VOLUME  49
ISSUE  12
DECEMBER  2008

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

Plagiarism: a joint statement from the Singapore Medical Journal and the Medical Journal of Malaysia
Peh W C G, Arokiasamy J


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Writing the results
Ng K H, Peh W C G
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Appropriateness of indications for diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in India
Sumathi B, Navaneethan U, Jayanthi V

Increased mast cell density in haemorrhoid venous blood vessels suggests a role in pathogenesis
Taweevisit M, Wisadeopas N, Phumsuk U, Thorner P S

Economic cost of osteoporotic hip fractures in Singapore
Lee Y H D, Lim Y W, Lam K S

Knowledge of primary paediatric care providers regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disorder: a study from Pakistan
Jawaid A, Zafar A M, Naveed A, Sheikh S, Waheed S, Zafar M A, Syed E U, Fatmi Z

Laparoscopic appendicectomy for complicated appendicitis in children
Thambidorai C R, Aman Fuad Y

Palliative radiotherapy in paediatric malignancies
Bhasker S, Bajpai V, Turaka A

Breast-feeding patterns and factors determining exclusive breast-feeding
Koosha A, Hashemifesharaki R, Mousavinasab N

The acute pain service after ten years: experiences of a Singapore public hospital
Phua D S K, Leong W M, Yoong C S

Prevalence and predictive factors for complementary and alternative medicine use in Brunei Darussalam
Chong V H, Rajendran N, Wint Z

Significance of the “ovarian crescent sign” in the evaluation of adnexal masses
Kushtagi P, Kulkarni K K A

Comparative study of the impact of past pregnancy outcome on future fertility
Orji E O

Refining quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction for prenatal detection of X chromosomal anomalies in the major Southeast Asian populations
Gole L, Adrianne F, Ee A M, Ng B L, Baig S, Koay E, Biswas A, Choolani M

Chiari 1 malformations: an Indian hospital experience
Ramnarayan R, Praharaj M S, Jayakumar P N

Efficacy of 80% phenol solution in comparison with cryotherapy in the treatment of common warts of hands
Banihashemi M, Pezeshkpoor F, Yazdanpanah M J, Family S

Reliability of a Malay-translated questionnaire for use in a hand-arm vibration syndrome study in Malaysia
Su T A, Hoe V C W

Detection of beta-globin gene mutations among Kelantan Malay thalassaemia patients by polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism
Rozitah R, Nizam M Z, Nur Shafawati A R, Nor Atifah M A, Dewi M,
Kannan T P, Ariffin N, Norsarwany M, Setianingsih I, Harahap A,
Zilfalil B A


C A S E    R E P O R T S

An unusual complication of dengue infection
Chien J, Ong A, Low S Y

Unusual complication of intravenous Subutex abuse: two cases of septic sacroiliitis
Yang S S Y, Lee K

Persistent knee instability following revision total knee arthroplasty
Lin K H, Sathappan S S, Wong H P

Hyperostosis and hyperphosphataemia syndrome: a diagnostic dilemma
Nithyananth M, Cherian V M, Paul T V, Seshadri M S

Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma associated with aspirin intake
Oh J Y L, Lingaraj K, Rahmat R

Giant cavernous haemangioma of the spleen presenting as massive splenomegaly and treated by partial splenectomy
Ghuliani D, Agarwal S, Thomas S, Pathania O P

Adenocarcinoma of the abdominal wall
Wong W L, Tay E H

Primary plasmacytoma of the uterine cervix treated with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy
Huang C C, Liu M T, Pi C P, Chung C Y

A child with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour of the posterior cranial fossa
Rahmat K, Kua C H, Ramli N

Discordance for Ellis-van Creveld syndrome in twins
Thapa R, Mukhopadhyay M, Bhattacharya A

Supernumerary derivative (22) syndrome resulting from a maternal balanced translocation
Afroze B, Ngu L H, Roziana A, Aminah M, Noor Shahizan A

Diagnostic transgastric flexible peritoneoscopy: is pure natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery a fantasy?
Hyder Q, Zahid M A, Waqar S H, Rashid R, Hadi S F, Qazi S, Haider H K H

Emergency department thoracotomy for pericardiac tamponade
Lau C K, Chin H F, Ong F H M, Eng K H A

Aortic and mitral valve endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum in a haemodialysis patient
Zheng M, Ng O T, Teo B W


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

Disease mongering: the role of medical journals
Rehman TU, Jawaid A

Authors’ reply. Medical journals and pharmaceutical marketing
Shankar P R, Subish P

Use of psychoactive drugs among patients visiting outpatient clinics in Karachi, Pakistan
Bhargava P

Author’s reply. Use of psychoactive drugs among pateints visiting outpatient clinics in Karachi, Pakistan
Khuwaja A K


M E D I C A L    E D U C A T I O N

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (125)
Padungchaichote W, Kongmebhol P, Muttarak M
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