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MEDICAL JOURNAL ARMED FORCES INDIA (The Official Publication of Armed Forces Medical Services. The Journal in no way indicates official policy.) Editor-in-Chief: Col J Debnath Professor, Department of Radiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune-411040.
GOVERNING COUNCIL Chairman Lt Gen BK Chopra, AVSM, PHS Director General Armed Forces Medical Services & Senior Colonel Commandant Members Air Marshal Rajan Chaudhry, AVSM, VSM, PHS Director General Medical Services (Air) Surg VAdm Tapan Sinha, SM Director General Medical Services (Navy) Lt Gen MK Mukherjee, YSM, PHS Director General (Org & Pers) Lt Gen MK Unni, AVSM, VSM Director General Medical Services (Army) & Colonel Commandant Lt Gen V Ravishankar, VSM Commandant, AMC Centre & College & OIC Records Lt Gen BNBM Prasad, SM, VSM Director General Hospital Services (AF) Lt Gen TK Bandyopadhyay, PHDS Director General Dental Services & Colonel Commandant Lt Gen Velu Nair, AVSM, VSM** DCIDS (Med) & Colonel Commandant Lt Gen SD Duhan, VSM Commandant, Army Hospital (R&R) Maj Gen Sunita Kapoor, VSM Additional Director General Military Nursing Services Maj Gen JKS Parihar, SM, VSM** Additional Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (MR, H & Trg) (Member Secretary)
EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman Lt Gen AK Nagpal, VSM
Editor-in-Chief Col J Debnath
Deputy Chairman Maj Gen MD Venkatesh, VSM
Executive Editor Gp Capt SS Dalal
Treasurer Brig LC Pandey
Technical Editor Col HT Motwani
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr Dinesh Kumar Makhan Lal Bhugra, CBE Professor of Mental Health & Cultural Diversity, PO25, Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF Dr Namasivayam Ambalavanan Professor of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA Dr Donald Pathman, MD MPH, Professor & Research Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr G Gopal Rao, OBE HOD & Consultant Microbiologist/Lead Clinician, Infection Control, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3UJ Dr Ruby Pawankar Dept of Paediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan Dr Subhas Banerjee Director of Endoscopy, Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA
NATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr YK Chawla Director, Post Graduate Inst of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Dr Sunit C Singhi Professor & Head, Dept of Pediatrics Advanced Pediatric Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Neelam Marwaha Professor & Head, Dept of Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Rajesh Kumar Professor & Head, Dept of Community Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Narinder Mehra Head, Dept of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr Nozer Sheriar Secretary General, Federation of Obstetric & Gyanecological Society of India (FOGSI), Mumbai
Dr MV Padma Professor, Dept of Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr Raju Sharma Professor, Dept of Radiology, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr Alok Srivastava Professor & Head, Centre for Stem Cell Research, CMC, Vellore
Dr V Sitaram Professor & Head, Dept of Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery, CMC, Vellore
Dr Amita Agarwal Professor, Dept of Clinical Immunology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow Dr Tejindar Singh Director & Professor of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi Dr Soniya Nityanand Professor & Head, Dept of Clinical Immunology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow
Dr Peush Sahni Professor & Head, Dept of GI Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr Pratibha Narang Director & Professor, Dept of Microbiology, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha & Secretary, Kasturba Health Society, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha Dr PK Mishra Professor, Dept of GI Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi
Dr Subhash Varma Professor & Head, Dept of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Devendra K Gupta Vice Chancellor, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
Maj Gen Bipin Puri Sr Conslt (Surg)
Brig R Ravikumar Prof & HoD, Dept of Radiology
Maj Gen CS Narayanan, VSM*** Sr Conslt (Med)
Brig SK Roy Chowdhury Prof & HoD, Dept of Dental Surgery
Maj Gen RS Grewal, VSM Addl DGAFMS (E&S)
Brig Pankaj Puri Prof & HoD, Dept of Medicine
Brig RC Das Prof & HoD, Dept of Psychiatry
Col T Chatterjee Prof & HoD, Dept of Transfusion Medicine (BTD)
Brig Yogesh Sharma, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Orthopaedics
Col Rajesh Verma Prof & HoD, Dept of Dermatology & Ven
Surg Cmde SS Mathai, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Paediatrics
Col N Ramakrishnan Prof & HoD, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology
Air Cmde Sandip Mukherji Prof & HoD, Dept of Community Medicine
Col Abhijit Rudra Prof & HoD, Dept of Forensic Medicine
Brig Manash Biswas Prof & HoD, Dept of Obst & Gyn
Col Sandeep Bhalla Director AFMS (MR)
Brig VS Nijhawan Prof & HoD, Dept of Pathology
Col Sushil Kumar Prof & HoD, Dept of Anatomy
Brig PS Moulick Prof & HoD, Dept of Ophthalmology
Col N Grover Prof & HoD, Dept of Microbiology
Brig S Hasnain Prof & HoD, Dept of Anaesthesia
Col Anuj Chawla Prof & HoD, Dept of Physiology
Surg Cmde CS Naidu, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Surgery
Dr AK Sharma Prof & HoD, Dept of Pharmacology
Published quarterly by Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, ‘M’ Block, New Delhi – 110001 and printed on his behalf at EIH Ltd.-Unit Printing Press, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon. Address: Medical Journal Armed Forces India, C/o Armed Forces Medical College, Pune – 411040. Civil Tel: (020) 26332951 Mil Tel: 6550 Website: www.mjafi.net; http://ees.elsevier.com/mjafi E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected]/ [email protected]/ [email protected]
