Volume 80   Number 7   July 2017

EDITORIAL

• Does vitamin supplement use reduce serum levels of some heavy metals and/or trace inorganic elements in pregnant women?
  Yiu-Tai Li, Wen-Ling Lee, Peng-Hui Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 389-390.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Decoy receptor 3 analogous supplement protects steatotic rat liver from ischemia-reperfusion injury
  Tzu-Hao Li, Chih-Wei Liu, Pei-Chang Lee, Chia-Chang Huang, Kuei-Chuan Lee, Yun-Cheng Hsieh, Ying-Ying Yang, Shie-Liang Hsieh, Han-Chieh Lin, Chang-Youh Tsai
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 391-400.     Full Text [PDF]
• Phase II study of preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy with oxaliplatin for locally advanced esophageal cancer
  Jing-Wen Huang, Hui-Ling Yeh, Chung-Ping Hsu, Cheng-Yen Chuang, Jin-Ching Lin, Jai-Fu Lin, Chen-Fa Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 401-407.     Full Text [PDF]
• Routine echocardiography in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1
  Teodora Paunic, Stojan Peric, Edita Cvitan, Srdjan Raspopovic, Marina Peric, Gorana Mandic Stojmenovic, Vidosava Rakocevic Stojanovic
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 408-412.     Full Text [PDF]
• Clinical efficacy of transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy in men younger than 50 years old with an elevated prostate-specific antigen concentration (>4.0 ng/mL)
  Chin-Heng Lu, Tzu-Ping Lin, She Huei Shen, Yi-Hsiu Huang, Hsiao-Jen Chung, Junne-Yih Kuo, William J.S. Huang, Howard H.H. Wu, Yen-Hwa Chang, Alex T.L. Lin, Kuang-Kuo Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 413-418.     Full Text [PDF]
• Characteristic patterns of normal meridian acupoint temperature
  Han-Ning Wei, Li-Ping Jiang, Bin Xiong, Si Zhou, Lan Yu, Yan-Mei Huang, Dao-Guang Liu, Wei Ling, Xin-Nan Song, Xiao-Xi Zhang, Hai-Lu Zhao
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 419-426.     Full Text [PDF]
• Reduced nosocomial infection rate in a neonatal intensive care unit during a 4-year surveillance period
  Yong-Chuan Chen, Chen-Fu Lin, Yun-Jiau Fuh Rehn, Juei-Chao Chen, Po-Yen Chen, Chao-Huei Chen, Teh-Ming Wang, Fang-Liang Huang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 427-431.     Full Text [PDF]
• Levosimendan mitigates coagulopathy and organ dysfunction in rats with endotoxemia
  Hsieh-Chou Huang, Hsin-Jung Tsai, Chao-Chun Wang, Cheng-Ming Tsao, Shuk-Man Ka, Wen-Jinn Liaw, Chin-Chen Wu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 432-441.     Full Text [PDF]
• Maternal and umbilical cord blood levels of mercury, manganese, iron, and copper in southern Taiwan: A cross-sectional study
  Shih-Hui Huang, Ken-Pen Weng, Ching-Chiang Lin, Chung-Cheng Wang, Charles Tzu-Chi Lee, Luo-Ping Ger, Ming-Tsang Wu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 442-451.     Full Text [PDF]
• Predictors of local recurrence of glottic cancer in patients after transoral laser microsurgery
  Chia-Fan Chang, Pen-Yuan Chu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 452-457.     Full Text [PDF]
• Resolution of hypertropia with correction of consecutive horizontal deviation
  Rui Hao, Kanxing Zhao, Wei Zhang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 458-461.     Full Text [PDF]