Contents
Editorial Note
The Malaysian symposium in WASP
Author: LM Looi
Symposium on Chronic Diseases in Malaysia
Chronic hepatitis B infection in Malaysians
Author: SF Yap
Leprosy in Malaysia
Author: P Jayalakshmi
The pattern of amyloidosis in Malaysia
Author: LM Looi
Human papillomavirus related diseases in Malaysians
Author: PL Cheah
The pattern of renal disease in Malaysia
Author: LM Looi
Thalassemia in Malaysia: a strategy for prevention
Author: OAinoon and SK Cheong
Original Articles
Fine needle aspiration cytology of benign breast lumps: a review of experience with 65 1 cases
Authors: G Jayaram and M Gupta
Alterations in mucin type: an indicator for suspicion of malignant gastric transformation
Authors: PL Cheah and K Ramachandran
Histopathology of lymph nodal tuberculosis - University Hospital experience
Authors: P Jayalakshmi, AK Malik and HS Soo-Hoo
Serum hepatitis B virus DNA: relationship with the e-antigen and anti-e status in chronic carriers
Authors: SF Yap, NW Wong and KL Goh
Isolation of Moraxella catarrhalis from sputum specimens of Malaysian patients
Authors: Norazah Ahmad, YM Cheong and Hadijah Md Tahir
Intracellular antigen determination by flow cytometry in leukaemic cells
Authors: SF Chin and SK Cheong
Case Reports
Massive small bowel infarction and duodenal perforation due to abdominal polyarteritis nodosa: a case report
Authors: M Tun and AK Malik
Significance of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and immune thrombocytopenia (Evan's syndrome) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Authors: J Pasangna, CB Lim, G Duraisamy and Lajin I
Malignant rhabdoid tumour of the kidney: report of a case showing focal glomeruloid differentiation
Authors: G Jayaram and LM Looi
Brief Communication
Absence of rotavirus in the neonatal special care nursery of a Malaysian maternity hospital
Authors: KL Yap, NY Boo and O Surayah