January-February 2009 Issue
 Volume 47 Number 1

C O N T E N T S

Legal Prescription for Doctors

Transferring Patients to Other Hospitals
                Atty. Rodel V. Capule, M.D., FPCP

Original Articles

The Clinical Profile of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients
At the Philippine General Hospital
                 Zarah Dulce P. Lucas, M.D., Catherine P. Pangan, M.D., Perpetua C. Patal, M.D. and Janus Ong M.D.

Total Sialic Acid and Other Inflammatory Markers as Predictors
of Gestational Diabetes
                 Maria Leonora del Rosario-Capellan, M.D., Josephine Carlos-Raboca, M.D. and Augusto D. Litonjua

Assessment of Hemodialysis Adequacy: Ionic Dialysance in Comparison
to Standard Method Kt/v-Makati Medical Center Experience
                 Maria Lourdes Josefi na A. Dueñas, M.D. and Antonio V. Cayco, M.D.

Comparison of Pancreatic Insulin Response to Hyperglycemia
among Filipino Subjects of Various Glycemic Status
                Bien J. Matawaran, M.D., and Leilani B. Mercado-Asis, M.D.

Comparison of Clinical Outcome of Two Dose Groups of Radioactive
Iodine131 Therapy in Hyperthyroid Patients
                Emerson M. De Jesus, M.D. and Leilani B. Mercado-Asis, M.D.

Case Report

Reiter’s Syndrome
                 Janice V. Villanueva, M.D. and Maria Jasmin J. Jamora 

Drug Trial

A Prospective, Open-Labelled, Non-Controlled Observational Study
To Assess Doctor Preference on FlexPenTM for Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
                 Fernando, Richard Elwyn, M.D., Plata-Que, Teresa, M.D., Raboca, Josephine, M.D., Sobrepeña, Leorino, M.D., Sy, Rosa Allyn, M.D.,Yu-Gan, Susan, M.D. and Arceo Dalisay, Editha, M.D., in behalf of the FACT Study Group