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October 2019

Editorial

Optimising endoscopic management of early gastrointestinal neoplasia
Tiing Leong Ang
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 493-494

Medicine in Stamps

Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001): First heart transplant surgeon
Siang Yong Tan, Katy Linskey
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 495-496

Practice Integration & Lifelong Learning

Caring for the mother-child dyad as a family physician
Li Ping Marianne Tsang, David Chee Chin Ng, Yoke Hwee Chan, Helen Yu Chen
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 497-501
[CME Article]

Medical Education

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (200)
Yee Wah Margaret Lee, Shi Xian Shawn Kok, Li Weng Wong, Bak Siew Steven Wong
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 502-507
[CME Article]

Original Article

Endoscopic submucosal dissection of colonic lesions: first 50 cases at a local institution
Yee Shyn Tai, Clement LK Chia, Kok-Yang Tan
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 508-511
Effects of proton pump inhibitor on the human gut microbiome profile in multi-ethnic groups in Singapore
Seok Hwee Koo, Jing Deng, Daphne Shih Wen Ang, John Chen Hsiang, Lian Shien Lee, Shafiq Aazmi, Elsa Haniffah Mejia Mohamed, Hong Yang, Siew Yoon Yap, Lay Kek Teh, Mohd Zaki Salleh, Edmund Jon Deoon Lee, Tiing Leong Ang
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 512-521
Narrow-band imaging with magnification and the water immersion technique: a case-finding, cost-effective approach to diagnose villous atrophy
Doreen Siew Ching Koay, Azhar Ghumman, Leonardo Zorron Cheng Tao Pu, Rajvinder Singh
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 522-525
Endoscopic submucosal dissection of colorectal neoplasms: an audit of its safety and efficacy in a single tertiary centre in Singapore
James Weiquan Li, Tiing Leong Ang, Lai Mun Wang, Andrew Boon Eu Kwek, Malcolm Teck Kiang Tan, Kwong Ming Fock, Eng Kiong Teo
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 526-531
Optimal liver stiffness measurement values for the diagnosis of significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic liver disease in Singapore
Pik Eu Chang, Juanda Leo Hartono, Yee Lin Ngai, Yock Young Dan, Kieron BL Lim, Wan Cheng Chow
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 532-537

Review Article

Understanding the hepatitis B core positive liver donor
Kah Wai Clarence Kwan, Teegan Reina Lim, Rajneesh Kumar, Thinesh Lee Krishnamoorthy
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 545-549

Letter to the Editor

Persimmon fruit causing simultaneous small bowel and stomach obstruction
Thomas Zheng Jie Teng, Yen Pin Tan, Vishal G Shelat
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 550
Authors’ reply: Comment on: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or ‘broken-heart syndrome’, with concomitant myasthenic crisis
Ren Yi Jonas Ho, Zer Rong Beverlyn Chern, William Kristanto
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 552
Comment on: Zoonosis: an unusual case of chronic osteomyelitis
Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(10): 553

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