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Editorial Staff Guest Editorial

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Governance in Primary Care Systems: Experiences and Lessons from Urban, Rural, and Remote Settings in the Philippines

Nannette Bernal-Sundiang, MD, MBA-H, Regine Ynez H. De Mesa, BA, Jose Rafael A. Marfori, MD, MPH, Noleen Marie C. Fabian, Ysabela T. Calderon, BA, Leonila F. Dans, MD, MSc, Mia P. Rey, PhD, Josephine T. Sanchez, BS, Cara Lois T. Galingana, BS,

Jesusa T. Catabui, MD, Ramon Pedro P. Paterno, MD, Edna Estefania A. Co, PhD and Antonio Miguel L. Dans, MD, MSc

Ethnomedicinal Survey of Valuable Plants Used by Eskaya Traditional Healers in Bohol Island, Philippines

Remedios Immarie M. Teves, MD,Ourlad Alzeus G. Tantengco, BSc, Reina Juno U. Sumatra, MD, Harold M. Carag, MSc

and Josefina S. Isidro-Lapeña, MD, MFM

Validation of a Filipino Translation of a Vision-related Quality of Life Questionnaire

Kim Paolo L. Lorenzo, MD and Darby E. Santiago, MD

STAT3 as a Candidate Transcriptomic Prognosticator of Sepsis Severity Levels Mary Nadine Alessandra R. Uy

The Effect of Fluorescein Angiography on Renal Function: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review

Kevin Elissandro C. Gumabon, MD, Paolo Nikolai H. So, MD and Anne Margaret J. Ang, MD

REVIEW ARTICLE

Effects of Iron Accumulation on Dental Caries, Gingivitis, and Candida albicans Infection in Children with Beta Thalassemia Major: A Narrative Review

Prawati Nuraini, DDS, PhD, MSc, Soegeng Wahluyo, DDS, PhD, MSc, Seno Pradopo, DDS, PhD, MSc, Satiti Kuntari, DDS, MSc, Ali Taqwim, DDS, Yesri Sasmita Purba, DDS and Marsha Anindya Abigail Pantouw, DDS

CASE SERIES / CASE REPORTS

Spontaneous Consecutive Exotropia after Conservative Management of Accommodative Esotropia

Alvina Pauline D. Santiago, MD

Ocular Manifestations of Two Filipinos with Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular Muscles

Aramis B. Torrefranca, Jr., MD, Alvina Pauline D. Santiago, MD and Jose Antonio T. Paulino, MD

Hemosuccus Pancreaticus: A Case of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Arising from a Pancreatic Pseudoaneurysm

Juan Carlos R. Abon, MD and A’Ericson B. Berberabe, MD

Exophytic and Fungating Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Rare and Complex Presentation of a Well-differentiated Malignancy

Harold Henrison C. Chiu, MD, Ramon B. Larrazabal, Jr., MD, Jereel Aron R. Sahagun, MD, Anna Elvira S. Arcellana, MD, Ma. Cecille S. Añonuevo-Cruz, MD and Laura Rosario T. Acampado, MD

Outcome of Strabismus Surgery for Exotropia in a 4-year-old with Silver-Russell Syndrome (SRS):

A Case Report

Aramis B. Torrefranca Jr., MD, Alvina Pauline D. Santiago, MD and Jose Antonio T. Paulino, MD

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