VOLUME  52
ISSUE  11
November 2011

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E L E C T R O C A R D I O G R A P H Y    S E R I E S

Misleading ECG recordings
Yeo W T, Teo S G, Loh P Y J, Poh K K
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M E D I C I N E    I N    S T A M P S

Niels Finsen (1860–1904): Gift of light
Tan S Y, Linskey K

R E V I E W    A R T I C L E

Metabolic syndrome
Cho L W

O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Effect of 11ß-HSD1 dehydrogenase activity on bone histomorphometry of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporotic male Sprague-Dawley rats
Elvy Suhana M R, Farihah H S, Faizah O, Nazrun A S, Norazlina M, Norliza M, Ima-Nirwana S

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a novel procedure for weight loss
Lee S Y, Lim C H, Pasupathy S, Poopalalingam R, Tham K W, Ganguly S, Wai C H D, Wong W K

Initiation of insulin for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: what are the issues? A qualitative study
Tan A M, Muthusamy L, Ng C C, Phoon K Y, Ow J H, Tan N C

Correlation between androstenedione and 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels in the saliva and plasma of patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Juniarto A Z, Goossens K, Setyawati B A, Drop S L S, de Jong F H, Faradz S M H

Prospective study to validate HpOne in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection
Chan S W Y, Tan K Y, Cheng A K S, Mak K S W, Aye A T, Pang M

Change in facial shape in two cohorts of Japanese adult female students twenty years apart
Hossain M G, Saw A, Ohtsuki F, Lestrel P E, Kamarul T

ACE gene sequence and nucleotide variants in IgA nephropathy
Woo K T, Lau Y K, Chan C M, Zhao Y, Tan H B, Liu F E, Fook-Chong S, Wong K S

Acute myocardial infarction in young Asian women: a comparative study on Chinese, Malay and Indian ethnic groups
Xie C B, Chan M Y, Teo S G, Low A F, Tan H C, Lee C H

P I C T O R I A L    E S S A Y

MR imaging of tophaceous gout revisited
Khoo J N, Tan S C
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C A S E    R E P O R T S

Abducens (sixth) nerve palsy presenting as a rare case of isolated brainstem metastasis from a primary breast carcinoma
Reyes K B, Lee H Y, Ng I, Goh K Y

Splenic recurrence of liver hydatid cyst and spleen preserving therapy
Yardimci S, Ulas M, Surmelioglu A, Bostanci F B

Unusual presentation of mycosis fungoides as a lump in the scalp
Imran M B, Othman S, Shahid A

Prompt restoration of airway along with rapid neurological recovery following ultrasonography-guided needle aspiration of a tubercular retropharyngeal abscess causing airway obstruction
Borgohain B

Splenic amyloidosis: a rare cause of spontaneous splenic rupture
Chan R S, Abdul Aziz Y F, Chandran P, Ng E K

Umbilical metastatic deposit from recurrent cholangiocarcinoma: F18-FDG PET-CT findings
Tan M L M, Padhy A K

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

Urolithiasis on non-absorbable suture material: a rare case of bladder stone on polypropylene suture material
Akin Y, Basara I

Nurse-led cardiac arrest resuscitation: just a question of time
Sachithanandan A

S M J    C M E    P R O G R A M M E

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