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VOLUME  46
ISSUE 
12
DEC
  2005

 

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SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L S

The trend towards a conservative approach in the surgical management of breast cancer
S C Low


Writing letters to the Singapore Medical Journal: keep ‘em comin’!
W C G Peh



2 0 0 5    S M A    L E C T U R E

Do no harm: do thyself no harm
Y C Chee



B A S I C    S T A T I S T I C S    F O R    D O C T O R S

Biostatistics 308. Structural equation modeling
Y H Chan

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E V I D E N C E - B A S E D    M E D I C I N E
A N D
   H E A L T H C A R E

Clinical practice guidelines
S Twaddle

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O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Breast lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel node identification in breast cancers with clinically-negative axillary nodes
S Namwongprom, S Boonyaprapa, M Ekmahachai, N Vilasdechanon, A Somwangprasert, S Sumitsawan, P Taya


Predictors of axillary lymph node metastases in women with early breast cancer in Singapore
L G L Tan, Y Y Tan, D Heng, M Y Chan


Risk factors of breast cancer in women in Kelantan, Malaysia
B Norsa’adah, B N Rusli, A K Imran, I Naing, T Winn


Atypical and suspicious categories in fine needle aspiration cytology of the breast: histological and mammographical correlation and clinical significance
B Chaiwun, N Sukhamwang, S Lekawanvijit, K Sukapan, S Rangdaeng, M Muttarak, P S Thorner


Prognostic value of an index for serum globulin compensation in colon and breast cancers
F S Al-Joudi


Serious cutaneous adverse reactions to traditional Chinese medicines
Y L Lim, T Thirumoorthy


Semi-constrained total elbow arthroplasty for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis of the elbow
K T Lee, S Singh, C H Lai



C A S E    R E P O R T S

Successful management of a bleeding duodenal varix by endoscopic banding
N C Tan, S Ibrahim, K H Tay


Reversible splenial lesion in clinically mild encephalitis
I B Yeh, L C S Tan, Y Y Sitoh


Cerebral tuberculosis mimicking intracranial tumour
H Yanardag, S Uygun, V Yumuk, M Caner, B Canbaz



B O O K    R E V I E W

From the Alumni Perspective: Centenary of Tertiary Education 1905-2005. Thence-Now-Hence
E C T Chew



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

Hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: management needs to be more intensified
A K Khuwaja, R Qureshi


Are the World Health Organisation case definitions for severe acute respiratory syndrome sufficient at initial assessment?
P A Tambyah, L Y A Chai, D A Fisher


Darwin: fairly good for a medical school dropout
J H Lange


Charles Darwin: history’s most famous naturalist
J P Evans


Charles Darwin: history’s most famous naturalist
A T E Loke