GOVERNING COUNCIL Chairman Lt Gen BK Chopra, AVSM, PHS Director General Armed Forces Medical Services & Senior Colonel Commandant Members Air Marshal Rajan Chaudhry, AVSM, VSM, PHS Director General Medical Services (Air) Surg VAdm Tapan Sinha, SM Director General Medical Services (Navy) Lt Gen MK Mukherjee, YSM, PHS Director General (Org & Pers) Lt Gen MK Unni, AVSM, VSM Director General Medical Services (Army) & Colonel Commandant Lt Gen V Ravishankar, VSM Commandant, AMC Centre & College & OIC Records Lt Gen BNBM Prasad, SM, VSM Director General Hospital Services (AF) Lt Gen TK Bandyopadhyay, PHDS Director General Dental Services & Colonel Commandant Lt Gen Velu Nair, AVSM, VSM** DCIDS (Med) & Colonel Commandant Lt Gen SD Duhan, VSM Commandant, Army Hospital (R&R) Maj Gen Sunita Kapoor, VSM Additional Director General Military Nursing Services Maj Gen JKS Parihar, SM, VSM** Additional Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (MR, H & Trg) (Member Secretary)
EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman Lt Gen AK Nagpal, VSM
Editor-in-Chief Col J Debnath
Deputy Chairman Maj Gen MD Venkatesh, VSM
Executive Editor Gp Capt SS Dalal
Treasurer Brig LC Pandey
Technical Editor Col HT Motwani
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr Dinesh Kumar Makhan Lal Bhugra, CBE Professor of Mental Health & Cultural Diversity, PO25, Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF Dr Namasivayam Ambalavanan Professor of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA Dr Donald Pathman, MD MPH, Professor & Research Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr G Gopal Rao, OBE HOD & Consultant Microbiologist/Lead Clinician, Infection Control, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3UJ Dr Ruby Pawankar Dept of Paediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan Dr Subhas Banerjee Director of Endoscopy, Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA
NATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr YK Chawla Director, Post Graduate Inst of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Dr Sunit C Singhi Professor & Head, Dept of Pediatrics Advanced Pediatric Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Neelam Marwaha Professor & Head, Dept of Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Rajesh Kumar Professor & Head, Dept of Community Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Narinder Mehra Head, Dept of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr Nozer Sheriar Secretary General, Federation of Obstetric & Gyanecological Society of India (FOGSI), Mumbai
Dr MV Padma Professor, Dept of Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr Raju Sharma Professor, Dept of Radiology, AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr Alok Srivastava Professor & Head, Centre for Stem Cell Research, CMC, Vellore
Dr V Sitaram Professor & Head, Dept of Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery, CMC, Vellore
Dr Amita Agarwal Professor, Dept of Clinical Immunology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow Dr Tejindar Singh Director & Professor of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi Dr Soniya Nityanand Professor & Head, Dept of Clinical Immunology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow
Dr Peush Sahni Professor & Head, Dept of GI Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr Pratibha Narang Director & Professor, Dept of Microbiology, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha & Secretary, Kasturba Health Society, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha Dr PK Mishra Professor, Dept of GI Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi
Dr Subhash Varma Professor & Head, Dept of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Devendra K Gupta Vice Chancellor, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
Maj Gen Bipin Puri Sr Conslt (Surg)
Brig R Ravikumar Prof & HoD, Dept of Radiology
Maj Gen CS Narayanan, VSM*** Sr Conslt (Med)
Brig SK Roy Chowdhury Prof & HoD, Dept of Dental Surgery
Maj Gen RS Grewal, VSM Addl DGAFMS (E&S)
Brig Pankaj Puri Prof & HoD, Dept of Medicine
Brig RC Das Prof & HoD, Dept of Psychiatry
Col T Chatterjee Prof & HoD, Dept of Transfusion Medicine (BTD)
Brig Yogesh Sharma, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Orthopaedics
Col Rajesh Verma Prof & HoD, Dept of Dermatology & Ven
Surg Cmde SS Mathai, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Paediatrics
Col N Ramakrishnan Prof & HoD, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology
Air Cmde Sandip Mukherji Prof & HoD, Dept of Community Medicine
Col Abhijit Rudra Prof & HoD, Dept of Forensic Medicine
Brig Manash Biswas Prof & HoD, Dept of Obst & Gyn
Col Sandeep Bhalla Director AFMS (MR)
Brig VS Nijhawan Prof & HoD, Dept of Pathology
Col Sushil Kumar Prof & HoD, Dept of Anatomy
Brig PS Moulick Prof & HoD, Dept of Ophthalmology
Col N Grover Prof & HoD, Dept of Microbiology
Brig S Hasnain Prof & HoD, Dept of Anaesthesia
Col Anuj Chawla Prof & HoD, Dept of Physiology
Surg Cmde CS Naidu, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Surgery
Dr AK Sharma Prof & HoD, Dept of Pharmacology
Published quarterly by Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, ‘M’ Block, New Delhi – 110001 and printed on his behalf at EIH Ltd.-Unit Printing Press, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon. Address: Medical Journal Armed Forces India, C/o Armed Forces Medical College, Pune – 411040. Civil Tel: (020) 26332951 Mil Tel: 6550 Website: www.mjafi.net; http://ees.elsevier.com/mjafi E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected]/ [email protected]/ [email protected]