Volume 75   Number 7   July 2012

EDITORIAL

• The efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound for the diagnosis of common bile duct stones as compared to CT, MRCP, and ERCP
  Chun-Chia Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 301-302.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Association of serum interleukin-17 and interleukin-23 levels with disease activity in Chinese patients with ankylosing spondylitis
  Wei-Sheng Chen, Yu-Sheng Chang, Kuan-Chia Lin, Chien-Chih Lai, Shu-Hung Wang, Kai-Hung Hsiao, Hui-Ting Lee, Ming-Han Chen, Chang-Youh Tsai, Chung-Tei Chou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 303-308.     Full Text [PDF]
• Five-year experience of peritoneal dialysis catheter placement
  Jian-Ri Li, Cheng-Hsu Chen, Chen-Li Cheng, Cheng-Kuang Yang, Yen-Chuan Ou, Hao-Chung Ho, Chi-Rei Yang, Shian-Shiang Wang, Chuan-Shu Chen, Jiunn-Liang Ko, Kun-Yuan Chiu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 309-313.     Full Text [PDF]
• Generalized depletion of free nerve endings and decrease of cutaneous nervous innervation in streptozotocin-induced painful and painless diabetic rats
  Chi-Chun Chu, Shwun-De Wang, Joseph S. Chiang, Shung-Tai Ho
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 314-321.     Full Text [PDF]
• Stent-assisted coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms: A single center experience
  Chao-Bao Luo, Michael Mu-Huo Teng, Feng-Chi Chang, Chung-Jung Lin, Wan-Yuo Guo, Cheng-Yen Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 322-328.     Full Text [PDF]
• New therapeutic strategy for treating otitis media with effusion in postirradiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients
  Chin-Lung Kuo, Mao-Che Wang, Chia-Huei Chu, An-Suey Shiao
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 329-334.     Full Text [PDF]
• Opposite associations of osteoprotegerin and ZBTB40 polymorphisms with bone mineral density of the hip in postmenopausal Taiwanese women
  Tai-Huang Chao, Hsing-Ning Yu, Chi-Chuan Huang, Wen-Sheng Liu, Ko-Hsiu Lu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 335-340.     Full Text [PDF]
• Integration of fuzzy set theory and TOPSIS into HFMEA to improve outpatient service for elderly patients in Taiwan
  Ren-Jieh Kuo, Yung-Hung Wu, Tsung-Shin Hsu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 341-348.     Full Text [PDF]

CASE REPORTS

• Atrial myxoma presenting as total occlusion of the abdominal aorta and its major four branches
  Chun-Yang Huang, Yu-Yao Chang, Ming-Yu Hsieh, Chiao-Po Hsu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 349-352.     Full Text [PDF]
• Spontaneous perforation of the bile duct in a neonate: Drainage or resection?
  Te-Zhung Chen, Hou-Chuan Chen, Chia-Man Chou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 353-354.     Full Text [PDF]
• Confluent focal nodular hyperplasia mimicking liver cancer: Value of liver-specific contrast-enhanced MRI for diagnosis
  Yu-Chi Cheng, Chih-Ming Chiang, Cheng-Chung Wu, Jyh-Wen Chai
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 355-358.     Full Text [PDF]