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1 THE MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Volume 15, No. 1 ISSN X 2008 Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia Pulau Pinang Abstracts since 2004 are indexed in the Elsevier Bibliographic Databases, The Netherlands, Bioline, EBSCO Publishing, Index Copernicus and The British Library Inside database. i

2 Volume 15 No. 1 ISSN X January 2008 THE MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Editor Jafri Malin Abdullah Editorial Board Members Zabidi Azhar Mohd. Hussin Paediatric Wan Mohamad Wan Bebakar Medicine Jafri Malin Abdullah Neurosciences Zainul Fadziruddin Zainuddin Medical Biotechnology Asma Ismail Medical Biotechnology Mohd. Razali Salleh Psychological Medicine Ab. Rani Samsuddin Dental Sciences Rusli Nordin Community Medicine Harbindarjeet Singh Physiology Rogayah Ja afar Medical Education Rahmah Nordin Parasitology Mustaffa Embong Malaysia Timothy M.E. Davis Australia Advisory Board Members Khairul Anuar Abdullah Malaysia Brendan Gerard Loftus Ireland David H Lawson United Kingdom Shunichi Araki Japan Tatsuo Yamakawa Japan Clive Cockram Hong Kong Production Muhamad Saidi Hamzah Che Zaitun Che Ismail Sabri Mohd. Salleh Printing PUSTAKA AMAN PRESS SDN. BHD. < T > 4200-A, Simpang Tiga Telipot, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Peti Surat 67, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Darulnaim, Malaysia. Tel : , Fax : Publisher PENERBIT USM Bangunan D34, Universiti Sains Malaysia USM, Pulau Pinang Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2008 The Malaysia Journal of Medical Sciences is the official journal of the School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia ii

3 The Board of the MJMS would like to thank the following reviewers: Prof. Dr. Abdullah Sani Mohamed Prof. Dr. Zurin Adnan Ab. Rahman Prof. Ben Selladurai Prof. Hla Yee Yee Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ruszymah Idrus Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shahrom Abd. Wahid Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norsidah Abdul Manap Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sambandam Elango Dr. Zul Izhar Mohd Ismail Dr. Noreen Norfaraheen Lee Abdullah Dr. Zulfiqar Muhamed Anuar Dr. Adnan Dan Dr. Pratibha Gupta Dr. Hari Kumar Darnal Hospital Hospital International Medical University, Malaysia Hospital International Medical University, Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board. The MJMS Editorial Board assumes no liability for any material published therein. iii

4 CONTENTS Editorial ENSURING THE STANDARD OF MEDICAL GRADUATES IN MALAYSIA Mafauzy Mohamed 1 Review Article AN OVERVIEW OF BONE CELLS AND THEIR REGULATING FACTORS OF DIFFERENTIATION Alizae Marny Mohamed 4 4 Original Articles 1. PROFOUND SWIM STRESS-INDUCED ANALGESIA WITH KETAMINE Asma Hayati Ahmad, Zalina Ismail, Myo Than, Azhar Ahmad 2. HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CARDIAC LESIONS AFTER AN ACUTE HIGH DOSE ADMINISTRATION OF METHAMPHETAMINE Arthur Kong Sn Molh, Lai Chin Ting, Jesmine Khan, Al-Jashamy K, Hasnan Jaafar, Mohammed Nasimul Islam 3. BODY COMPOSITION AND HAND GRIP STRENGTH IN MALE BRICK- FIELD WORKERS Amit Bandyopadhyay 4. AN APPROACH FOR ASSESSMENT OF TUMOR VOLUME FROM MAMMOGRAPHY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED BREAST CANCER Gupreet Singh Case Reports 5. LASER POSTERIOR CORDECTOMY FOR BILATERAL ABDUCTOR VOCAL CORD PALSY : A CASE REPORT Irfan Mohamad, Wan Shah Jihan, Hazama Mohamad, Baharuddin Abdullah 6. A RARE CASE OF PAEDIATRIC PONTINE GLIOBLASTOMA PRESENTING AS A CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE OTOGENIC ABSCESS Kantha Rasalingam, Jafri Malin Abdullah, Zamzuri Idris, Hillol Kanti Pal, Nasser Wahab, Effat Omar* and Salma@Win Mar** iv

5 CONTENTS Short Communication 7. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION : THE SHORT COMINGS IN MALAYSIA Chew Keng Sheng, Mohd Idzwan Zakaria, Nik Hisamuddin Nik Abdul Rahman, Kamaruddin Jaalam, Wan Aasim Wan Adnan ABSTRACTS OF THESES APPROVED FOR THE M.Sc., M.Med., M.Surg. AND Ph.D. DEGREES AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY SAINS MALAYSIA, HEALTH CAMPUS, KUBANG KERIAN, KELANTAN, MALAYSIA. 9. INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS v