TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 21, Number 4, AUGUST 2015
 
Editorials
Recent advances in preimplantation genetic diagnosis
KY Leung
 
Is the Hong Kong Medical Journal having an impact? Impact factor and beyond
Ignatius TS Yu
 
Original Articles
Experience of more than 100 preimplantation genetic diagnosis cycles for monogenetic diseases using whole genome amplification and linkage analysis in a single centre
Judy FC Chow, William SB Yeung, Vivian CY Lee, Estella YL Lau, PC Ho, Ernest HY Ng
 
Pain management programme for Chinese patients: a 10-year outcome review
MC Chu, Rainbow KY Law, Leo CT Cheung, Marlene L Ma, Ewert YW Tse, Tony CM Wong, PP Chen
 
Indications for and pregnancy outcomes of cervical cerclage: 11-year comparison of patients undergoing history-indicated, ultrasound-indicated, or rescue cerclage
Lucia LK Chan, TW Leung, TK Lo, WL Lau, WC Leung
 
Immigrants and tuberculosis in Hong Kong  CME
CC Leung, CK Chan, KC Chang, WS Law, SN Lee, LB Tai, Eric CC Leung, CM Tam
 
Efficacy and safety of hylan G-F 20 injection in treatment of knee osteoarthritis in Chinese patients: results of a prospective, multicentre, longitudinal study  CME
CH Yan, WL Chan, WH Yuen, Patrick SH Yung, KY Ip, Jason CH Fan, KY Chiu
 
Efficacy and outcomes of transobturator tension-free vaginal tape with or without concomitant pelvic floor repair surgery for urinary stress incontinence: five-year follow-up
Tracy SM Law, Rachel YK Cheung, Tony KH Chung, Symphorosa SC Chan
 
Dental luxation and avulsion injuries in Hong Kong primary school children
SY Cho
 
Review Article
Strategies and solutions to alleviate access block and overcrowding in emergency departments
Stewart SW Chan, NK Cheung, Colin A Graham, Timothy H Rainer
 
Medical Practice
Prevention in primary care is better than cure: The Hong Kong Reference Framework for Preventive Care for Older Adults—translating evidence into practice
Cecilia KL Sin, SN Fu, Caroline SH Tsang, Wendy WS Tsui, Felix HW Chan
 
Case Reports
Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis mimicking prolactinoma with recurrent vision loss
Julie YC Lok, Nelson KF Yip, Kelvin KL Chong, CL Li, Alvin L Young
 
Emphysematous pyelonephritis (class IIIa) managed with antibiotics alone
Vivek Chauhan, Rajesh Sharma
 
Aplasia of the optic nerve
Daniel CW Tang, Eric MW Man, Sunny CS Cheng
 
Acquired localised hypertrichosis in a Chinese child after cast immobilisation
MW Yuen, Loretta KP Lai, PF Chan, David VK Chao
 
Clozapine-induced acute interstitial nephritis
SY Chan, CY Cheung, PT Chan, KF Chau
 
Pictorial Medicine
Acute basilar artery occlusion: an easily missed uncommon but devastating emergency
WP Chu, WC Wong, Bill A Lo, KK Lai
 
Use of colposcopy in a patient with recurrent genital ulcers
Tomoko Matsuzono, WH Li
 
Commentary
An important update on medical consent
David SY Wong
 
Letters to the Editor
Heat treatment of biochemical samples to inactivate Ebola virus: does it work in practice?
Timothy B Nguyen, Vanessa Clifford, Azni Abdul Wahab, Vincent Sinickas
Authors’ reply
 
Plasma heating for inactivating Ebola virus
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Authors’ reply
 
Doctor for Society
A glimpse into the past: rediscovering Hong Kong’s history of medicine with Professor Faith Ho
Kenny KH Chan, Shadow YK Ng, Vivian WC Yim
 
Reminiscence: Artefacts from The Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
The rat bin
Regina Ching
 
Corrigendum