Original Articles

• Value of Balanced Fast Field Echo-assisted Three Dimensional Time-of-flight to Diagnose Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

  J-Y Chen, P-Y Chou, P-T Chen, Y-L Chen, D-P Kuo
  The balanced fast field echo (BFFE) technique employs a fully-balanced gradient waveform along all three axes, which allows magnetization to reach a steady state, providing fluids with good signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) and excellent tissue contrast. Balanced fast field echo can then be used as diagnostic pulse sequence for blood vessels or fluid-filled tissues.

• Clinical and Epidemiological Follow-up of Patients with Arthralgia Post Probable Chikungunya Referred to a Rheumatology Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Trinidad and Tobago T

  La Rosa, S Giddings, P Poon King, T Seemungal
  This study described the arthralgia post chikungunya infection in patients referred to a rheumatology clinic at a tertiary hospital in Trinidad and Tobago. These patients are likely to be female and more than 45 years old. The joints most involved are the knees, shoulders, wrist and ankles in a symmetrical distribution; 77.3% of patients perceived that these symptoms negatively affected their daily activities.

• A Retrospective Study of Skin Manifestations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and their association with Renal Involvement

  AD East-Innis, AS Paolino, KA Stylianou, KK Clarke
  This study explored the relationship between skin manifestations and renal disease in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Patients with lupus erythematosus non-specific skin disease were more likely to have renal involvement.

• Age, Body Mass and Physical Activity Determinants of Facial Acne Severity among Southern Nigerian Adolescents and Young Adults

  CC Anyachukwu, OKK Onyeso, CI Ezema
  The study explored the relationship between facial acne severity, age of patients, body mass and physical activity indices. Acne severity has a significant relationship with age of patients but not body mass or physical activity indices.

• Paraquat-induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy: The Pathophysiology in Hyperacute Paraquat Poisoning Deaths

  H Daisley Jr, A Rampersad, O Acco, D Meyers
  The underlying pathophysiological mechanism of hyperacute death in paraquat suicide involves thrombotic microangiopathy.

• Descriptive Epidemiology of Haemophilia in Martinique

  ON Pierre-Louis, J Véronique-Baudin, J Rabout, MN Yerro, S Molcard, P Fuseau, M Vestris, G Aurokiom, J Smith-Ravin, C Joachim-Contaret, MS Pierre-Louis
  This study described for the first time the descriptive epidemiology of patients harbouring haemophilia in Martinique and the context of haemophilia care since the creation of the Martinique Treatment Centre.