VOLUME  53
ISSUE  05
May 2012

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

M E D I C I N E   I N   S T A M P S

George Fernand Widal (1862–1929): Serologist and clinician-scientist
Tan S Y, Linskey K

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

ECGs with small QRS voltages
Low T T, Tan V S, Teo S G, Poh K K
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P I C T O R I A L   E S S A Y

Infections of the deep neck spaces
Hedge A, Mohan S, Lim E H
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O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Laparoscopic exploration can salvage failed endoscopic bile duct stone extraction
Shelat V G, Chan C Y, Liau K H, Ho C K

Chronic atrophic gastritis is a progressive disease: analysis of medical reports from Shanghai (1985–2009)
Chooi E Y, Chen H M, Miao Q, Weng Y R, Chen X Y, Ge Z Z, Xiao S D, Fang J Y

Anatomical variations of the internal jugular vein: implications for successful cannulation and risk of carotid artery puncture
Lorchirachoonkul T, Ti L K, Manohara S, Lye S T, Tan S A, Shen L, Kang S C

Coeliac trunk and its branches: anatomical variations and clinical implications
Prakash, Rajini T, Mokhasi V, Geethanjali B S, Sivacharan P V, Shashirekha M

Correlation between lymphangiogenesis and clinicopathological parameters in renal cell carcinoma
Ozardili I, Guldur M E, Ciftci H, Bitiren M, Altunkol A

Factors affecting survival of patients with oesophageal cancer: a study using inverse Gaussian frailty models
Ghadimi M R, Mahmoodi M, Mohammad K, Rasouli M, Zeraati H, Fotouhi A

Letting the cat out of the bag: shifting practices of cancer disclosure in Singapore
Tan S Y, Narasimhalu K, Ong S

Afebrile seizure subsequent to initial febrile seizure
Razieh F, Sedighah A K, Motahhareh G

Procalcitonin and minimal-change nephropathy: a pilot study
Sakallioglu O, Musabak U, Kalman S

R E V I E W    A R T I C L E

Opioid-induced hyperalgesia: a review of epidemiology, mechanisms and management
Low Y H, Clarke C F, Huh B K

C A S E    R E P O R T S

Angiographic and intravascular ultrasonographic features of Kawasaki coronary artery disease
Low K W, Poh K K, Tan H C

Hybrid surgical management of a saccular aneurysm of the internal jugular vein
Chua W, Xu G, Cheng S C

Allgrove syndrome
Kilicli F, Acibucu F, Senel S, Dokmetas H S

Tracheal schwannoma as a mimic of bronchial asthma
Thomas R, Christopher D J, Thangakunam B, Samuel R

Short-term outcome after resection of neurogenic heterotopic ossification around the hips and elbow following encephalitis
Jayasundara J A, Punchihewa G L, de Alwis D S, Renuka S

Reversible recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in acute thyroiditis
Chang M H, Khoo J B, Tan H K

Understanding maternal mental illness: psychiatric autopsy of a maternal death
Chen H

Successful treatment of peritonitis by C. bertholletiae in a chronic kidney failure patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis after kidney rejection
Bhutada K, Borkar S S, Mendiratta D K, Shende V R

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Malaysian internship a reflection of undergraduate training: time to go back to basics
Sachithanandan A

Author’s reply
Chan S C

A N N O U N C E M E N T

SMJ Best Research Paper Awards 2011 Winners
Teo E K

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