Niger Delta Journal of Medical Sciences (NDJMS) is an open access peer-reviewed and online journal and the official publication of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences (FCS), College of Health Sciences (CHS), Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma, Wilberforce Island Bayelsa State, Nigeria. This general medical journal publishes scientific manuscripts quarterly and accepts manuscripts from within and outside Nigeria in areas of basic and clinical medical sciences and related fields including clinical research, public health, nursing, pharmacology, laboratory practice, anatomy, physiology, physiotherapy etc. All manuscripts submitted to this journal are expected to conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals issued by the International Committee for Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).