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  • Luk JKH, Chan TY, Chan DKY. Fall prevention in older people – translating evidence into practice. HK Med J 2015 Feb 27. doi: 10.12809/hkmj144469
  • Shea YF, Mok WWY, Chan JFW, Kwan JSK. A hidden cause of recurrent asthmatic attacks. J Am Geriatr Soc 2014;62(7):1408-9.
  • Shea YF, Mok WWY, Chan JFW, Kwan JSK. A hidden cause of recurrent asthmatic attacks. J Am Geriatr Soc 2014;62(7):1408-9.
  • Kwan JSK, Lau BHP, Cheung KSL. Towards a Comprehensive Index of Frailty: an Emerging Concept from the Hong Kong Centenarian Study. JAMDA 2015 Apr 6. pii: S1525-8610(15)00184-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.03.005.
  • Shea YF, Chu LW, Chan AO, Kwan JSK. Delayed diagnosis of an old Chinese woman with familial Alzheimer’s disease. J Formos Med Assoc 2015 Jan 26. pii: S0929-6646(14)00322-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2014.11.003
  • Kwan JSK, Lau BHP, Cheung KSL. Comprehensive Index of Frailty: a multi-dimensional construct from the Hong Kong Centenarian Study. Hong Kong Med J 2015;21(1, Suppl 1):28.
  • Leung DYP, Lo SKL, Leung AYM, Lou VWQ, Chong AML, Kwan JSK, Chan WCH, Chi I. Prevalence and risk factors of potential elder abuse in Hong Kong. Irish Ageing Studies Review 2015;6(1):299.
  • Chu LW, Shea YF, Ha J. Validation of AD-CSF-Index in Chinese patients with Alzheimer's Disease and non-demented controls. Am J Alzheimer’s Dis Other Demen 2015 Jan 14. pii: 1533317514567126.
  • Gao J, Cheung RT, Chan YS, Chu LW, Mak HK, Lee TM. The relevance of short-range fibers to cognitive efficiency and brain activation in aging and dementia. PLoS One 2014 Apr 2;9(4):e90307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090307.
  • Ngan W, Chiu PKC, Chung HY. Primary Sjogren syndrome masquerading as a false-positive venereal disease research laboratory and fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test in an elderly woman. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014; 62(9):1817-8.
  • Lau KK, PKC Chiu, CY Lee, KC Shih, LW Chu, SL Ho, W Mak. Miller Fisher syndrome in a Chinese octogenarian presenting with dizziness. Asian J Gerontol Geriatr 2014; 9: 93–5.
  • Price M, Gunther A, Kwan JSK. Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after intracranial venous thrombosis. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014 Aug 2;8:CD005501.
  • Kwok HWC, Chan TC, Luk JKH, Chan FHW. Metformin-associated lactic acidosis in an older patient after colonoscopy: an uncommon trigger for a rare complication. Journal of American Geriatrics Society 2013; 61: 2257-2258
  • Shea YF, Chu LW, Zhou L, Li WM, Lin OY, Chan MN, Xu A, Wong R, Ho TY, Liu KW, Ha J, Daniel TW, Song YQ, Lam KS. Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in Chinese patients: a pilot study. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 2013;28(8):769-75. doi: 10.1177/1533317513504615
  • Lee TM, Sun D, Leung MK, Chu LW, Keysers C. Neural activities during affective processing in people with Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2013;34(3):706-15.
  • Lau KK, Chiu PKC, Lee CY, Shih KC, Chu LW, Ho SL, Mak W. Miller Fisher syndrome in a Chinese octogenarian presenting with dizziness. Asian J Gerontol Geriatr 2014; 9: 93–5.
  • Luk JKH, Tsang R, Leung HB. Lateral epicondylalgia – midlife crisis of a tendon. Hong Kong Med J. 2014;20(2):145-51
  • Luk JKH, Chan DKY. Preventing aspiration pneumonia in older people – do we have the “know-how”? Hong Kong Med J. 2014;20(5):421-7
  • Chu LW, So JC, Wong LC, Luk JKH, Chiu PKC, Chan CS, Kwan FS, Chau J, Hui E, Woo J, McGhee SM. Community end-of-life care among Chinese older adults living in nursing homes. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2014 Apr;14(2):273-84.
