Volume 72   Number 12   December 2009

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

• Ankylosing Spondylitis and Allied Diseases in Adults and Children
  Chang-Youh Tsai
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 615-616.     Full Text [PDF]
• Amniotic Fluid Cytokines Predict Pregnancy Outcome: Myth or Reality?
  Peng-Hui Wang, Ming-Huei Cheng
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 617-618.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Factors Affecting Discontinuation of Alendronate Treatment in Postmenopausal Japanese Women With Osteoporosis
  Jun Iwamoto, Atsushi Miyata, Yoshihiro Sato, Tsuyoshi Takeda, Hideo Matsumoto
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 619-624.     Full Text [PDF]
• Two-glove-finger-balloon Dissection of Retroperitoneal Space for Laparoscopic Urology
  Yasar Ozgok, Mete Kilciler, Mustafa Okan Istanbulluoglu, Mesut Piskin, Selahattin Bedir, Seref Basal
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 625-628.     Full Text [PDF]
• Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Infective Endocarditis in Intravenous Drug Users
  Pei-Jiuan Chao, Chih-Ho Hsu, Yung-Ching Liu, Cheng-Len Sy, Yao-Shen Chen, Shue-Ren Wann, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Hung-Chin Tsai
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 629-633.     Full Text [PDF]
• Initial Clinical Experience With Surgical Technique of Robot-assisted Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
  Cheng-Kuang Yang, Kun-Yuan Chiu, Chung-Kuang Su, Chi-Rei Yang, Chen-Li Cheng, Yen-Chuan Ou, Chi-Feng Hung
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 634-637.     Full Text [PDF]
• Elevated Amniotic Fluid Stromal Cell-derived Factor-1 alpha (SDF-1 alpha) Concentration in Mid-gestation as a Predictor of Adverse Birth Outcomes
  Jenn-Jhy Tseng, Ya-Fang Chen, Yeun-Ting Hsieh, Min-Min Chou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 638-642.     Full Text [PDF]

CASE REPORTS

• A Cardiac Pseudo-tumor Associated With Pseudo-infarction Electrocardiographic Pattern
  Tze-Fan Chao, Shih-Hsien Sung
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 643-645.     Full Text [PDF]
• Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy for Mitral Stenosis After Resolution of a Large Mobile Left Atrial Thrombus by 2-year Warfarin Treatment
  Wei-Chun Chang, I-Hsiang Lin, Chih-Tai Ting, Kae-Woei Liang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 646-649.     Full Text [PDF]
• Spontaneous Regression of Lumbar Herniated Disc
  Chun-Wei Chang, Ping-Hong Lai, Chi-Man Yip, Shu-Shong Hsu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 650-653.     Full Text [PDF]
• Pseudoaneurysm of the Iliac Artery Secondary to Aspergillus Infection After Kidney Transplantation
  Kuang-Yi Liu, Pei-Jiun Tsai, Kuang-Liang King, Tien-Hua Chen, Yi-Ming Shyr, Cheng-Hsi Su
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 654-656.     Full Text [PDF]
• Adynamic Ileus and Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction Occurring After Cesarean Section in Patients With Massive Peripartum Hemorrhage
  Fu-Nan Cho, Cheng-Bin Liu, Ju-Yueh Li, San-Nung Chen, Ken-Jen Yu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2009; 72: 657-662.     Full Text [PDF]