Medical Journal of Malaysia

Nuclear medicine in Malaysia – Strengths and challenges for physicians after more than half a century of experience
Subapriya Suppiah

Understanding of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the practice of preventive measures among doctors and nurses in a university teaching hospital- A cross-sectional study
Boon Hau Ng, Hsueh Jing Low, Nik Nuratiqah Nik Abeed, Mohamed Faisal Abdul Hamid, Chun Ian Soo, Petrick Periyasamy, Andrea Ban Yu-Lin

Severity of anxiety disorder and other factors associated with disease severity among COVID-19 patients in a hospital, Bali, Indonesia
Ketut Suryana, Raka Widiana I Gde, Hamong Suharsono, Mochamad Panji Pujasakti, Wayan Wahyu Semara Putra, Ni Made Dwita Yaniswari

Predictors of adverse pregnancy outcome in a cohort of women with systemic lupus erythematosus in Malaysia
Ong Swee Gaik, Ding Hui Jen

Factors associated with Scrub Typhus infection: A case-control study from Luhe, China
Taha Hussein Musa, Wei Li, Yan He, Qian Ni, Jinjin Chu, You Ge, Pingmin Wei

Effectiveness of an independent physical activity programme in improving physical activity amongst breast and colorectal cancer survivors: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Mardiana Omar, Nor Afiah Mohd Zulkefli, Norliza Ahmad, Kit-Aun Tan, Murallitharan Munisamy

A review of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy cases in Terengganu, Malaysia: A single centre experience
Abu Mansor Matardiah Nor Hashimah, Asmah Mohd, Azman Ali Raymond

3D-SSP analysis for amyloid brain PET imaging using ¹⁸F-florbetapir in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia and mild cognitive impairment
Tanyaluck Thientunyakit, Chakmeedaj Sethanandha, Weerasak Muangpaisan, Satoshi Minoshima

¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT for the pre-surgical localization of epileptogenic focus among paediatric patients with drug resistant epilepsy in Malaysia: perspective of a nuclear medicine physician
Andik Fadilah Abdul Aziz, Ahmad Rithauddin Mohamed, Sumitha Murugesu, Lee Boon Nang, Siti Zarina Amir Hassan

Clinicopathological features and treatment outcome of paediatric differentiated thyroid cancer treated with Radioactive Iodine-131 therapy in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Khor Phay Phay, Subapriya Suppiah, Wong Teck Huat, Siti Zarina Amir Hassan

Radionuclide gastric emptying scintigraphy in patients with suspected gastroparesis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur: A preliminary experience
Mohd Fazrin Mohd Rohani, Ahmad Zaid Zanial, Praveenna Nagaratnam, Lai Teck Gew, Noor Aliza Abd Mutalib, Siti Zarina Amir Hassan

Problems in Malaysian children with large angle infantile esotropia: Children and parents’ perspectives
Hussein Waheeda-Azwa, Norul Badriah Hassan, Sarimah Abdullah, Jemaima Che Hamzah, Ismail Shatriah

Retrospective study of pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes positivity in stage 1A to 2A cervical cancer patients
John Lim Boon Beng, Chee Meng Yong

Associated genetic polymorphisms and clinical manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus in Asian populations - A systematic literature review
Abdul Khalif Adha Abd Talib, Shing Cheng Tan, Rahman Jamal, Elena Aisha Azizan, Syahrul Sazliyana Shaharir, Nor Azian Abdul Murad

The need of a system phantom for quantitative hybrid nuclear imaging of PET/CT: A systematic review
Muhammad Hafiz Hanafi, Noramaliza Mohd Noor, Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad, Saiful Hasley Ramli, Faizal Mohamed, Marianne Musarudin

Geriatric Telemedicine: Ensuring continuity of healthcare services to the older patients in Kedah, Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Teh Hoon Lang, Mohd Azri Mohd Suan, Noor Syahireen Mohammed

Letter to Editor - Application of smartphone electrocardiogram
Kam Cheong Wong

Cardiac tamponade from peripherally-inserted central venous catheters in neonates: Three case reports
Wee Vien Khoo, Yao Mun Choo, Norazah Zahari, Azanna Ahmad Kamar

Ocular leptospirosis in four patients: A diagnostic dilemma
Hui Ruan Ng, Moon Yee Cheong, Mushawiahti Mustapha

Selective use of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy following comparative imaging of Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT against I-131 MIBG scintigraphy in a small Asian cohort of Adult Neuroblastoma
Si Xuan Koo, Aaron Kian Ti Tong, Shui Yen Soh, Mohamad Farid Bin Harunal Rashid, Amos Hong Pheng Loh, Kelvin Siu Hoong Loke

Improving management of visually impaired patients from occupational therapy perspective: A case report
Nur Rafidah Mohamed, Mohd Wafi Mohammad, Sazlina Kamaralzaman, Rokiah Omar

Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis of the abdominal wall: A lesson in lymphatic drainage
Mohan Arumugam, Leelavathi Muthupalaniappen, Noor Liani Harun, Adawiyah Jamil

Combination of hysteroscopic resection of endomyometrium with insertion of Mirena: An alternative treatment for adenomyosis
Akmal Zulayla Mohd Zahid, Noorneza Abdul Rahman, Zatul Akmar Ahmad

An infantile late-onset case Group of B Streptococcus meningitis diagnosed with a rapid latex kit
George Imataka, Yuto Otsubo, Yuji Fujita, Shigemi Yoshihara

Hyperglyceridaemia-induced acute pancreatitis in pregnancy: Experience from a tertiary hospital in Singapore
Ying Hao Tan, Jie Ying Kirsten Ong, Kanagalingam Devendra

Pneumoperitoneum following an Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP): A case report
Lai Wick Champ, Low Kuan Yean, Mathew Thomas

Giant epithelial nonparasitic splenic cyst a pre-operative diagnosis dilemma: A case report
Wai Tseung Soo, Lau Kiew Siong, Swee Guan Yong, Kong Choon Soon

A rare presentation of ectopic thyroid gland at right axilla
Yik Hin Chin, Yon Lek Yap, Huang Hin Chin, Sarina Salim

Acute compartment syndrome of the forearm: A case report of radius fracture with concomitant brachial artery transaction
Mohd Faizal Rasid, Azmi Ahmad, Kamarul Aryffin Baharuddin, Azizul Akram Salim, Jude Cornelius Savarirajo, Mohd Shafie Abdullah

Hypothalamic-pituitary fungal infection causing panhypopituitarism
Yik Hin Chin, Huang Hin Chin, Yon Lek Yap, Bik Kui Lau

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