Volume 80   Number 11   November 2017

EDITORIALS

• Pioglitazone decrease intrapulmonary shunt in biliary cirrhotic rats with hepatopulmonary syndrome
  Hung-Cheng Tsai, Ying-Ying Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 679-680.     Full Text [PDF]
• Acoustic radiation force imaging (ARFI): A new powerful tool of ultrasound
  Chang-Chin Yeh, Huann-Cheng Horng, Peng-Hui Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 681-682.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• The effects of pioglitazone in cirrhotic rats with hepatopulmonary syndrome
  Tsung-Yi Cheng, Wen-Shin Lee, Hui-Chun Huang, Fa-Yauh Lee, Ching-Chih Chang, Han-Chieh Lin, Shou-Dong Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 683-689.     Full Text [PDF]
• Cholecystectomy decreased the recurrent cholangitis after clearance of bile duct stones by ERCP in patients with gallstone-related cholangitis
  Tseng-Shing Chen, Xi-Hsuan Lin, Yen-Ling Peng, Jiing-Chyuan Luo, Yung-Tai Chen, Ming-Chih Hou, Fa-Yauh Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 690-696.     Full Text [PDF]
• Volume-staged gamma knife surgery for the treatment of large skull base meningioma surrounding the optical apparatus: A snowman-shape design
  Chain-Fa Su, Dai-Wei Liu, Cheng-Chia Lee, Tsung-Lang Chiu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 697-704.     Full Text [PDF]
• Studying the efficacy of escalated dose conformal radiation therapy in prostate carcinoma - Pakistan experience
  Asad Zamir, Ahmad Farooq, Hasan Nisar, Ismat Fatima, Irfan Ullah Khan, Misbah Masood, Abubaker Shahid
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 705-711.     Full Text [PDF]
• Role of urodynamics in management of urethral diverticulum in females
  Kuan-Jung Lin, Yu-Hua Fan, Alex Tong-Long Lin
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 712-716.     Full Text [PDF]
• Placental elasticity on patients with gestational diabetes: Single institution experience
  Tevfik Berk Bildaci, Halime Cevik, Guldeniz Aksan Desteli, Birnur Tavasli, Serdinc Ozdogan
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 717-720.     Full Text [PDF]
• Correlation between histological and ultrasonographic findings of soft tissue tumors: To verify the possibility of cell-like resolution in ultrasonography
  Ching-Lan Wu, Yi-Chen Lai, Hsin-Kai Wang, Paul Chih-Hsueh Chen, Hong-Jen Chiou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 721-728.     Full Text [PDF]
• Ocular findings on follow-up in children who received phototherapy for neonatal jaundice
  Semra Kara, Zuleyha Yalniz-Akkaya, Ayca Yeniaras, Firdevs Ornek, Yildiz Dallar Bilge
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 729-732.     Full Text [PDF]
• Pupillary response to nitrous oxide administration in cataract surgery under general anesthesia
  Mansoor Masjedi, Alireza Ghanbari, Hossein Haddad Bakhodaei, Tahere Jowkar, Vahhab Hosseni, Mahnaz Rakhshan
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 733-736.     Full Text [PDF]

BRIEF COMMUNICATION

• Complete genome sequence of the first human parechovirus type 3 isolated in Taiwan
  Jenn-Tzong Chang, Chih-Shiang Yang, Bao-Chen Chen, Yao-Shen Chen, Tsung-Hsien Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 737-739.     Full Text [PDF]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

• Which is the true epidemiology of left ventricular dysfunction in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1?
  Vincenzo Russo, Anna Rago, Andrea Antonio Papa, Gerardo Nigro
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 740-741.     Full Text [PDF]
• Reply
  Teodora Paunic, Stojan Peric, Edita Cvitan, Srdjan Raspopovic, Marina Peric, Gorana Mandic Stojmenovic, Vidosava Rakocevic Stojanovic
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 742-743.     Full Text [PDF]