overweight
4. Infant and Young Child Feeding
5. Four Ways to Reduce Health Risks from Climate Pollutants
Babichan K Chandy
1. DISABILITY AND HEALTH
Unmet needs for health care
Overview
e.g.,
e.g.,
How are the lives of people with disabilities
KEY FACTS
·
·
·
·
Secondary conditions
December 2015
Co-morbid conditions
Addressing barriers to health care
Age-related conditions
Engaging in health risk behaviours
Higher rates of premature death
Barriers to health care
WHO-Facts Sheet
December 2015
WHO response
·
·
·
·
·
2. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
Overview
Fig. 1. Causes of 2.761 million deaths during the neonatal period
in 2013, worldwide
child
death
·
·
·
e.g., metabolic
·
KEY FACTS
·
·
·
·
·
Causes and risk factors
Socioeconomic and demographic factors
Although low income may be an indirect
December 2015
Genetic factors
·
e.g.,
·
Infections
Detection
Maternal nutritional status
·
Environmental factors
·
Prevention
·
·
·
·
·
·
Treatment and care
e.g.,
e.g., imaging
WHO-Facts Sheet
WHO response
December 2015
What are overweight and obesity?
·
·
Facts about overweight and obesity
·
3. OBESITY AND OvERWEIGHT
Overview
·
·
·
·
KEY FACTS
·
·
·
What causes obesity and overweight?
·
·
·
·
·
December 2015
How can overweight and obesity be reduced?
What are common health
overweight and obesity?
consequences
of
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Facing a double burden of disease
·
WHO response
·
4. INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING
Overview
WHO-Facts Sheet
·
·
·
KEY FACTS
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Breastfeeding
·
·
December 2015
December 2015
Complementary feeding
·
·
e.g.,
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
WHO’s response
and
HIv and infant feeding
monitor adherence to the Code, and take action to
WHO-Facts Sheet
·
Black ,
CG,
and Child
undernutrition and
middle income
online
, and the Maternal
Maternal and child
in low income and
Lancet
who int
5. FOUR WAYS TO REDUCE HEALTH RISKS
FROM CLIMATE POLLUTANTS
Overview
in collaboration with the Climate and Clean Air
·
·
·
·
December 2015
December 2015
·
·
What is the impact of SCLPs on health?
What are SLCPs?
Can SLCP emissions be reduced?
What are the mitigation actions?
Where do these pollutants come from?
·
·
·
December 2015
WHO-Facts Sheet
What can I do?
·
e.g.,
by walking or cycling will contribute to the reduction
etc.,
What else is being addressed?
for health?
The way forward
Why should we act now?
Christian Lindmeier,
E-mail: lindmeierch@who.int
Why is it important for policymakers?
Nada Osseiran, WHO Department of Public Health,
Environmental and Social Determinants of Health,
Mobile: +
, Telephone: +
,
E-mail: osseirann@who.int
Dr Margaret Harris, Communications
WHO. Tel: +
; Mobile: +
E-mail: harrism@who.int
,
.
December 2015
Yearly Title Index
(KMJ) 2015; Volume 47
Kuwait Medical Journal 2015, 47 (4): 381 - 382
A. baumannii
Yearly Title Index
December 2015
December 2015
Yearly Author Index
(KMJ) 2015; Volume 47
Kuwait Medical Journal 2015, 47 (4): 383 - 384
Yearly Author Index
December 2015

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