TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 15, Number 3, JUNE 2009
 
Editorials
Glycaemic control and cardiovascular risk in diabetes: lessons from recent trials
Karen SL Lam

 
Swine influenza: then and now
Patrick CY Woo

 
Original Articles
Co-morbidities of patients with knee osteoarthritis
KW Chan, HY Ngai, KK Ip, KH Lam, WW Lai

 
Impact of diabetes on early and mid-term survival after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the Hong Kong Chinese population
WK Au, KT Lam, LC Cheng, SW Chiu

 
Telephone pre-anaesthesia assessment for ambulatory breast surgery
TT Law, Dacita TK Suen, YF Tam, SY Cho, HP Chung, Ava Kwong, WK Yuen

 
Oral bacterial flora of the Chinese cobra (Naja atra) and bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) in Hong Kong SAR, China
KC Shek, KL Tsui, KK Lam, Paul Crow, Kenneth HL Ng, Gary Ades, KT Yip, Alessandro Grioni, KS Tan, David C Lung, Tommy SK Lam, HT Fung, TL Que, CW Kam

 
Charcot foot in a Hong Kong Chinese diabetic population
HB Leung, YC Ho, WC Wong

 
Outbreak of hypoglycaemia: sexual enhancement products containing oral hypoglycaemic agent
WT Poon, YH Lam, Hencher HC Lee, CK Ching, WT Chan, SS Chan, CK Lai, ML Tse, Albert YW Chan, Tony WL Mak

 
Medical Practice
Refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis successfully treated with rituximab but associated with hepatitis B virus infection
SK Mak, KY Lo, MW Lo, SF Chan, KC Lo, YY Wong, Gensy MW Tong, PN Wong, Edmond SK Ma, Andrew KM Wong

 
Case Reports
Methimazole-induced antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated diffuse alveolar haemorrhage in a Chinese woman with Graves' disease
Emmy Lau, SY So, Eric Chan, Janette Kwok, John Ma, Annie WC Kung

 
Financial abuse in a mentally incapacitated old man
TC Chan, James KH Luk, Athena Liu, Patrick KC Chiu, Felix HW Chan, LW Chu

 
Hereditary spastic paraplegias
KK Lau, CK Ching, Chloe M Mak, YW Chan

 
Fibromatosis of the neck causing airway obstruction managed effectively with weekly low-dose methotrexate and vinblastine
Henry Sze, MW Yeung

 
Generalised dystonia: clinical diagnosis is possible
Binila Chacko, Pratibha Seshadri, Thambu D Sudarsanam

 
Colonic injury from electric arcing: a significant complication of argon plasma coagulation
Simon CY Law, James CH Wong, Hester YS Cheung, CC Chung, Michael KW Li

 
Implantation of a breathing pacemaker in a tetraplegic patient in Hong Kong
Jamie CM Lam, Carmen TK Ho, TL Poon, HY Kwok, Ripley K Wong, SW Chiu, Mary SM Ip

 
Pictorial Medicine
Hypoglossal nerve palsy
Andrew CF Hui, Ivan WC Tsui, David PN Chan

 
Commentary
Why Hong Kong needs a transportation safety board
Robert A Cocks

 
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Abdominal thrusts are not recommended for infants with foreign body airway obstruction
Giles N Cattermole, Colin A Graham, Timothy H Rainer

 
Letter to the Editor: Breast-conserving surgery in young Chinese patients
Dacita TK Suen, Ava Kwong

 
The Back Page
From tuberculosis to pandemic flu--respiratory medicine turns a full circle
Margaret Harris Cheng