Volume 34, Number 9

October 2005

Bridging the Gap between Physician Specialists: A Role for the College of Physicians, Singapore

The rapid growth of new medical knowledge, and the drive toward increasing specialisation and sub-specialisation, are closely related aspects of modern medicine. Specialisation and...

The Incidence and Patterns of BCR/ABL Rearrangements in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) Using Fluorescence In situ Hybridisation (FISH)

Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative disorder of the haematopoietic stem cells. About 90% to 95% are characterised cytogenetically by the presence...

An Assessment of Electronically Captured Data in the Patient Care Enhancement System (PACES) for Syndromic Surveillance

There is growing awareness of the need for efficient, real-time identification of infectious disease outbreaks. The bioterrorism attacks involving anthrax bacilli, 1 and the...

Broadband Ultrasound Attenuation Reference Database for Southeast Asian Males and Females

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) systems measuring the calcaneus are currently approved for the assessment of osteoporotic risks in Europe, Canada and the USA. A QUS...

Tuberculosis Peritonitis in Negara Brunei Darussalam

There has been a resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) in many countries, including developed nations, especially with the HIV pandemic and the increase in immigration.1,2...