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August 1999

Editorial

Thin desires and fat realities

Ung EK, Lee DS

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):495-7

The diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia

Johan A

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):498-9

Kumarasinghe A

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):500-1

Original Article

Preference for thinness in Singapore - a newly industrialised society

Wang MC, Ho TF, Anderson JN, Sabry ZI

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):502-7

Hospital acquired pneumonia in the medical intensive care unit - a prospective study

Stebbings AE, Ti TY, Tan WC

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):508-12

The use of an in-house modified double antibody sandwich ELISA to detect Aspergillus antigens in sera of immunosuppressed patients.

Samad SA, Rahman HA

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):513-8

An open label comparative study of azithromycin and doxycycline in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis in males and Chlamydia trachomatis cervicitis in female sex workers in an STD clinic in Singapore

Tan HH, Chan RK

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):519-23

Tangles in smears of granulomatous lymphadenitis - a clue to the diagnosis

Kumarasinghe MP, Tilakaratna A

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):524-7

Immunocytochemical identification of islet cells containing calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in the plains rat pancreas (Pseudomys australis).

Edwin N, Leigh CM

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):528-30

Case Report

Enzymatic dissolution of post-operative haemothorax by purified streptokinase

Sim EK, Sim SK, Wong ML, Lee CN, Chan WX

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):531-2

Successful treatment of Candida albicans endocarditis in a child with leukemia - a case report and review of the literature

Ariffin H, Ariffin W, Tharam S, Omar A, de Bruyne J, Lin HP

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):533-6

Leiomyoma of the epididymis

Wong SK

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):537-8

Metastasic oesophageal carcinoma to the paranasal sinuses - a case report

Aw CY, Hwang JS, Brett RH, Lu PK

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):539-41

Review Article

In search of hyperglycaemia - tracing the path that leads to the new diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus

Lim SC, Fok A, Lim HS

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):542-5

Medical Education

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (40). Iliotibial band syndrome

Hodge JC

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):547-9

What you need to know: over the counter slimming products - their rationality and legality

Candlish JK

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):550-2

Electrocardiographic case - electrocardiographic clinical diagnosis in a patient with post-chemotherapy emesis and oliguria

Fadilah SSAW

Singapore Med J 1999; 40(8):553-5