VOLUME  49
ISSUE  10
OCTOBER  2008

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

Reducing antimicrobial resistance: a bold call to action
Tambyah P A, Tan B H


P O S I T I O N    P A P E R

Reducing antimicrobial resistance through appropriate antibiotic usage in Singapore
Hsu L Y, Kwa A L, Lye D C, Chlebicki M P, Tan T Y, Ling M L, Wong S Y, Goh L G


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

Writing the Introduction
Peh W C G, Ng K H
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R E V I E W    A R T I C L E

Anaemia and cancer treatment: a conceptual change
Khan F A, Shukla A N, Joshi S C

O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Epidemiology of suspected elderly mistreatment in Singapore
Phua D H, Ng T W, Seow E

Headache diagnosis, management and morbidity in the Singapore primary care setting: findings from a general practice survey
Khu J V, Siow H C, Ho K H

Mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of IgA nephropathy: a systematic review
Tan C H R, Loh P T, Yang W S, Chan C M

A preliminary study on the significant value of beta-2-microglobulin over serum creatinine in renal transplant rejection and renal failure
Sonkar G K, Usha, Singh R G

Transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a clinicopathological study
Matalka I, Bani-Hani K, Shotar A, Bani Hani O, Bani-Hani I

Is HLA-B27 a useful test in the diagnosis of juvenile spondyloarthropathies?
Sonkar G K, Usha, Singh S

Beneficial effects of Annona squamosa extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
Kaleem M, Medha P, Ahmed Q U, Asif M, Bano B

Experience with plaque excision and dermal grafting in the surgical treatment of Peyronie’s disease
Goyal N K, Kumar A, Das S K, Pandey A K, Sharma G K, Trivedi S,
Dwivedi U S, Singh P B

Blistering erysipelas: not a rare entity
Chong F Y, Thirumoorthy T

Combinatorial chemopreventive effect of Azadirachta indica and Ocimum sanctum on oxidant-antioxidant status, cell proliferation, apoptosis and angiogenesis in a rat forestomach carcinogenesis model
Manikandan P, Vidjaya Letchoumy P, Prathiba D, Nagini S

Effectiveness of red cell osmotic fragility test with varying degrees of saline concentration in detecting beta-thalassaemia trait
Singh S P, Gupta S C

Trauma research in the United Arab Emirates: reality and vision
Eid H O, Lunsjo K, Torab F C, Abu-Zidan F M

Anatomical variations of the thyroid gland: possible surgical implications
Ranade A V, Rai R, Pai M M, Nayak S R, Prakash, Krisnamurthy A,
Narayana S


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Systemic Wegener’s granulomatosis with severe orbito-ocular involvement
Chua J, Lim L

A tale of three diseases of the bone
Kannan S, Mahadevan S, Sathya A, Sriram U

Isolated high lateral acute myocardial infarction with superior injury current axis
Lee L C, Tan H C, Poh K K

Angioinvasive pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules in a patient without obvious predisposing factors
Sharma A, Gupta V, Singh R S, Kakkar N, Singh S, Bambery P

Drug use in porphyria: a therapeutic dilemma
Jose J, Saravu K, Shastry B A, Jimmy B

Idiopathic recurrent stupor mimicking status epilepticus
Asthana V, Agrawal S, Goel D, Sharma J P

Recurrent Bell’s palsy in a young woman
Ngow H A, Wan Khairina W M N, Hamidon B B

Retroclival arachnoid cyst with hemifacial spasm
Bonde V, Muzumdar D, Goel A

Carcinosarcoma of the oesophagus
Gaur D S, Kishore S, Saini S, Pathak V P

Choriocarcinoma with pulmonary and cerebral metastases
Sierra-Bergua B, Sánchez-Marteles M, Cabrerizo-García J L,
Sanjoaquin-Conde I

Primary oesophageal Ki (CD30)-positive ALK+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma of T-cell phenotype
Yaakup H, Sagap I, Fadilah S A W

Prometheus’ spirit: quality survival in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma after gemcitabine and cisplatin-based chemotherapy
Doval D C, Pande S B, Sharma J B, Pavithran K, Jena A, Vaid A K


M E D I C A L    E D U C A T I O N

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (124)
Khoo R N, Peh W C G, Guglielmi G
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L E T T E R    T O    T H E    E D I T O R

Endovascular aortic stent graft repair for blunt traumatic thoracic aortic transaction
Saleh A, Potemkowski A, Abu-Zidan F M


S M J    C M E    P R O G R A M M E

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