VOLUME  48
ISSUE  03
MAR  2007

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

Teaching of Anatomy in the new millennium
Bay B H, Ling E A


M E D I C I N E    I N    S T A M P S

Theodor Bilharz (1825-1862): discoverer of schistosomiasis
Tan S Y, Ahana A

R E V I E W    A R T I C L E

Cadavers as teachers in medical education: knowledge is the ultimate gift of body donors
Prakash, Prabhu L V, Rai R, D'Costa S, Jiji P J, Singh G
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O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Risk factors associated with low bone mineral content in very low birth weight infants
Rohana J, Hasmawati J, Zulkifli S Z

Effect of vitamin E supplementation on bone metabolism in nicotine-treated rats
Norazline M, Kee P L, Lukman H I, Nazrun A S, Ima-Nirwana S

Reheating of soy oil is detrimental to bone metabolism in oestrogen deficient rats
Ima-Nirwana S, Ahmad Nazrun S, Yee L J, Loh H C, Yew S F, Norazlina M, Abdul Gapor M T, Kamsiah J

Vitamin D levels for optimum bone health
Masud F

Identification of risk factors for urinary retention following total knee arthroplasty: a Singapore hospital experience
Lingaraj K, Ruben M, Chan Y H, Das De S

Urological complications of laparoscopic hysterectomy: a four-year review at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore
Siow A, Nikam Y A, Ng C, Su B M C

The pursuit of thinness: an outcome study of anorexia nervosa
Lim S L, Sinaram S, Ung E K, Kua E H

The Bioenteric Intragastric Balloon (BIB) as a treatment for obesity:poor results in Asian patients
Ganesh R, Rao A D, Baladas H G, Leese T

Comparative evaluation of obesity measures: relationship with blood pressures and hypertension
Ghosh J R, Bandyopadhyay A R

Immediate food hypersensitivity among adults attending a clinical immunology/allergy centre in Singapore
Thong B Y H, Cheng Y K, Leong K P, Tang C Y, Chng H H

Comparison of two doses of corticosteroid in epidural steroid injection for lumbar radicular pain
Owlia M B, Salimzadeh A, Alishiri Gh, Haghighi A

Does the implementation of radiation oncology outpatient infection control measures adversely affect patient satisfaction with doctor-patient interaction?
Shakespeare T P, Tang J I, Shen L, Lu JJ, Mukherjee R K, Lee K M, Wynne C J, Back M F


C A S E    R E P O R T S:  A B S T R A C T S

Visual disturbances in dengue fever: an answer at last?
Chang J P E, Cheng C L, Asok K, Fong K Y, Chee S P, Tan C K

Chronic neutrophilic leukaemia
Gan G G, Pasagna J J F, Eow G I, Nadarajan V S

Pure choriocarcinoma of testis with rare gingival and skin metastases
Bhatia K, Vaid A K, Rawal S, Patole K D

Intratracheal metastasis secondary to soft tissue liposarcoma
Nair S, Kumar P, Ladas G

Laryngocoele presenting as acute airway obstruction
Leong S C L, Badran K, McCormick M S

Primary splenic flexure volvulus
Mittal R, Samarasam I, Chandran S, Mathew G

A persistent left superior vena cava
Paval J, Nayak S

Compressive femoral neuropathy: a rare complication of anticoagulation
Ong H S

Laparoscopic management of iatrogenic high rectovaginal fistulas (Type VI)
Palanivelu C, Rangarajan M, Senthilkumar R, Madankumar M V, Kalyanakumari V


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Delayed fungal infection following augmentation mammoplasty in an immunocompetent host
Tian H H, Tan S M, Tay K H

Doubtful descent, dilemma and diagnosis: a case of Kallmann syndrome
Chakraborty P P, Chowdhury S R, Mandal S K, Bandyopadhyay D


B O O K   R E V I E W

Caesarean Section - A Manual for Doctors
Tan K T


M E D I C A L    E D U C A T I O N

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (114). Rupture of the right testis
Muttarak M, Thinyu S, Lojanapiwat B
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L E T T E R S    T O   T H E    E D I T O R

Surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility of urinary pathogens in a tertiary care hospital
Arya S C, Agarwal N, Agarwal S

Authors' reply
Das R N, Chandrashekhar T S, Joshi H S, Gurung M, Shrestha N, Shivananda P G


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