Volume 74   Number 12   December 2011

EDITORIALS

• Clinical implications of the metabolic syndrome and hyperuricemia
  Harn-Shen Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 527-528.     Full Text [PDF]
• Screening for oral cancers - Which method is most effective?
  Shou-Yen Kao, Wen-Liang Lo
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 529-530.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Assessment of first-year post-graduate residents: Usefulness of multiple tools
  Ying-Ying Yang, Fa-Yauh Lee, Hui-Chi Hsu, Chin-Chou Huang, Jaw-Wen Chen, Hao-Min Cheng, Wen-Shin Lee, Chiao-Lin Chuang, Ching-Chih Chang, Chia-Chang Huang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 531-538.     Full Text [PDF]
• Impact of advanced age on inpatients with pyogenic liver abscess in Taiwan: A nationwide claim-based analysis
  Shih-Chao Kang, Shinn-Jang Hwang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 539-543.     Full Text [PDF]
• A multicenter open-label phase I/II study to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of three dose levels of TuNEX in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
  Der-Yuan Chen, Ning-Sheng Lai, Ling-Ying Lu, Hsiu-Cheng Chou, Yi-Hsing Chen, Tsu-Yi Hsieh, Yi-Ming Chen, Joung-Liang Lan
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 544-551.     Full Text [PDF]
• PSA density as a better predictor of prostate cancer than percent-free PSA in a repeat biopsy
  Chuan-Shu Chen, Shian-Shiang Wang, Jian-Ri Li, Chen-Li Cheng, Chi-Rei Yang, Wen-Ming Chen, Yen-Chuan Ou, Hao-Chung Ho, Kun-Yuan Chiu, Cheng-Kuang Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 552-555.     Full Text [PDF]
• Comparison of oxygenation among different supplemental oxygen methods during flexible bronchoscopy in infants
  Wen-Jue Soong, Yu-Sheng Lee, Pei-Chen Tsao, Chia-Feng Yang, Mei-Jy Jeng
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 556-560.     Full Text [PDF]
• Visual screening of oral cavity cancer in a male population: Experience from a medical center
  I-How Chang, Rong-San Jiang, Yong-Kie Wong, Shang-Heng Wu, Fun-Jou Chen, Shih-An Liu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 561-566.     Full Text [PDF]

CASE REPORTS

• Persistent sacrococcygeus ventralis muscle in an adult human pelvic wall: A variation for surgeons to note
  Velayudhan Nair, Rema V. Nair, R.V. Mookambika, K.G. Mohandas Rao, S. Krishnaraja Somayaji
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 567-569.     Full Text [PDF]
• Neck mass as the first presentation of metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma
  Yuan-Yung Lin, Deng-Shan Lin, Bor-Hwang Kang, Yaoh-Shiang Lin
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 570-573.     Full Text [PDF]
• Non-vitrectomizing vitreous surgery and adjuvant intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator for non-recent massive premacular hemorrhage
  Tsung-Tien Wu, Ya-Hsin Kung, Chia-Shian Lin
  J Chin Med Assoc 2011; 74: 574-578.     Full Text [PDF]