• CANCER
• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
• COMMUNITY HEALTH
• DENGUE
• FEBRILE ILLNESSES
• FILARIASIS
• HUMAN NUTRITION
• MALARIA
• PARASITOLOGY

• ACAROLOGY
• BACTERIOLOGY
• BIOCHEMISTRY
• BIOTECHNOLOGY
• ENDOCRINOLOGY
• HAEMATOLOGY
• ENTOMOLOGY
• STOMATOLOGY

CANCER

Pillay B, Gregory ARA, Subbiah M, Yap SK (1993). Cervical Dysplasia ­ A follow­up study of 118 cases by cytological smears. The Family Physician 5 : 34­6.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Ng TKW (1993). Blood cholesterol screening: influence of fasting state, biological variation and the single cholesterol assay on total cholesterol level. Med J Mal 48(1) : 7­11.

Ng TKW (1993). Advances in palm oil research: contributions from Malaysian researchers. Proc Nutr Soc Mal 8 : 63­74.

COMMUNITY HEALTH

Boo NY, Ong LC, Lye MS, Wong KP, Mastura M (1993). Periventricular haemorrhage in very low birth weight Malaysian neonates. J Trop Paeds 39 : 224­9.

Hanjeet K. Ruslan, Ow Yang CK (1992). Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis among diarrhoea cases from paediatric wards in the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Kelang, Selangor. Trop Biomed 9 : 79­81.

DENGUE

Chew TK, Vijayamalar B, Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1993). Pretreatment of test sera with three kinds of IgG adsorbents did not improve sensitivity in the indirect ELISA to detect anti dengue IgM antibodies. Trop Med 35(2) : 65­73.

Chew TK, Vijayamalar B, Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1993). Comparative assay on anti­dengue IgM antibodies by the indirect ELISA and IgM­capture ELISA. Trop Med 35(2) : 75­81.

Fang R, Sinniah M, Lau SK (1993). Use of dengue blot in dengue diagnosis: The Malaysian experience. Mal J Path 14(2) : 117­21.

Khalid Yusoff, Roslawati J, Sinniah M, Khalid BAK (1993). ECG and echocardiographic changes during acute phase of dengue infection in adults. J Hongkong College Cardiology 1 : 93­6.

FEBRILE ILLNESSES

Fang R, Sinniah M, Lim LY, Chew V, Jegathesan M (1993). Rapid tests for antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus: their applicability in the Malaysian context. Venereology 6(1) : 13­7.

Ganesan J, Sinniah M (1993). The occurrence of human rabies in Peninsular Malaysia. Med J Mal 48 : 194­9.

Saraswathy TS, Sinniah M, Lee WS, Lee PC (1993). The value of potency testing of poliomyelitis and measles vaccines as an integral part of cold chain surveillance. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 24(2) : 265­8.

Sinniah M, Ooi BG (1993). Hepatitis C ­ the Malaysian Story. Sing Med J 34(2) : 132­4.

Umamaheswari S, Yadav M, Sinniah M (1992). Antibody to human Herpesvirus 6 in human immunodeficiency virus positive and negative drug addicts. Immunol Infect Dis 2 : 103­6.

FILARIASIS

Mak JW, Navaratnam V,Grewel JS, Mansor SM, Ambu S (1993). Treatment of subperiodic Brugia malayi with single dose ivermectin. Am J Trop Med Hyg 48 : 591­6.

HUMAN NUTRITION

Azriman R (1993). Field kit estimation of iodine in iodized salt. Proc Nutr Soc Mal 8: 89­92.

Kandiah M (1993). Iron supplementation, mental ability and scholastic performance among rural primary school children. Proc Nutr Soc Mal 8 : 9­15.

Tee ES, Cavalli­Sforza LT (1993). Food and nutrition in Malaysia and plans for future action. Proc Nutr Soc Mal 8 : 94­107.

Tee ES, Khor SC (1993). Simultaneous separation and quantitation of thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and pyridoxine by high­pressure liquid chromatography. Proc Nutr Soc Mal 8 : 23­38.

MALARIA

Lim PKC, Villacorte EA, Mak JW (1993). The indirect immunoperoxi dase technique in the serodiagnosis of malaria. Trop Biomed 10 : 83­91.

Lokman Hakim S, Mak JW, Noor Rain A (1993). Malaria masih menjadi masalah. Khidmat 10 : 26­8.

Mak JW (1993). Treatment and chemoprophylaxis of malaria in Malaysia. In: Travel Health. Proc Wld Congr Tourist Med Hlth, Singapore, 10­15 January 1993 Eds. Chan YC & Goh KT. Asia Pacific Travel Association, pp 200­7.

