VOLUME  52
ISSUE  05
May  2011

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

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Congratulations to the 2010 SMJ Best Research Paper Award winners

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Sigmund Freud (1856–1939): father of psychoanalysis
Tan S Y, Takeyesu A

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Aviation Medicine: global historical perspectives and the development of Aviation Medicine alongside the growth of Singapore’s aviation landscape
Gan W H, Low R, Singh J

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Variations of atrioventricular block
Yeo T J, Teo S G, Soo W M, Poh K K
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PlasmaKinetic^TM (bipolar) transurethral resection of prostate: a prospective trial to study pathological artefacts, surgical parameters and clinical outcomes
Poh B K, Mancer K, Goh D, Lim T, Ng V, Ng K K, Ng F C

Comparison of RIPASA and Alvarado scores for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Chong C F, Thien A, Mackie A J A, Tin A S, Tripathi S, Ahmad M A, Tan L T, Ang S H, Telisinghe P U

Melioidosis of the extremities in Brunei Darussalam
Pande K C, Hj Abdul Kadir K A

Bacteriology of deep neck abscesses: a retrospective review of 96 consecutive cases
Lee Y Q, Kanagalingam J

A randomised controlled trial of glutamine-enriched neonatal parenteral nutrition in Malaysia
Mohamad Ikram I, Quah B S, Noraida R, Djokomuljanto S, Faris Irfan C Y, Van Rostenberghe H

Isolation of the first three cases of Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction ribotype 027 in Singapore
Lim P L, Ling M L, Lee H Y, Koh T H, Tan A L, Kuijper E J, Goh S S, Low B S, Ang L P, Harmanus C, Lin R T P, Krishnan P, James L, Lee C E

Human bocavirus in Jordan: prevalence and clinical symptoms in hospitalised paediatric patients and molecular virus characterisation
AL-Rousan H O, Meqdam M M, Alkhateeb A, Al-Shorman A, Qaisy L M, Al-Moqbel M S

Outcome of adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia receiving the MRC UKALL XII protocol: a tertiary care centre experience
Shaikh M U, Ali N, Adil S N, Khurshid M

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Occupational contact dermatitis in manual cloud seeding operations
Ng W T, Koh D

Acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia presenting as complete lung consolidation
Mittal V, Kulshrestha R, Arya A, Bajaj P

Type VI choledochal cyst revisited
De U, Das S, Sarkar S

Abdominal foreign body: late presentation as a rectus sheath abscess
Noushif M, Sivaprasad S, Prashanth A

Tracheobronchial injuries following endotracheal intubation
Gibbaoui H, Abu-Zidan F M, Yaman M

Anaesthetic management of bronchopleural fistula in a patient with myasthenia gravis
Singh P, Poopalalingam R

Polymyositis in association with polycythaemia vera
Santra G

Pericardiophrenic artery embolisation for control of massive haemoptysis
Bhasin A, Venkatesh S K, Caleb M G

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Comments on: Prolonged cough presenting with diagnostic difficulty: a study of aetiological and clinical outcomes
Yilmaz O

Author's Reply. Comments on: Prolonged cough presenting with diagnostic difficulty: a study of aetiological and clinical outcomes
Poulose V

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Wiwanitkit V

Author's Reply. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Hemashree R

Haematological parameters in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and alcoholic liver disease: concern on findings
Wiwanitkit V

Authors’ Reply. Haematological parameters in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and alcoholic liver disease: concern on findings
Das S K, Vasudevan D M, Balakrishnan V

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Clinics in diagnostic imaging (135)
Pojchamarnwiputh S, Muttarak M, Sriplakich S
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