Volume 69   Number 12   December 2006

REVIEW ARTICLE

• Prevention of Esophageal Variceal Rebleeding
  Gin-Ho Lo
  J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69: 553-560.     Full Text [PDF]

EDITORIAL COMMENT

• Is Hypothyroidism a Treatment Option in Conditions of Liver Injury and Hepatic Encephalopathy?
  Chi-Jen Chu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69: 561-562.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Methimazole Alleviates Hepatic Encephalopathy in Bile-duct Ligated Cirrhotic Rats
  Ching-Chih Chang, Yi-Chou Chen, Hui-Chun Huang, Fa-Yauh Lee, Full-Young Chang, Han-Chieh Lin, Cho-Yu Chan, Sun-Sang Wang, Shou-Dong Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69: 563-568.     Full Text [PDF]
• Screening for Platelet Antibodies in Adult Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Comparative Study Using Solid Phase Red Cell Adherence Assay and Flow Cytometry
  Jeong-Shi Lin, Jau-Yi Lyou, Ying-Ju Chen, Pei-Shan Chen, Hsueng-Mei Liu, Chao-Hung Ho, Tsung-Chi Hao, Cheng-Hwai Tzeng
  J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69: 569-574.     Full Text [PDF]
• Craniofacial Vascular Malformations in Wyburn-Mason Syndrome
  Chao-Bao Luo, Pierre Lasjaunias, Jo Bhattacharya
  J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69: 575-580.     Full Text [PDF]
• Posterolateral Lumbar Spinal Fusion with Autogenous Bone Chips from Laminectomy Extended with OsteoSet(R)
  Chien-Lung Chen, Chien-Lin Liu, Shih-Sheng Sun, Pu-Yu Han, Chi-Sheng Lee, Wai-Hee Lo
  J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69: 581-584.     Full Text [PDF]

CASE REPORTS

• Hemorrhagic Transformation of Stroke Secondary to Spontaneous Internal Carotid Artery Dissection
  Ju-Sing Fan, Feng-Chi Chang, Han-Hwa Hu, Li-Chi Hsu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69: 585-588.     Full Text [PDF]
• Methylphenidate (Ritalin)-associated Cataract and Glaucoma
  Chao-Kung Lu, Tung-Mei Kuang, Joe Ching-Kuang Chou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69: 589-590.     Full Text [PDF]
• Vestibular Rehabilitation in a Patient with Whiplash-associated Disorders
  Kwo-Shieng Tuo, Yuan-Yang Cheng, Chung-Lan Kao
  J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69: 591-595.     Full Text [PDF]