Medical Journal of Malaysia

MED J MALAYSIA VOL 59 NO 1 MARCH 2004

Editorial

Tuberculosis in Malaysia: Combating the Old Nemesis
A M Aziah

Original Articles

Knowledge and Practice of Complementary Medicine Amongst Public Primary Care Clinic Doctors in Kinta District, Perak
I A Ismail, S C Chan

Coarctation of Aorta Repair at the National Heart Centre (1983-1994)
S M S J Adeeb, H Leman, A Sallehuddin, A Yakub, Y Awang, M Alwi

External Fixation Versus Internal Fixation for Closed Unstable Intra-Articular Fracture of the Distal Radius. Early Results from a Prospective Study
Z Zamzuri, M Yusof, M Y Hyzan

An Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Control Programme of Selangor State, Malaysia for the Year 2001
B Venugopalan

Inappropriate Utilization of Emergency Department Services in Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital
H G Selasawati, L Naing, W A Wan Aasim, T Winn, B N Rusli

Appropriateness of Colonoscopy in a University Hospital
Y M Tan, K L Goh

Does Lifestyle Increase the Incidence of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension?
L A Adinegara, M S Razzak

The Prevalence of Depression Among the Elderly in Sepang, Selangor
M S Sherina, L Rampal, A Mustaqim

An Audit of Intraoperative Frozen Section in Johor
J J Khoo

Pulmonary Tuberculosis - A Review of Clinical Features and Diagnosis in 232 Cases
Y Ismail

Appropriate Utilisation of Emergency Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in a Tertiary Referral Centre
Y A Gul, M F Jabar, N Mo'min, S K Hon

Risk Factors for Anti Tuberculous Drugs Induced Hepatitis: A Prospective Survey from a Chest Clinic in a General Hospital
A R M Fauzi, A Shah, M Y Rathor, S Satwi

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Exposure to Oncology and Palliative Care in Undergraduate Medical Students
B M Biswal, A Zakaria, A A Baba, R Ja'afar

Policy Review

Developing the Malaysian Health System to Meet the Challenges of the Future
M I Merican, Y Rohaizat, S Haniza

Folic Acid in the Prevention of Neural Tube Defect - A Programme for Malaysia?
J J Ho

Case Reports

Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Two Brothers
G G Gan, G I Eow, A Teh, S C Ng, J V Sangkar

Intravenous Immunoglobulin in the Treatment of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
Y Kanaheswari, J Baizura, A Zulfiqar

Concurrent Mycobacterial Infection and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the Same Site in an Aids Patient
M S Kenali, I Fadzilah, A A Maizaton, A Sani

Pulmonary Resection for Metastatic Breast Cancer
B H Gooi, N Premnath, S Manjit

Rare Cause of Horner’s Syndrome: Pseudoaneurysm of Right Subclavian Artery in an Intravenous Drug User
S K Lee, A Zainal

Tuberculous Orchitis in Chronic Renal Failure
M Alper, O Balbay, Y Akman, P Arbak, K Cam

Spontaneous Closure of a Persistent Post-Traumatic Pancreatic Fistula in a Child: Incidental Therapeutic Effect of Ercp
C R Thambidorai, S Ismail, K Y Chan, A Haron, A Zulfiqar

Giant Aneurysm or Pituitary Macroadenoma: A Diagnostical Misconstrue
A Pany, M Sobri, S Valarmathi, M Nazihah, A Z Latif, J S Adnan

Neonatal Post-Intubation Subglottic Stenosis
H D K Loi, A S Parhr, S K Subramaniam, K E Choo, H P Ng

Letter to Editor

Are Doctors in the University-Based Primary Care Clinic More Evidence-Based?
E M Khoo, C L Teng, K C Wong

Continuing Medical Education

What is Obesity?
U Shashikiran, V Sudha, B Jayaprakash