VOLUME  48
ISSUE  06
JUNE  2007

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

Anomalous coronary arteries and sudden death: time for action
Tan R S


R E V I E W    A R T I C L E

Neurogenic fever
Agrawal A, Timothy J, Thapa A


T I P S    F R O M    T H E   E X P E R T S

Renal tumours: a common incidental finding
Chiong E, Consigliere D, Esuvaranathan K
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O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Seroprevalence of hepatitis C in intravenous opioid users presenting in the early phase of injecting drug use in Singapore
Winslow M, Subramaniam M, Ng W L, Lee A, Song G, Chan Y H

Use of psychoactive drugs among patients visiting outpatient clinics in Karachi, Pakistan
Khuwaja A K, Ali N S, Zafar A M

Growth hormone deficiency and supplementation at in-vitro fertilisation
Rajesh H, Yong Y Y, Zhu M, Chia D, Yu S L

Sixty-minute post-Synacthen serum cortisol level: a reliable and cost-effective screening test for excluding adrenal insufficiency compared to the conventional short Synacthen test
Mansoor S, Islam N, Siddiqui I, Jabbar A

Management of adult choledochal cyst
Tan S S, Tan N C, Ibrahim S, Tay K H

Efficacy of community-based multidisciplinary disease management of chronic heart failure
Omar A R, Suppiah N, Chai P, Chan Y H, Seow Y H, Quek L L, Tan H C

Lack of clinical usefulness of interleukin-6 in long-term follow-up of acutely decompensated heart failure
Ruiz-Ruiz F J, Ruiz-Laiglesia F, Lasierra-Diaz P, Samperiz-Legarre P, Morales-Rull J L, Sánchez-Marteles M, Amores M, Perez-Calvo J I

Diastolic function abnormalities in rheumatoid arthritis: relation with duration of disease
Udayakumar N, Venkatesan S, Rajendiran C

Impact of household hygiene and water source on the prevalence and transmission of Helicobacter pylori: a South Indian perspective
Ahmed K S, Khan A A, Ahmed I, Tiwari S K, Habeed A, Ahi J D, Abid Z, Ahmed N, Habibullah C M

Cytogenetic and clinical profile of Down syndrome in Northeast Malaysia
Azman B Z, Ankathil R, Siti Mariam I, Suhaida M A, Norhashimah M, Tarmizi A B, Nor Atifah M A, Kannan T P, Zilfalil B A

Oral triiodothyronine in the perioperative management of central hypothyroidism
Venkatesan T, Thomas N, Ponniah M, Khan D, Chacko A G, Rajshekhar V

Awareness, knowledge and attitude towards informed consent among doctors in two different cultures in Asia: a cross-sectional comparative study in Malaysia and Kashmir, India
Yousuf R M, Fauzi A R M, How S H, Rasool A G, Rehana K

Clinically-relevant variations of the carotid arterial system
Anu V R, Pai M M, Rajalakshmi R, Latha V P, Rajanigandha V, D' Costa S


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Endometriosis of the inguinal canal mimicking a hernia
Mashfiqul M A S, Tan Y M, Chintana C W

Postoperative complications due to a retained surgical sponge
Sarda A K, Pandey D, Neogi S, Dhir U

Lichen amyloidosis in an unusual location
Jhingan A, Lee J S S, Kumarasinghe S P W

Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis: unusual cause of epiphora
Ramlee N, Ramli N, Liza-Sharmini A T

Gastric variceal bleed in a patient without liver cirrhosis: an unusual cause of haematemesis
Ismail F W, Mumtaz K, Chawla T, Jafri W

Postpartum pneumomediastinum
Norzilawati M N, Shuhaila A, Zainul Rashid M R

Post-varicella myasthenia gravis
Saha A, Batra P, Vilhekar K Y, Chaturvedi P

Sudden death due to single coronary artery
Türkmen N, Eren B, Fedakar R, Senel B

Sudden death related to anomalous origin of coronary artery and coexisting fenestrated membrane of the sinus coronarius
Türkmen N, Eren B, Fedakar R, Durak D

Diabetic fibrous mastopathy
Lakshmanan R, Clarke M J, Putti T C

Nimesulide-induced hepatotoxicity and fatal hepatic failure
Tan H H, Ong W M C, Lai S H, Chow W C


M E D I C A L    E D U C A T I O N

Electrocardiographical case. Asymptomatic patient with deep T-wave inversions
Ting P, Gunasegaran K, Teo W S
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B O O K    R E V I E W

Practical Obstetrics and Gynaecology Handbook for the General Practitioner
Tse W L D


L E T T E R S    T O   T H E    E D I T O R    A N D    R E P L I E S

Hazards of complementary and alternative medicine
Chong V H, Yaakub A B

Authors' reply
Su J W, Lim C H, Chua Y L

Comparative evaluation of obesity measures: relationship with blood pressures and hypertension
Afifi M

Authors' reply
Ghosh J R, Bandyopadhyay A R

Nogo A protein neutralisation and motor cortex computer implants: a future hope for spinal cord injury
Alisky J M

Gene frequencies of human platelet alloantigens in Kelantan, Malaysia
Bhaskar S, Abdullah J M, Yusoff N M, Prasad A

Use of cefepime for the treatment of infections caused by extended spectrum: beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli
Arya S C, Agarwal N, Solanki B S, Agarwal S


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