Malta Medical Journal
Volume 20 * Issue 02 * June 2008
ISSN 1813-3339

University of Malta Medical School
Gwardamangia MSD 06
Malta
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Editorial Board
Chairman
Joseph M Cacciottolo MD DSc
Editor
Josanne Vassallo MD PhD
Members
Jurgen Abela MD MRCGP
Simon P Attard Montalto MD FRCP
Neville Calleja MD MSc

Simon Camilleri MSc MOrthRCS
Anthony G. Fenech BPharm PhD
Charles Savona-Ventura MD DScMed
Stephen C. Sciberras MD MRCP

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Editorial: Medical education and the pursuit of excellence - the quest for the Holy Grail?.
Josanne Vassallo
Foetal MRI: advances in the evaluation of the feveloping foetus.
Samuel Stafrace
The paradox of pregnancy: an update on the immunology of early pregnancy.
Mark Formosa
An audit of the management of diabetic ketoacidosis at St. Luke's Hospital.
Alexia-Giovanna Abela, Caroline Jane Magri, Miguel Debono, Neville Calleja, Josanne Vassallo, Joseph Azzopardi
The relationship between infecting organisms and underlying structural anomalies in children with urinary tract infections.
Cecil Vella, Valerie Said-Conti, John Torpiano, Victor Grech
Shoulder pain in general practice.
Kenneth Vassallo
Recurrent chemical pancreatitis complicating choledochal cystic disease.
Edgar Pullicino

Proximal femoral focal deficiency - a case report. 
Marthese Ellul, Marcell Chircop, Charles Grixti, Victor Grech
An essay on some aspects of medicine in Malta between 1934-1990. 
Emmanuel Agius
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