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Effectiveness of influenza vaccination in institutionalized older adults: a systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2014; 15: e1-e6
  • Cheng VC, Hung IFN, Chan TC, Chan FHW, Yuen KY. Proactive infection control measures to prevent nosocomial transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Hong Kong. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association 2014; 113: 734-741
  • Ngan W, Chiu PKC, Chung HY. Primary Sjogren syndrome masquerading as a false-positive venereal disease research laboratory and fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test in an elderly woman. J Am Geriatr Soc 2014 Sep;62(9):1817-8.
  • Chan TC, Luk JKH, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Association between body mass index and cause specific mortality as well as hospitalization in frail Chinese older adults. Geriatrics and Gerontology International 2014 doi: 10.1111/ggi.12230
  • Ngan W, Chan JC, Hwang GY, Luk JK. Mycosis fungoides in elderly adults--a diagnostic challenge. J Am Geriatr Soc 2014;62(4):786-7
  • Shea YF, Chan TC, Chang RS, Hon FK, Kwan JSK, Chu LW. Rapidly progressive ataxia during rehabilitation and a difficult road to diagnosis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014; 62: 1609-1610
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Chan KH, Luk JKH, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Response to comments on “immunogenicity and safety of intradermal trivalent influenza vaccination in nursing home older adults: a randomized controlled trial”. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2014; 15: 773-774
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Chan KH, Luk JKH, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Immunogenicity and safety of intradermal trivalent influenza vaccination in nursing home older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2014; 15: e5-e12
  • Chiang KY, Chan TC, Yuen MY, Luk KH. Undetected Vitamin D deficiency in a Chinese nursing home older adult. Geriatrics and Gerontology International 2014 doi: 10.1111/ggi.12385
  • Luk JKH, WK Chan, WC Ng, PKC Chiu, FHW Chan. Novel winter surge program to reduce emergency attendances and hospital admissions among institutionalized elderly. Asian J Geront Geriatr 2014; 9: 57–60
  • Chan FHW, Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Chu LW, Ng WC, Law TC, Cheng VC. Early identification of an influenza outbreak in a nursing home with high vaccination coverage facilitates implementation of infection-control measures and prevents spreading of influenza infection. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2014; 15: 300-301
  • Lin FOY, Luk JKH, Chan TC, Mok WW, Chan FH. Effectiveness of a discharge planning and community support program in preventing readmission of high risk older patients. Hong Kong Med J 2015;21:208-16
  • Kwan JSK, Sykes L, Wood E. Antiepileptic drugs for the prevention of post-stroke seizures: results of a Cochrane Systematic Review. Taiwan Gerontology and Geriatrics 2014;9(2):52.
  • Kwan JSK, Englyst N. Weight loss after a stroke and inflammation. Taiwan Gerontology and Geriatrics 2014;9(2):52.
  • Shea YF, Ha J, Chu LW. Comparisons of clinical symptoms in biomarker-confirmed Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal dementia patients in a local memory clinic.. Psychogeriatrics 2014 Dec 23. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12103
  • Shea YF, Ha J, Chu LW. Progressive supranuclear palsy presenting initially as semantic dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 2014 Dec;62(12):2459-60. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13145
  • Shea YF, Chu LW, Mok MW, Lam MF. Amyloid beta 1-42 and tau in the cerebrospinal fluid of renal failure patients for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. J Nephrol 2014; 27(2):217-20. doi: 10.1007/s40620-014-0043-6
  • Lau CF, Ho YS, Hung CH, Wuwongse S, Poon CH, Chiu K, Yang X, Chu LW, Chang RC. Protective effects of testosterone on presynaptic terminals against oligomeric β-amyloid peptide in primary culture of hippocampal neurons. Biomed Res Int 2014;2014:103906. doi: 10.1155/2014/103906.
  • Zou Y, Zhu Q, Deng Y, Duan J, Pan L, Tu Q, Dai R, Zhang X, Chu LW, Lü Y. Vascular risk factors and mild cognitive impairment in the elderly population in Southwest China. Am J Alzheimer’s Dis Other Demen 2014;29(3):242-7. doi: 10.1177/1533317513517042.
