Volume 79   Number 11   November 2016

REVIEW ARTICLE

• Women with endometriosis have higher comorbidities: Analysis of domestic data in Taiwan
  Sen-Wen Teng, Huann-Cheng Horng, Chi-Hong Ho, Ming-Shyen Yen, Hsiang-Tai Chao, Peng-Hui Wang, The Taiwan Association of Gynecology Systematic Review Group
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 577-582.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Role of cyclooxygenase isoforms in encephalopathy of cirrhotic rats
  Hsin-Ling Ho, Shao-Jung Hsu, Fa-Yauh Lee, Hui-Chun Huang, I-Fang Hsin, Ming-Chih Hou, Shou-Dong Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 583-588.     Full Text [PDF]
• Effects of Vitex agnus-castus fruit on sex hormones and antioxidant indices in a d-galactose-induced aging female mouse model
  Akram Ahangarpour, Seyedeh Asma Najimi, Yaghoob Farbood
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 589-596.     Full Text [PDF]
• Ang-(1-7) inhibited mitochondrial fission in high-glucose-induced podocytes by upregulation of miR-30a and downregulation of Drp1 and p53
  Lianhuan Ma, Chunlei Han, Tao Peng, Naie Li, Bei Zhang, Xiaowen Zhen, Xiangdong Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 597-604.     Full Text [PDF]
• Concomitant transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy and transurethral resection of prostate in patients with urinary retention and elevated serum prostate-specific antigen levels
  Ti-Yuan Yang, Yung-Chiong Chow, Wun-Rong Lin, Ming-Chung Ko, Marcelo Chen, Huang-Kuang Chang, Jong-Ming Hsu, Stone Yang, Wen-Chou Lin, Allen W. Chiu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 605-608.     Full Text [PDF]
• Analysis of the causes of surgery-related medical disputes in Taiwan: Need for acute care surgeons to improve quality of care
  Yi-Hsuan Hu, Chien-Ying Wang, Mu-Shun Huang, Chen-Hsen Lee, Yi-Szu Wen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 609-613.     Full Text [PDF]
• Comparison between maternal and neonatal serum vitamin D levels in term jaundiced and nonjaundiced cases
  Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Aletayeb, Masoud Dehdashtiyan, Majid Aminzadeh, Arash Malekyan, Somayeh Jafrasteh
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 614-617.     Full Text [PDF]
• Cognitive MRI-TRUS fusion-targeted prostate biopsy according to PI-RADS classification in patients with prior negative systematic biopsy results
  Wei-Jen Lai, Hsin-Kai Wang, Hsian-Tzu Liu, Byung Kwan Park, Shu-Huei Shen, Tzu-Ping Lin, Hsiao-Jen Chung, Yi-Hsiu Huang, Yen-Hwa Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 618-624.     Full Text [PDF]
• Prevalence and risk factors for myopia in second-grade primary school children in Taipei: A population-based study
  Chih-Chien Hsu, Nicole Huang, Pei-Yu Lin, Der-Chong Tsai, Ching-Yao Tsai, Lin-Chung Woung, Catherine Jui-Ling Liu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 625-632.     Full Text [PDF]

BRIEF COMMUNICATION

• A novel missense mutation of NDP in a Chinese family with X-linked familial exudative vitreoretinopathy
  Hong Yan Liu, Jia Huang, Rui Li Wang, Yue Wang, Liang Jie Guo, Tao Li, Dong Wu, Hong Dan Wang, Qian Nan Guo, Dao Quan Dong
  J Chin Med Assoc 2016; 79: 633-638.     Full Text [PDF]