Volume 81   Number 3   March 2018

GUIDELINES

• 2018 consensus of the Taiwan Society of Cardiology and the Diabetes Association of Republic of China (Taiwan) on the pharmacological management of patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
  Chern-En Chiang, Shih-Yi Lin, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Tzung-Dau Wang, Hung-I Yeh, Jung-Fu Chen, Chia-Ti Tsai, Yi-Jen Hung, Yi-Heng Li, Ping-Yen Liu, Kuan-Cheng Chang, Kang-Ling Wang, Ting-Hsing Chao, Kou-Gi Shyu, Wei-Shiung Yang, Kwo-Chang Ueng, Pao-Hsien Chu, Wei-Hsian Yin, Yen-Wen Wu, Hao-Min Cheng, Shyi-Jang Shin, Chien-Ning Huang, Lee-Ming Chuang, Shing-Jong Lin, San-Jou Yeh, Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu, Jiunn-Lee Lin
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 189-222.     Full Text [PDF]

EDITORIAL

• Mesenchymal stem cell in wound healing and regeneration
  Hsiao-Wen Tsai, Peng-Hui Wang, Kuan-Hao Tsui
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 223-224.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Experience of double balloon enteroscopy
  Ming-Yao Su, Wei-Pin Lin, Cheng-Tang Chiu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 225-229.     Full Text [PDF]
• Increased prevalence of proliferative retinopathy in patients with acromegaly
  Tzu-En Wu, Harn-Shen Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 230-235.     Full Text [PDF]
• Characteristics of claims in the management of septic arthritis in Japan: Retrospective analyses of judicial precedents and closed claims
  Yasuhiro Otaki, Makiko Ishida DaSilva, Yuichi Saito, Yasuaki Oyama, Giichiro Oiso, Tomohiko Yoshida, Masakazu Fukuhara, Mitsuru Moriyama
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 236-241.     Full Text [PDF]
• Adaptation of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes
  Bingqian Zhu, Meng Xie, Chang G. Park, Mary C. Kapella
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 242-247.     Full Text [PDF]
• Urodynamic characteristics might be variable in bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis patients with different non-bladder co-morbid conditions
  Wei-Ming Cheng, Yu-Hua Fan, Alex T.L. Lin
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 248-254.     Full Text [PDF]
• A coil placement technique to treat intracranial aneurysm with incorporated artery
  Chao-Bao Luo, Feng-Chi Chang, Chung-Jung Lin, Wan-Yuo Guo
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 255-261.     Full Text [PDF]
• Antiviral effects of Lactobacillus crispatus against HSV-2 in mammalian cell lines
  Elham Mousavi, Manoochehr Makvandi, Ali Teimoori, Angila Ataei, Shokouh Ghafari, Alireza Samarbaf-Zadeh
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 262-267.     Full Text [PDF]
• Mesenchymal stem cells and their conditioned medium can enhance the repair of uterine defects in a rat model
  Chi-Hong Ho, Chen-Wei Lan, Chen-Yi Liao, Shih-Chieh Hung, Hsin-Yang Li, Yen-Jen Sung
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 268-276.     Full Text [PDF]
• Association between allergic diseases, allergic sensitization and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children: A large-scale, population-based study
  Chia-Feng Yang, Chen-Chang Yang, I-Jen Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 277-283.     Full Text [PDF]
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic tympanoplasty versus microscopic tympanoplasty for chronic otitis media in Taiwan
  Chih-Chieh Tseng, Ming-Tang Lai, Chia-Che Wu, Sheng-Po Yuan, Yi-Fang Ding
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 284-290.     Full Text [PDF]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

• Two distinct entities: Bladder oversensitivity and detrusor overactivity
  Fa-Kung Lee, Huann-Cheng Horng, Peng-Hui Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 291-292.     Full Text [PDF]
• Reply
  Sung-Lang Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2018; 81: 293-294.     Full Text [PDF]