  • Sykes L, Wood E, Kwan JSK. Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after stroke. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014 Jan 24;1:CD005398.
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Chan FHW, Woo PCY, Chu LW. Functional status of older nursing home residents can affect the efficacy of influenza vaccination. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Science 2013; 68: 324-330
  • Gao JL, Cheung RT, Chan YS, Chu LW, Lee TM. Increased prospective memory interference in normal and pathological aging: different roles of motor and verbal processing speed. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 2013;20(1):80-100. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2012.672948
  • Chan TC, Hung, IFN Luk JKH, Shea YF, Chan FHW, Woo PCY, Chu LW. The efficacy of influenza vaccination is reduced in nursing home older adults with moderate to severe renal impairment. Journal of American Medical Directors Association 2013; 14: 133-136
  • Lin OY, Luk JKH, Ng MMT, Chan FHW. Jejunal feeding in an elderly man suffering from advanced Parkinson’s Disease. Asian J Gerontol Geriatr 2013; 8: 50–3
  • Chan TC, Luk JKH, Shea YF, Lau KH, Chan FHW, Yu GKK, Chu LW. Influence of education and age on the Abbreviated Mental Test in Chinese nursing home older adults. Journal of American Medical Directors Association 2013; 14: 137-139
  • Luk JKH, Chan WK, Ng WC, Chan TC, Chiu PKC, Ho CKY, Chan FHW. Mortality and health services utilization among older people living in residential care homes suffering from advanced cognitive impairment. Hong Kong Med J 2013;19:518-24.
  • Chan TC, Yap DYH, Shea YF, Luk KH, Chu LW, Chan HW. Chronic kidney disease and its association with mortality and hospitalization in Chinese nursing home older residents. Journal of American Medical Directors Association 2012; 13: 782-787
  • Chan TC, Shea YF, Luk JKH, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Association between functional status of Chinese nursing home older adults and long term mortality. Journal of American Medical Directors Association 2013; 14: 147.e1-e5
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk, JKH Chu LW, Chan FHW. Factors associated with seasonal influenza vaccination in Chinese nursing home older adults. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2013; 14: 772-774
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Chu LW, FHW Chan. Inadequate knowledge of pneumococcal vaccine among nursing home health care workers affects the pneumococcal vaccination uptake by nursing home older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2013; 61: 1429-1430
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Cheng VCC, Woo PCY, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Is nursing home residence an independent risk factor of mortality in Chinese older adults? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2013; 61: 1430-1432
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Cheng VCC, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Is nursing home residence an independent risk factor of recurrent hospitalization in older adults? Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2013; 14: 706-707
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Woo PCY, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Efficacy of trivalent seasonal influenza vaccination on mortality and hospitalization in Chinese nursing home older adults. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2013; 14: 889-894
  • Chan TC, Luk JKH, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Validation of Charlson comorbidity index in Chinese older adults. Geriatrics and Gerontology international 2013; 14: 452-457
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Factors associated with influenza vaccination in Chinese nursing home older adults. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2013; 14: 772-774
  • Chan TC, Luk JKH, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Low education level of nursing home staff in Chinese nursing homes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2013; 14: 849-850
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Woo PCY, Chu LW, Chan FHW. Prevalence of influenza vaccination and associated factors in Chinese nursing home healthcare workers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2013; 61: 1824-1827
  • Luk JKH, Chan WK, Ng WC, Chiu PKC, Chan FHW. Novel winter surge program to reduce emergency attendances and hospital admissions among institutionalized elderly. Asian J Geront and Geriatr 2013;8 doi: ajgg.org/AJGG/V8N2/2013-165-OA.pd
  • Marigold R, Tiwari D, Günther A, Kwan J. Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after subarachnoid haemorrhage. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013 Jun 5. 6:CD008710. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008710.pub2 .
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Shea YF, Chan FHW, Woo PCY, Chu LW. Efficacy of dual vaccination of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza on institutionalized elderly: A one-year prospective cohort study. Vaccine 2011; 29: 7773-78
  • Shea YF, Lin OY, Chang RSK, Luk JKH. Artery of Percheron infarction. Hong Kong Med J 2012;18:446e1-446e2
  • Luk JKH. Rehabilitation in older people: Know more gain more. Hong Kong Med J 2012;18:56-59.
