Third issue

Cover EJMErasmus Journal of Medicine
Colofon
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Forewords
Prof. H. Pols, Dean and vice-chairman of the Board of Directors Erasmus MC,
Students of the Editorial Board
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Contents
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Editorial comments
Marfan syndrome: wait for aortic dissection or not?
Denise van der Linde
Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis unraveled or the quest for the missing link?
Paul L.A. van Daele
How to become successful in scientific writing...
Mostafa Mokhles and Diederik Dippel
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 6-8.


Reviews

The efficacy of bone marrow transplantation in children with Niemann-Pick disease. 
Zuhal Akdogan 
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 9-12.

The best postoperative analgesia following total knee arthroplasty.
Jasper Schuurbiers and Laurents Visser
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1); 13-15.

The efficacy of ECT in the treatment of schizophrenia.
Nathan Poublon and Marieke Haagh
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 16-19.
 
Is there a clonal relationship between leukemic cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells?   
Ivana van der Geest and Katarzyna Sablik
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 20-23. 
 
The best surgical approach for treating multinodular goiter 
Kenneth Rouwen and Jesse Fest
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 24-26.
 
Preventive aortic root replacement in Marfan syndrome
Jelle Bousema and Birgit Lavrijssen 
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 27-29.

Ethnic disparities in mental health service use and unmet mental health need among children in the USA.
Sophie van der Berg and Indah van Marrewijk
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 30-33.

Opinions

Hepatitis B vaccination: effects of diminishing HBV immunity, nonresponse and a review of the vaccination protocol in the Netherlands 
Faas van Dooren and Nicolle Litjens
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 34-37.

Prenatal sex selection: a closed ethical discussion? 
Jesse Fest
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 38-39.

Abstracts 

Prognostic value of major extracranial injury in traumatic brain injury in traumatic brain injury: an individual patient data meta-analysis in 39,274 patients.
Nikki van Leeuwen, Hester Lingsma
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 40.

The JAK2 46/1 haplotype in Budd-Chiari Syndrome and portal vein trombosis.
Jasper Smalberg

Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 41-42.

Whole orbital tissue culture identifies imatinib mesylate and adalinumab as potential therapeutics for Graves' ophthalmopathy
Leendert van Steensel
Erasmus Journal of Medicine 2011; 2(1): 43-44.

Research news

Brain tumors
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Submission procedure

Summary submission procedure
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Instructions for EJM authors

Instructions for EJM authors and
Guidelines for the storyline of a scientific article
Ed Hull
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