Volume 44 Number 5
September - October Issue
C O N T E N T S
EDITORIAL
Why Choose to Become a Doctor?
Willie T. Ong, M.D.
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Maila Guitierrez-Buyco, M.D., Ma. Daisy Pedroso-Tabuena, M.D., and Rollin P. Tabuena, M.D.
Peripheral Arterial Disease’s Prevalence Using Ankle Brachial Indez (ABI): Its Association to Stroke
Felibert Dianico, M.D., Ma. Daisy Pedroso-Tabuena, M.D., and Rollin P. Tabuena, M.D.
Myla C. Verastigue-Custodio, M.D., Cecilia A. Jimeno, M.D., Iris Thiele Isip-Tan, M.D., and Laura Trajano-Acampado, M.D.
Elizabeth Paz-Pacheco, M.D., Catherine Mercado-Lazaro, M.D., Rebecca Lim-Alba, M.D., Olivia Piores, M.D.,
and Irma Alicias, M.D.
Partial Androgen Defiientcy (Andropause) among Filipino Males 40 Years Old and Above
Elaine Gayle T. Palugod, M.D., Cherrie Gail R. Lumapas, M.D., Mary Jane C. Gutierrez, M.D., and Joselynna A. Quimpo, M.D.
CASE REPORTS
Parathyroid Carcinoma in a Setting of Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Maria Louella P. Miranda_Padua, M.D., Elaine C. Cunanan, M.D., Ria Ctata, M.D., Elvis C. Llarana, M.D.,
Aileen Cynthia Llerena, M.D., Antnio M. Cruz, M.D., Libertad N. Rosales, M.D., and Leilani B. Mercado-Asis, M.D.
Mary Rose T. TOngol, M.D., Laura Acampado, M.D., Florence Celzo, M.D., and Iris Thiele Isip-Tan, M.D.
Bilateral Pheochromocytoma in the Young
Mary Jane Gutierrez, M.D., and Gabriel V. Jasul, Jr., M.D.
DRUG TRIAL
Risedronate (ACTONEL®) 5 mg Clinical Experience (RACE) Program
Actonel Study Group, Jesus N. Sarol, Jr., Ph.D., Cynthia I. Valencia, M.D., Jose Rodolfo V. Dimaano, Jr., M.D.,
and Noel C. Cruz, M.D.