VOLUME  49
ISSUE  09
SEPTEMBER  2008

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

Mandatory vaccination: is it the future reality?
Lahariya C


M E D I C I N E    I N    S T A M P S

Emil Theodor Kocher (1841-1917): thyroid surgeon and Nobel laureate
Tan S Y, Shigaki D


E F F E C T I V E    M E D I C A L    W R I T I N G

Abstract and keywords
Peh W C G, Ng K H
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O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Optic neuritis in Singapore
Lim S A, Goh K Y, Tow S, Fu E, Wong T Y, Seah A, Tan C, Cullen J F

Continuous figure-of-eight suturing in upper and lower gastrointestinal anastomosis
Hussain A, Mahmood H, Nicholls J, El-Hasani S

Arthroscopic Bankart repair for traumatic anterior shoulder instability with the use of suture anchors
Sedeek S M, Tey I K, Tan A H C

Patients with chronic hepatitis B infection: what is their quality of life?
Tan N C, Cheah S L, Teo E K, Yang L H

Prevalence and risk factors of anti-tuberculosis drug-induced hepatitis in Malaysia
Marzuki O A, Fauzi A R M, Ayoub S, Kamarul Imran M

Maternal deaths from suicide in Singapore
Chen Y H, Lau G

Expectant versus aggressive management in severe preeclampsia remote from term
Sarsam D S, Shamden M, Al Wazan R

Cutaneous endometriosis
Agarwal A, Fong Y F

Cleft deformities in Singapore: a population-based series 1993–2002
Tan K B L, Tan K H, Yeo G S H

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a developing country
Bhat Y R, Kumar V, Rao A

Circadian rhythm in cardiac arrest: the Singapore experience
Lateef F, Ong M E H, Alfred T, Leong B S H, Ong V Y K, Tiah L, Tham L P, Anantharaman V

Seasonal variation in plasma levels of lithium in the Indian population: is there a need to modify the dose?
Medhi B, Prakash O, Jose V M, Pradhan B, Chakrabarty S, Pandhi P


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Burkholderia pseudomallei meningitis following inadequate treatment of melioidotic mycotic aneurysm
Chlebicki M P, Kurup A, Sin Y K

Granulomatous gastritis: a diagnostic dilemma?
Kamani L, Mumtaz K, Azad N S, Jafri W

Vasopressin for the management of catecholamine-resistant anaphylactic shock
Hussain A M, Yousuf B, Khan M A, Khan F H, Khan F A

Mandibular osteomyelitis and multiple skeletal complications in Albers-Schönberg disease
Chattopadhyay P, Kundu A K, Saha A, Karthak R O

Bilateral tarsometatarsal fracture-dislocations: a missed work-related injury
Tadros A M A, Al-Hussona M

Adrenal cavernous haemangioma
Heis H A, Bani-Hani K E, Bani-Hani B K

Unusual mode of firearm injury from the recoiled rear end of a gun barrel
Agrawal A, Malla G, Joshi S, Kumar A, Koirala S

Oesophageal duplication cyst: an unusual cause of retrosternal pain and dysphagia in an adult
Javan N G, Debnath J, Kumar A, Das C J

An atypical anatomical variation of the palmar vascular pattern
Dhar P, Lall K

Cystogastrocolic fold and associated atrophy of the gallbladder
Pamidi N, Nayak S, Vollala V R

Twisted renal vessels producing an abnormal shape of the right kidney
Rakesh V, Nayak S, Potu B K, Vollala V R , Pulakunta T

Multiple accessory structures in the upper limb of a single cadaver
Vollala V R, Nagabhooshana S, Bhat S M, Potu B K, Rakesh V


P I C T O R I A L    E S S A Y

Magnetic resonance imaging of variants of the knee
Snoeckx A, Vanhoenacker F M, Gielen J L, Van Dyck P, Parizel P M
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