Noor Rain A, Mak JW, Zamri R (1993). Simian malaria infection in wild caught Macaca fascicularis and Presbytis spp in Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 24 : 386­7.

Noor Rain A, Roxas CC, Mak JW (1993). Phagocytosis of malaria­ infected erythrocytes in rodent malaria. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 24 : 388­90.

PARASITOLOGY

Agatsuma T, Lai KPF, Ow­Yang CK, Habe S, Sugiyama H, Hirai H, Kawashima K (1993). Genetic differentiation between Malaysian and other Asian Paragonimus westermani . Trop Biomed 10 : 45­52.

Hakim SL, Mak JW, Lam PLW (1993). ELISA seropositivity for Toxocara canis antibodies in Malaysia. Med J Mal 48 : 303­7.

Moody AH, Tee GH (1993). Laboratory diagnosis of Cryptosporidiosis. Diagnostics in Africa 1(1) : x­xiii

Tee GH, Moody AH, Hunt Cooke A, Chiodini PL (1993). Comparison of techniques for detecting antigens of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum in faeces. J Clin Path 46(6) : 555­8.

Tee GH, Moody AH, Hunt Cooke A, Chiodini PL (1993). A novel assay for detecting soluble antigens of Cryptosporidium parvum using particle agglutination technology. Serodiagn Immunother Infect Dis 1 : 49­52.

ACAROLOGY

Ho TM, Geetha TA (1992). Laboratory evaluation of 5 pesticides against Leptotrombidium arenicola , a vector of scrub typhus in Malaysia. Trop Biomed 9 : 51­4.

Ho TM, Saleh I (1992). Laboratory evaluation of six pesticides against Leptotrombidium (L.) deliense (Walch), a vector of scrub typhus in Malaysia. Trop Biomed 9 : 69­71.

Ho TM, Fadhilah I (1992). Comparison of different variations of dot­immunobinding assay for detection of scrub typhus infection in Leptotrombidium fletcheri . Trop Biomed 9 : 103­4.

Koay AS, Cheong YM (1993). Preliminary evaluation of the INDXR DIP­S­TICKTM with positive rickettsial samples in Malaysia. Mal J Path 15(1) : 69­73.

Ram Kumar L, Devi S, Cheong YM, Rodda SJ, Pang T (1993). Epitope mapping of the Sta 58 major outer membrane protein of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi . Infect Immun 61(10) : 4527­31.

Rusina O, Ho TM (1992). Dot­immunobinding assay to detect scrub typhus infection ­ storage of cellulose acetate filter paper discs coated with exudates of Leptotrombidium fletcheri , at room temperature. Trop Biomed 9 : 107­8.

BACTERIOLOGY

Cheong YM, Wong WK, Ngeow YF (1993). Atypical pneumonia due to Chlamydiae pneumoniae . Sing Med J 34 : 352­3.

Jegathesan M, Tee GH, Cheong YM (1993). The pattern of Salmonel la serotypes in Malaysia ­ an aid to epidemiology. Proceedings of the World Congress on Tourist Medicine and Health Singapore 10­15 Jan 1993. Eds. YC Chan, KT Goh, Asia Pacific Travel Hlth Association : 269­83.

BIOCHEMISTRY

Lim HH (1992). Report on "Panel Discussion: Training in Clinical Biochemistry". Proceedings of the 2nd Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Association of Clinical Biochemists 2 : 15­20.

Lim HH, Karimah HHE, Thean NS, et al (1992). An analysis of data of the Malaysia External Quality Assessment Scheme for serum biochemistries: Studies of and performance in glucose measurement. Proceedings of the 2nd Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Association of Clinical Biochemists 2 : 21­7.

Lim HH, Thean NS, Zakiah I (1992). Status of laboratories ­ instrumentation, methodology and analytical performance in clinical biochemistry. Mal J Med Lab Sci 9(2) : 143­6.

Tan FT, Zawiah A, Lim HH, Zakiah I (1992). Prealbumin levels in the local population. Mal J Med Lab Sci 9(2) : 119­21.

Zakiah I, Mohd Zaini AR, Jamilah B, Zawiah A (1992). Alpha­1­antitrypsin deficiency in babies with prolonged jaundice. Mal J Path 14(2) : 91­4.

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lim PKC, Jose Victor MR, Mak JW (1993). Comparison of tissue culture and spinner flasks for the in vitro culture of hybrid cells. Trop Biomed 10 : 53­7.

Mak JW (1993). Use of biotechnology in the production of reagents for diagnosis and epidemiological studies of important diseases in Malaysia. In: Biotechnological Approaches to Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Infectioius Diseases. (Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee, ed). National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Bangkok, Thailand; pp. 54­60.

