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May 2009

Distinguished Editors Series

Why the body matters: uses and abuses of the human body in modern medicine
Campbell AV
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 451-455

Medicine in Stamps

Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916): discoverer of phagocytosis
Tan SY, Dee MK
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 456-457

Effective Medical Writing

Writing the discussion
Ng KH, Peh WCG
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 458-461

Original Article

Cost of medical education, financial assistance and medical school demographics in Singapore
Ng CL, Tambyah PA, Wong CY
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 462-467
Singapore's burden of disease and injury 2004
Phua HP, Chua AVL, Ma S, Heng D, Chew SK
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 468-478
Platelet count and neonatal sepsis: a high prevalence of Enterobacter spp.
Torkaman M, Afsharpaiman S, Hoseini MJ, Moradi M, Mazraati A, Amirsalari S, Kavehmanesh Z
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 482-485
Therapeutic drug monitoring of amikacin in preterm and term infants
Siddiqi A, Khan DA, Khan FA, Razzaq A
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 486-489
CYP2C9 polymorphism: prevalence in healthy and warfarin-treated Malay and Chinese in Malaysia
Ngow HA, Wan Khairina WMN, Teh LK, Lee WL, Harun R, Ismail R, Salleh MZ
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 490-493
Efficacy and tolerability of lercanidipine in mild to moderate hypertension among Asians of different ethnic groups
Chia YC, Yeoh ESH, Ng CJ, Khoo EM, Chua CT
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 500-505
Stonefish envenomation presenting to a Singapore hospital
Ngo SYA, Ong SHJ, Ponampalam R
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 506-509
Endoscope-assisted myringoplasty
Yadav SPS, Aggarwal N, Julaha M, Goel A
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 510-512
Serum sex hormone levels in pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer patients
Ho CCK, Rohaizak M, Zulkifli SZ, Siti-Aishah MA, Nor-Aini U, Sharifah-Noor-Akmal SH
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 513-518
Male breast cancer: experience from a Malaysian tertiary centre
Ngoo KS, Rohaizak M, Naqiyah I, Shahrun Niza AS
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 519-521
Cost-effective central venous line for infants in the developing world
Saleem MM
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 522-524
Craniofacial anthropometric norms of Malays
Ngeow WC, Aljunid ST
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 525-528
MECP2 mutations in Malaysian Rett syndrome patients
Fong CB, Thong MK, Sam CK, Mohamed Noor MN, Ariffin R
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 529-533

Case Report

Percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve replacement: first transfemoral implant in Asia
Chiam PTL, Koh TH, Chao VTT, Lee CY, See Tho VY, Tan SY, Lim ST, Hwang NC, Sin YK, Chua YL
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 534-537
Cutaneous large B-cell lymphoma of the leg: presenting initially as mononeuritis multiplex
Ho SLM, Tang BYM, Chai J, Tan SH
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e158-e160
Nevus lipomatosus superficialis
Yap FBB
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e161-e162
Recurrent acute pancreatitis due to a santorinicele in a young patient
Khan SA, Chawla T, Azami R
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e163-e165
Pneumomediastinum, stomach wall and hepatic portal vein gas secondary to partial necrosis of the stomach wall
Hussain A, Mahmood H, Ansari T, El-Hasani S
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e166-e169
Embryonated duck ("balut") eggshell aspiration in a one-year-old boy
Lapena JF Jr
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e170-e171
An accessory tongue
Kumar S, Tiwary SK, Khanna AK
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e172
Primary headache associated with sexual activity
Anand KS, Dhikav V
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e176-e177
Recurrent epistaxis as a presenting sign of androgen-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer
Lim HY, Agarwal AM, Agarwal N, Ward JH
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e178-e180
Prenatal diagnosis of the cri-du-chat syndrome: importance of ultrasonographical markers
Teoh XH, Tan TYT, Chow KK, Lee IW
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e181-e184
Langerhans cell histiocytosis with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism
Ong CWM, Chua LS, Ng A, Low SY
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e185-e188
Extraskeletal ossifying chondroma in Hoffa's fat pad: an unusual cause of anterior knee pain
Singh VK, Shah G, Singh PK, Saran D
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e189-e192
Purple urine bag syndrome
Pillai BP, Chong VH, Yong AML
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e193-e194
The many faces of intraosseous haemangioma: a diagnostic headache
Ching BC, Wong JSL, Tan MH, Jara-lazaro AR
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): e195-e198

Announcement

Medical Education

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (126)
Low KB, Huang J, Lim CH
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 546-550

Letter to the Editor

In-flight medical emergency: an experience with Singapore Airlines
Wong KC
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 551-552

CME Answers

CME March 2009 answers
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(5): 553