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VOLUME  45
ISSUE
  05
MAY
  2004

 

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SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

One-day primary care morbidity surveys: a feasible means for obtaining valuable healthcare services data
L G Goh



M E D I C I N E    I N    S T A M P S

John Hunter (1728 - 1793): founder of scientific surgery
S Y Tan, M E Yeow



O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

2001 survey on primary medical care in Singapore
S C Emmanuel, H P Phua, P Y Cheong


Using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in the molecular investigation of an outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection in an intensive care unit
H Alfizah, A J Nordiah, W S Rozaidi


Therapeutic plasmapheresis for the treatment of the thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-haemolytic uraemic syndromes
W Y K Hwang, L Y A Chai, H J Ng, Y T Goh, P H C Tan


Rhinosporidiosis: an unusual cause of nasal masses gains prominence
S S Chao, K S Loh


Importation of seven cases of an unusual helminthic infection into Singapore and assessment of the risk of local transmission
L S U Lee, N I Paton



C A S E    R E P O R T S

Piriformis pyomyositis: a rare cause of sciatica
K W Chong, B K Tay


Role of non-invasive ventilation in difficult-to-wean children with acute neuromuscular disease
V G Reddy, M P Nair, F Bataclan


Non-traumatic acute paraplegia caused by cervical disc herniation in a patient with sleep apnoea
H K Goh, Y H Li



M E D I C A L    E D U C A T I O N

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (97)
M Muttarak, N Pattamapaspong



B O O K    R E V I E W

The new global threat: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and its impacts
T Koh, A Plant, E H Lee. (Reviewed by A Kurup)


E R R A T A

Blood lead monitoring in a decorative ceramic tiles factory in Singapore
K D K Y Choy, H S Lee, C H Tan



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