VOLUME  50
ISSUE  07
JULY  2009

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

D I S T I N G U I S H E D    E D I T O R    S E R I E S

Language and multilingualism in scientific communication
Momen H


M E D I C I N E    I N    S T A M P S

Charles Laveran (1845–1922): Nobel laureate pioneer of malaria
Tan S Y, Ahana A

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

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

The use of antibodies in the treatment of infectious diseases
Chan C E Z, Chan A H Y, Hanson B J, Ooi E E
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O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Predictors of adverse neurological outcome following cardiac surgery
Chang G, Luo H D, Emmert M Y, Lee C N, Kofidis T

The age-specific clinical and anatomical profile of mitral stenosis
Ramakrishna C D, Khadar S A, George R, Jayaprakash V L, Sudhayakumar N, Jayaprakash K, Pappachan J M

Retention rates of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Agarwal S, Zaman T, Handa R

B-Lynch suture for the treatment of uterine atony
Koh E, Devendra K, Tan L K

Erectile dysfunction as a sentinel marker of endothelial dysfunction disease
Lojanapiwat B, Weerusawin T, Kuanprasert S

Palmar pressure distribution during push-up exercise
Chuckpaiwong B, Harnroongroj T

The usefulness of early ultrasonography, electroencephalography and clinical parameters in predicting adverse outcomes in asphyxiated term infants
Ong L C, Kanaheswari Y, Chandran V, Rohana J, Yong S C, Boo N Y

Utility of abdominal ultrasonography in HIV patients
Chakraborty P P, Bandyopadhyay D

Some interesting observations on the surface features of the liver and their clinical implications
Joshi S D, Joshi S S, Athavale S A

A profile of cancer patient outcomes from a tertiary care teaching hospital in Malaysia
Suthahar A, Gurpreet K, Ambigga D, Maniam T, Dhachayani S, Fuad I, Adlina S

Incidence of thyroid malignancy among goitrous thyroid lesions from the Sarawak General Hospital 2000–2004
Htwe T T, Hamdi M M, Swethadri G K, Wong J O L, Soe M M, Abdullah M S

Comparison of Ki-67 antigen expression and K-ras mutation in lung tumours induced by urethane in mice
Koohdani F, Sasani F, Mohammad K, Mehdipour P


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Anterior uveitis as a clinical presentation of orbital inflammatory disease in an adult
Pang C E, Teoh S C B

Leucocoria in a boy with Kawasaki disease: a diagnostic challenge
Che Mahiran C D, Alagaratnam J, Liza-Sharmini A T

Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland: magnetic resonance imaging appearances
Madhusudhan K S, Seith A, Khadgawat R, Das P, Mathur S

Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumour of the round ligament mimics leiomyoma on computed tomography
Pattamapaspong N, Khunamornpong S, Phongnarisorn C, Pojchamarnwiputh S

Low insertion of a cystic duct into the common bile duct as a cause for a malpositioned biliary stent: demonstration with multidetector computed tomography
George R A, Debnath J, Singh K, Satija L, Bhargava S, Vaidya A

Pulmonary atelectasis from compression of the left main bronchus by an aortic aneurysm
Yap K H, Sulaiman S

Pseudoaneurysm of a high origin radial artery treated by ultrasound-guided compression
Esfe A R G, Bozorg S M V, Yazdi H R

Two cases of self-limiting nephropathies secondary to dengue haemorrhagic fever
Vasanwala F F, Puvanendran R, Ng J M, Suhail S M

Acute renal failure following detergent ingestion
Lim Y C

Gorham’s disease with spontaneous recovery
Chattopadhyay P, Bandyopadhyay A, Das S, Kundu A J

Down syndrome in monochorionic twins
Sin I L, Tan T Y T

IgA nephropathy associated with pleuropulmonary tuberculosis
Singh P, Khaira A, Sharma A, Dinda A K, Tiwari S C


T E C H N I C A L    N O T E

A new feeding tube which is secure and easy to change
Pang A S


L E T T E R S    T O    T H E    E D I T O R

Déjà vu: swine flu
Wong R K M

Omphalolith/umbolith: CT and MR imaging appearances in two patients
Nittala P P

Hospital-based dermatology: my personal journey
Pang S M


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