Phil. Journal of Internal Medicine (Vol.34 No.6) Volume 34 Number 6 November - December 1996 Issue C O N T E N T S ORIGINAL ARTICLES Beyond the Current Paradigm of Interpreting Hypercholesterolemia and Dietary Fat Selection od Restriction as a Local Risk Factor Ramon F. Abarquez, Jr. , M.D. Diabetic Foot Ulcers – Experience at the Philippine Genera; Hospital Alan O. Chang, M.D., Elizabeth A. Eslao, M.D., Gorgonia P. Panilagao, M.D., and Joselynna Añel Quimpo, M.D. Prevalence of Increased Platelet Count among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Juan Miguel Gil R. Ortiz, M.D., Leo T. Gallardo, M.D., Evnalin T. Agraviador, M.D., and Maria Honolina S. Gomez, M.D. Urea Broth for the Direction of Helicobacter Pylori Reevaluated Judy Y. Lao, M.D., Alma Malilong, M.D., Berna Canen, M.D., and Roy Noval Ycong, M.D. Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Hemodialysis Patients at the Artificial Kidney Center of Santo Tomas University Hospital Juan Miguel R. Ortiz, M.D., Paulette Valdeavilla, M.D., and Libertad Nazareno-Rosales, M.D. Methylguandine: A Uremic Toxin Melvin R. Marcial, M.D., Gloria C. Bernas, Ph.D., Florinda S. Lansang, B.S. Chem., Paulette A. Valdeavilla, M.D., and Libertad Nazareno-Rosales, M.D. Evaluation of a Clinical Monitoring Device for Predicting Outcome in Leptospirosis Melvin R. Marcial, M.D., Emmanuel Edwin R. Dy, M.D., Angeles Tan-Alora, M.D., and Remedios Fabra-Coronel, M.D. The Naproxen Test as a Diagnostic Tool in the Causative Differentiation of Fever Emmanuel Edwin R. Dy, M.D., Sandra Teresa G. Victorio-Navarra, M.D., Patrick Gerard L. Moral, M.D., Carmela C. Malantic, M.D., and Liza K. Medina, M.D.