Volume 72   Number 5   May 2009

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

• Portal-systemic Collaterals and Angiogenesis
  Che-Chang Chan
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 223-224.     Full Text [PDF]
• Potential Use of Albumin Administration in Severe Sepsis
  Tsann-Long Hwang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 225-226.     Full Text [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLE

• Detection and Screening of Oral Cancer and Pre-cancerous Lesions
  Shou-Yen Kao, Yu-Wei Chu, Ya-Wei Chen, Kuo-Wei Chang, Tsung-Yun Liu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 227-233.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Chronic Thalidomide Administration Enhances Vascular Responsiveness to Vasopressin in Portal-systemic Collaterals of Bile Duct-ligated Rats
  Ching-Chih Chang, Sun-Sang Wang, Hui-Chun Huang, Fa-Yauh Lee, Han-Chieh Lin, Jing-Yi Lee, Yi-Chou Chen, Shou-Dong Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 234-242.     Full Text [PDF]
• Albumin Administration in Patients with Severe Sepsis Due to Secondary Peritonitis
  Chih-Dou Chou, Huey-Wen Yien, Der-Min Wu, Cheng-Deng Kuo
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 243-250.     Full Text [PDF]
• Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Somatoform Disorders: Diagnostic Challenges to Psychiatrists
  Cheng-Ta Li, Yuan-Hwa Chou, Kai-Chun Yang, Cheng-Hung Yang, Ying-Chiao Lee, Tung-Ping Su
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 251-256.     Full Text [PDF]
• The Impact of Timing and Dose of Rehabilitation Delivery on Functional Recovery of Stroke Patients
  Hsiu-Chen Huang, Kao-Chi Chung, Der-Chung Lai, Sheng-Feng Sung
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 257-264.     Full Text [PDF]

CASE REPORTS

• Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation After Smokeless Tobacco (Maras Powder) Use
  Ozgur Sogut, Mustafa Burak Sayhan, Mehmet Ustundag, Murat Orak
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 265-267.     Full Text [PDF]
• Compression Neuropathy of the Motor Fibers of the Median Nerve at Wrist Level
  Giacomo Rizzello, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Francesco Franceschi, Nicolo Martinelli, Maria Chiara Meloni, Rodolfo Quadrini, Vincenzo Denaro
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 268-270.     Full Text [PDF]
• An Unusual Case of Metastatic Small Intestinal Tumor Due to Prostate Cancer
  Shou-Wu Lee, Teng-Yu Lee, Hong-Zen Yeh, Chi-Sen Chang, Ren-Ching Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 271-274.     Full Text [PDF]
• A Right-sided Aortic Arch with Kommerell's Diverticulum of the Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery Presenting with Syncope
  Ming-Hsun Yang, Zen-Chung Weng, Yu-Guo Weng, Hsiao-Huang Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 275-277.     Full Text [PDF]
• Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy Combined with Caliceal Ureterostomy for the Treatment of Post-traumatic Ureteropelvic Junction Disruption
  Ching-Hwa Yang, Kuo-Hsin Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 278-280.     Full Text [PDF]