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Kamariah K, Satgunasingam N, Nasri NMI, Ng KY (1993). Hydatidi­form mole and post­evacuation regression patterns of serum beta human chorionic gonadatrophin. Med J Mal 48 : 40­5.

Lopez JB (1993). Abbott IMx control sera: Points to ponder. J Clin Immunoassay 16(1) : 8.

Osman Ali, Khalid BAK, Tan TT, Wan Nazaimoon WM, Wu LL, Ng ML (1993). Serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in malnutrition: preliminary results. Singapore Med J 34 : 225­8.

Wan Nazaimoon WM, Khalid BAK (1993). The mechanisms and physiology of protein­energy malnutrition. J Am Med Assoc SEA April : 9­10

Wan Nazaimoon WM, Ng ML, Khalid BAK (1993). An in­house enzyme­linked immunoabsorbant assay for human growth hormone. Mal J Path 15(1) : 75­83.

Wan Nazaimoon WM, Ng ML, Khalid BAK (1993). Fasting growth hormone levels in diabetes mellitus. Ann Acad Med Sing 22(6) : 861­3.

Wan Nazaimoon WM, Ng ML, Osman Ali, Tan TT, Wu LL, Khalid BAK (1993). Effect of sex and age on fasting serum growth hormone levels in normal subjects. Med J Mal 48(3) : 297­302.

HAEMATOLOGY

Roshidah I, Loh CK, Gudum HR, Khalid H (1993). Haemostatic changes in oral contraceptive pill users ­ the Malaysian experience. Mal J Med Lab Sci 10 : 13­6.

Tan SK, Puteri JN, Gudum HR, Khalid H (1993). Cytogenetics services in the peripheral laboratories of Malaysia. Mal J Med Lab Sci 10 : 5­7.

Wang L, Ten SK, Gudum HR, Khalid H (1993). Cytogenetic profile of Down's Syndrome referred to the Institute for Medical Research (January 1986 ­ December 1990). Mal J Med Lab Sci 10 : 8­12.

ENTOMOLOGY

Lee HL, Marzuki TM (1993). Preliminary observations of the occur­rence of arthropods on carrion and its application to forensic entomology in Malaysia. Trop Biomed 10 : 5­8.

Lee HL, Chong WL. Sterilisation effect of UVL on Aedes aegypti ­ possible genetic control. Mal J Med Lab Sci 10: 49­50.

Lee HL, Yap, HH, Sidhu H. Techniques for the isolation of indigenous mosquitocidal Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus sphaericus . J Biosci 4: 122­128.

Vythilingam I, Chiang GL, Abdullah Ghani, Eng KL, Chan ST. Prevalence of head lice infestation among Orang Aslis in Pos Betau using permethrin impregnated bednets. Mal J Med Lab Sci 10(2) : 51­53.

Vythilingam I, Chiang GL, Mahadevan S, Inder Singh K, Eng KL, Chan ST (1993). Studies on the effect of lambdacyhalothrin on Anopheles maculatus Theobald and its response to residual spraying at Jeram Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 24 : 138­42.

Vythilingam I, Inder Singh K, Mahadevan S, Zaridah MS, Ong KK, Zainul Abidin MH (1993). Studies on Japanese encephalitis vector mosquitoes in Selangor, Malaysia. J Amer Mosq Contr Assoc 9 : 467­469.

Vythilingam I, Ridhawati, Sani RA, Inder Singh K (1993). Residual activity of cyhalothrin 20 % EC PP563 on cattle as determined by mosquito bioassays. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 24 : 544­8.

STOMATOLOGY

Ng KH, Siar CH (1993). Desmoplastic variant of ameloblastoma in Malaysians. Brit J Oral Maxillofac Surg 31 : 299­303.

Siar CH, Ng KH (1993). `Combined ameloblastoma and odontogenic keratocyst' or `keratinising ameloblastoma'. Brit J Oral Maxillofac Surg 31 : 183­6.

Siar CH, Ng KH (1993). Patterns of expression of intermediate filaments and S­100 protein in desmoplastic ameloblastoma. J Nihon Univ Sch Dent 35(2) : 104­8.

Siar CH, Ng KH (1993). Unusual granular cell odontogenic tumor. Report of two undescribed cases with features of granular cell ameloblastoma and plexiform granular cell odontogenic tumor. J Nihon Univ Sch Dent 35(2) : 134­8.

Siar CH, Ng KH (1993). Ameloblastoma in Malaysia ­ A 25­year review. Ann Acad Med Sing 22(6) : 856­60.

Siar CH, Ng KH (1993). Trigeminal neuralgia: A reappraisal of its etiopathogenesis and treatment strategies. Souvenir Programme Dental Society, University of Malaya, XXTH APDSA Congress Bali: 23­8.