Volume 80   Number 3   March 2017

EDITORIALS

• The risk factors and prognostic factors of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
  Xi-Hsuan Lin, Jiing-Chyuan Luo
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 121-122.     Full Text [PDF]
• Is it safe to use pharmacological agents for induction of labor?
  Kuan-Chin Wang, Wen-Ling Lee, Peng-Hui Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 123-124.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Higher platelet counts are associated with metabolic syndrome independent of fatty liver diagnosis
  Kuan-Chieh Fang, Yuan-Lung Cheng, Chien-Wei Su, Yuan-Jen Wang, Keng-Hsin Lan, Teh-Ia Huo, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Chi-Jen Chu, Chung-Chi Lin, Ming-Chih Hou, Han-Chieh Lin, Fa-Yauh Lee, Jaw-Ching Wu, Shou-Dong Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 125-132.     Full Text [PDF]
• A new method for traumatic renal injury in a canine model
  Zhi-Qiang Cao, Ming Liang, Shawn Xiang Li, Xin Li, Yaling Han
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 133-139.     Full Text [PDF]
• Evaluation of prognostic factors and implication of lymph node dissection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: 10-year experience at a tertiary referral center
  Miao-Erh Chang, Hao-Jan Lei, Ming-Huang Chen, Yi-Chen Yeh, Chung-Pin Li, Yi-Ping Hung, Cheng-Yuan Hsia, Chieu-An Liu, Gar-Yang Chau, Yee Chao
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 140-146.     Full Text [PDF]
• Association between the MTHFR C677T polymorphism, blood folate and vitamin B12 deficiency, and elevated serum total homocysteine in healthy individuals in Yunnan Province, China
  Juan Ni, Ling Zhang, Tao Zhou, Wei-Jiang Xu, Jing-Lun Xue, Neng Cao, Xu Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 147-153.     Full Text [PDF]
• Effect of music on level of anxiety in patients undergoing colonoscopy without sedation
  Chia-Hui Ko, Yi-Yu Chen, Kuan-Ta Wu, Shu-Chi Wang, Jeng-Fu Yang, Yu-Yin Lin, Chia-I. Lin, Hsiang-Ju Kuo, Chia-Yen Dai, Meng-Hsuan Hsieh
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 154-160.     Full Text [PDF]
• Gender determination from diagnostic factors on anteroposterior pelvic radiographs
  Azadeh Memarian, Kamran Aghakhani, Shahrokh Mehrpisheh, Foroozan Fares
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 161-168.     Full Text [PDF]
• Prostaglandin E2 induction of labor and cervical ripening for term isolated oligohydramnios in pregnant women with Bishop score <= 5
  Hatice Kansu-Celik, Ozlem Gun-Eryilmaz, Nasuh Utku Dogan, Seval Haktankacmaz, Mehmet Cinar, Saynur Sarici Yilmaz, Cavidan Gulerman
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 169-172.     Full Text [PDF]
• Beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Phenotypic characteristics and molecular identification of virulence genes
  Waheed Ullah, Muhammad Qasim, Hazir Rahman, Yan Jie, Noor Muhammad
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 173-177.     Full Text [PDF]
• Intralesional curettage of central low-grade chondrosarcoma: A midterm follow-up study
  Yi-Chou Chen, Po-Kuei Wu, Cheng-Fong Chen, Wei-Ming Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 178-182.     Full Text [PDF]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

• Ticagrelor safety profile in real-life setting of acute coronary syndrome patients
  Niccolo Lombardi, Giada Crescioli, Ersilia Lucenteforte, Alessandro Mugelli, Alfredo Vannacci
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 183-184.     Full Text [PDF]
• Reply
  I-Chih Chen, Cheng-Han Lee, Yi-Heng Li, Ting-Hsing Chao
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 185-186.     Full Text [PDF]