| Partition model for estimating radiation doses from yttrium-90 microspheres in treating hepatic tumours | European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | 1996 | 237 |
| A randomized study comparing laparoscopic versus open repair of perforated peptic ulcer using suture or sutureless technique | Annals of Surgery | 1996 | 200 |
| Choledocholithiasis: comparison of MR cholangiography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiography | Radiology | 1996 | 197 |
| Prospective evaluation of the clinical usefulness of an antigen- specific assay (MAIPA) in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and other immune thrombocytopenias | Blood | 1996 | 176 |
| Diastolic dysfunction and natriuretic peptides in systolic heart failure. Higher ANP and BNP levels are associated with the restrictive filling pattern | European Heart Journal | 1996 | 165 |
| Significant prognosticators after primary radiotherapy in 903 nondisseminated nasopharyngeal carcinoma evaluated by computer tomography | International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics | 1996 | 164 |
| A follow-up study on the effects of calcium-supplement withdrawal and puberty on bone acquisition of children | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1996 | 159 |
| Prognosticators determining survival subsequent to distant metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma | Cancer | 1996 | 159 |
| Differences in the recovery of excitability in sensory and motor axons of human median nerve | Brain | 1996 | 147 |
| Cytoarchitectural distribution of calcium binding proteins in midbrain dopaminergic regions of rats and humans | Journal of Comparative Neurology | 1996 | 143 |
| Hypermethylation of the p16 gene in nasopharyngeal carcinoma | Cancer Research | 1996 | 130 |
| The lactulose breath hydrogen test and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth | American Journal of Gastroenterology | 1996 | 120 |
| Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in a Chinese population | QJM - Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians | 1996 | 112 |
| Prospective evaluation of laparoscopic-assisted large bowel excision for cancer | Annals of Surgery | 1996 | 104 |
| Reduction of false-positive diagnosis of fetal growth restriction by application of customized fetal growth standards | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 1996 | 101 |
| Clinical significance of the comet-tail artifact in thyroid ultrasound | Journal of Clinical Ultrasound | 1996 | 99 |
| Right ventricular diastolic dysfunction in heart failure | Circulation | 1996 | 99 |
| Safety and efficacy of nandrolone decanoate for treatment of wasting in patients with HIV infection | Aids | 1996 | 96 |
| Through-the-scope balloon dilation for pyloric stenosis: long-term results | Gastrointestinal Endoscopy | 1996 | 92 |
| Disordered eating and its psychosocial correlates among Chinese adolescent females in Hong Kong | International Journal of Eating Disorders | 1996 | 91 |
| The osteoporotic spine | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 1996 | 88 |
| An increase in Helicobacter pylori strains resistant to metronidazole: a five-year study | Helicobacter | 1996 | 86 |
| Usage and adverse effects of Chinese herbal medicines | Human and Experimental Toxicology | 1996 | 84 |
| Drug-induced disorders of glucose metabolism. Mechanisms and management | Drug Safety | 1996 | 81 |
| Beta 2-glycoprotein I in thrombosis: evidence for a role as a natural anticoagulant | British Journal of Haematology | 1996 | 81 |
