VOLUME  50
ISSUE  12
DECEMBER  2009

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

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

Editorial independence and the editor-owner relationship: Good editors never die, they just cross the line
Lapeña J F


R E V I E W    A R T I C L E

Pathological examination of the placenta: Raison d’être, clinical relevance and medicolegal utility
Chang K T E

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

Dealing with proofs
Ng K H, Peh W C G
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O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Surgery for the palliation of intestinal obstruction in advanced abdominal malignancy
Wong T H, Tan Y M

What is positive appendicitis? A new answer to an old question. Clinical, macroscopical and microscopical findings in 200 consecutive appendectomies
Hussain A, Mahmood H, Singhal T, Balakrishnan S, El-Hasani S

Management of diaphragmatic rupture from blunt trauma
Tan K K, Yan Z Y, Vijayan A, Chiu M T

Iatrogenic facial nerve palsy: lessons to learn
Asma A, Marina M B, Mazita A, Fadzilah I, Mazlina S, Saim L

Prevalence of drug allergy in Singaporean children
Tan V A K, Gerez I F A, Van Bever H P

Use of traditional Chinese medicine in Singapore children: perceptions of parents and paediatricians
Loh C H

Mental health knowledge, attitude and help-seeking tendency: a Malaysian context
Yeap R, Low W Y

Association between left ventricular hypertrophy with retinopathy and renal dysfunction in patients with essential hypertension
Shirafkan A, Motahari M, Mojerlou M, Rezghi Z, Behnampour N, Gholamrezanezhad A

Self-expanding nitinol stents in recanalisation of long-length superficial femoral artery occlusions in patients with critical limb ischaemia
Taneja M, Tay K H, Sebastian M, Pasupathy S, Lin S E, Teo T, Low R, Irani F G,
Chng S P, Dewan A, Tan B S

PET-CT as an effective imaging modality in the staging and follow-up of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder following solid organ transplantation
Noraini A R, Gay E, Ferrara C, Ravelli E, Mancini V, Morra E, Muti P, Tahir A,
Abdul Jalil N, Rossetti C


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Eggerthella lenta as a cause of anaerobic spondylodiscitis
Bok C W, Ng Y S

Scrotal pyoderma gangrenosum associated with Crohn’s disease
Ho S A, Tan W P, Tan A W, Wong S N, Chua S H

Waardenburg syndrome associated with laryngomalacia
Thapa R, Mallick D, Ghosh A, Ghosh A

Thyroglossal duct carcinoma
Kahairi A, Ahmad R L, Wan Islah L, Hasmah H

Breast and ovarian recurrence of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after allogeneic peripheral blood haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Fadilah S A W, Goh K Y

Spontaneous urinary bladder rupture: a rare differential for lower abdominal pain in a female patient
Saleem M A, Mahmoud A M, Gopinath B R

Ileal perforation in segmental intestinal dilatation associated with omphalocoele
Thambidorai C R, Arief H, Noor Afidah M S

Lung hypoplasia and patellar agenesis in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Pradhan P, Deb J, Deb R, Chakrabarti S


M E D I C A L    E D U C A T I O N

Legal issues in the management of patients with diabetes mellitus
Lee S M, Sum C F, Koh D
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