TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 15, Number 5, OCTOBER 2009
 
Editorial
Genomic medicine: the future is now
Lessons for Hong Kong from the House of Lords Report on Genomic Medicine
Ron L Zimmern 

 
Original Articles
Prophylactic thyroidectomy in ethnic Chinese patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A syndrome after the introduction of genetic testing
Gregory SK Lau, Brian HH Lang, CY Lo, Annette Tso, Merce M Garcia-Barcelo, Paul K Tam, Karen SL Lam 

 
Competence in evidence-based medicine of senior medical students following a clinically integrated training programme
NM Lai, CL Teng 

 
Outcome of inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving transarterial chemoembolisation: a real-life retrospective analysis in a Hong Kong regional hospital
WM Yip, HG Hung, KH Lok, KF Li, KK Li, ML Szeto 

 
Airway inflammatory and spirometric measurements in obese children
Joyce SW Chow, Amelia SM Leung, Wincy WS Li, Teresa PK Tse, HY Sy, TF Leung 

 
Imageless computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty
KW Cheung, KH Chiu 

 
Use of Onyx (a patented ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer formulation) embolisation of cerebral arteriovenous malformations in Hong Kong: initial experience
George KC Wong, Simon CH Yu, XL Zhu, Michael KM Kam, WS Poon 

 
Medical Practice
BCR-ABL mutational studies for predicting the response of patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia to second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors after imatinib failure
TK Kwan, Edmond SK Ma, YY Chan, Thomas SK Wan, Herman SY Liu, Joycelyn PY Sim, YM Yeung, Albert KW Lie, SF Yip 

 
Case Reports
A novel mitochondrial DNA deletion in a Chinese girl with Kearns-Sayre syndrome
Eric KC Yau, KY Chan, KM Au, TC Chow, YW Chan 

 
Isolated left ventricular non-compaction: an unusual indication for heart transplantation
Katherine YY Fan, Carmen WS Chan, LC Cheng, Ryan LY Ko, YM Lam, MH Jim, Timmy WK Au, Cally KL Ho, Elaine P Wang, Elaine MC Chau, WH Chow 

 
The first novel influenza A (H1N1) fatality despite antiviral treatment and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Hong Kong
T Liong, KL Lee, YS Poon, SY Lam, CP Chan, CS Yue, CM Chu, KY Yuen, KI Law 

 
Hoffa fracture: should precautions be taken during fixation and rehabilitation?
PL Cheng, SH Choi, YC Hsu 

 
Vascular claudication in a young patient: popliteal entrapment syndrome
Graham Roche-Nagle, KT Wong, George Oreopoulos 

 
A serologically proven case of cat-scratch disease presenting with neuroretinitis
Benjamin CY Chu, Victor TY Tam 

 
Possible olanzapine-induced hepatotoxicity in a young Chinese patient
SY Lui, Steve Tso, M Lam, Eric FC Cheung 

 
Pictorial Medicine
Extracorporeal Foley catheter spring device mimicking an intervertebral foreign body in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery
Alexander PH Chan, KM Sieh, SM Leung, KY Cheung, KY Fung 

 
Commentary
Medicolegal issues concerning testamentary capacity
YL Yu, David Kan 

 
Obituary
Harry SY Fang—the legend lives on
David Fang
 
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Low cholesterol, statin therapy, and intracerebral haemorrhage
Luca Mascitelli, Francesca Pezzetta, Mark R Goldstein

 
Letter to the Editor: Academic detailing at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal: initial experiences
PR Shankar, N Jha, RK Shrestha, O Bajracharya, HS Thapa

 
The Back Page
Terms of endearment
Margaret Harris Cheng