Original Article
Seroepidemiology of Pertussis in the Adult Population of Singapore
Pertussis is a highly communicable, vaccine-preventable respiratory disease and is a frequent but often underestimated cause of prolonged cough illness in adults. Whereas in...
Corticosteroids are not Present in a Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulation for Atopic Dermatitis in...
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common, chronic inflammatory skin disease. It has been estimated that 15% of schoolchildren aged 13 to 14 years have...
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Paediatric Oncology Patients in Singapore
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been gaining acceptance throughout the world. The efficacy of CAM is unproven, yet it remains popular with the...
Orbital Metastatic Tumour as Initial Manifestation of Asymptomatic Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Metastatic orbital tumour from gastric cancer is rare. In a Japanese survey of metastatic orbital tumours seen over 95 years, gastric metastases accounted for...
Eye Injuries in Singapore – Don’t Risk It. Do More. A Prospective Study
The issue of ophthalmic trauma is a major cause for concern. An estimated 55 million eye injuries occur each year worldwide, leaving 1.6 million...
Retrospective Review of Eyes with Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration Treated with Photodynamic Therapy with...
Among the variety of paradigms implicated in the pathogenesis of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), an inflammatory component has been a recent focus of interest. The...
Rates of Posterior Capsule Rupture During Cataract Surgery Among Different Races in Singapore
Posterior capsule rupture (PCR) is a potentially serious intraoperative complication of cataract surgery. The anecdotal experience of some surgeons suggests that differences in the...
Laparoscopic Appendicectomy in Children: A Trainee’s Perspective
The advent of laparoendoscopic surgery in children has opened new avenues of treatment with added benefits but at the same time demands adequate training...
External Proficiency Testing Programmes in Laboratory Diagnoses of Inherited Metabolic Disorders
In order to monitor and ensure the quality of our laboratory diagnoses for inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs), our laboratory participated in the proficiency testing...
Detection and Quantification of the Abelson Tyrosine Kinase Domains of the bcr-abl Gene Translocation...
Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a clonal stem cell malignancy characterised by massive proliferation of mature and immature granulocytes, basophils and spleen cells, but...