  • Chan TC, Yap DYH, Shea YF, Luk KH, Chan HW, Chu LW. Prevalence and associated comorbidities of moderate to severe chronic renal impairment in Chinese nursing home older adults. Journal of American Medical Directors Association 2012; 13: 630-633
  • Shea YF, Chan TC, Ywang YY, Chu LW. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a re-emerging complication of tuberculosis. Hong Kong Medical J 2012; 18: 517-525
  • Zhou L, Chan KH, Chu LW, Kwan JS, Song YQ, Chen LH, Ho PW, Cheng OY, Ho JW, Lam KS. Plasma amyloid-β oligomers level is a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012:423(4):697-702. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.06.017
  • Chan TC, Hung IFN, Luk JKH, Shea YF, Chan FHW, Woo PCY, Chu LW. Prevention of mortality and pneumonia among nursing home older adults by dual pneumococcal and seasonal influenza vaccination during a pandemic caused by novel pandemic influenza A (H1N1). Journal of American Medical Directors Association 2012; 13: 698-703
  • Chu LW. Alzheimer’s disease: early diagnosis and treatment. Hong Kong Med J 2012:18(3):228-37
  • Chen LH, Kao PY, Fan YH, Ho DT, Chan CS, Yik PY, Ha JC, Chu LW, Song YQ. Polymorphisms of CR1, CLU and PICALM confer susceptibility of Alzheimer's disease in a southern Chinese population. Neurobiol Aging 2012;33(1):210.e1-7.
  • Luk JKH, Chiu PKC, Chu LW. Gender differences in rehabilitation outcomes among older Chinese patients. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2011;52:28-32.
  • Mak HK, Zhang Z, Yau KK, Zhang L, Chan Q, Chu LW. Efficacy of voxel-based morphometry with DARTEL and standard registration as imaging biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease patients and cognitively normal older adults at 3.0 Tesla MR imaging. J Alzheimers Dis 2011;2394):655-64
  • Gao J, Cheung RT, Lee TM, Chu LW, Chan YS, Mak HK, Zhang JX, Qiu D, Fung G, Cheung C. Possible retrogenesis observed with fiber tracking: an anteroposterior pattern of white matter disintegrity in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2011;26(1):47-58
  • Liu KP, Kuo MC, Tang KC, Chau AW, Ho IH, Kwok MP, Chan WC, Choi RH, Lam NC, Chu MM, Chu LW. Effects of age, education and gender in the Consortium to Establish a Registry for the Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD)-Neuropsychological Assessment Battery for Cantonese-speaking Chinese elders. Int Psychogeriatr 2011;23(10):1575-81
  • Chan IW, Chu LW, Lee PW, Li SW, Yu KK. Effects of cognitive function and depressive mood on the quality of life in Chinese Alzheimer's disease patients in Hong Kong. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2011;11(1):69-76
  • Li Y, Chu LW, Wang B, Yik PY, Huriletemuer, Jin DY, Ma X, Song YQ. CYP46A1 functional promoter haplotypes decipher genetic susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2010;21(4):1311-23. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100765.
  • Luk JKH, Chiu PKC, Tam S, Chu LW. Relationship between admission albumin levels and rehabilitation outcomes in older patients. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2011;53:84-9.
  • Luk JKH, Chan F. Rehabilitation outcomes of older patients at 6 months follow-up after discharged from a geriatric day hospital (GDH). Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2011;52:327-30
  • Chan TC, Shea YF, Lin OY, Luk JHK, Chan FHW. Interactive virtual reality Wii in geriatric day hospital: A study to assess its feasibility, acceptability and efficacy. Geriatrics and Gerontology International 2011; 14: 714-721
  • Luk JKH, Chan F, Chan FHW, Chu LW. Rehabilitation outcomes of older Chinese patients with different cognitive function in a geriatric day hospital. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2011;53:e144-8
  • Chan TC, Shea YF, Luk JHK, Chan FHW, Chu LW. Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index for 2-year mortality in Chinese Older Residents living in nursing home. Geriatrics and Gerontology International 2011; 12: 555-562
  • Chan TC, Yap DYH, Shea YF, Luk KH, Chan HW, Chu LW. Prevalence of anemia in Chinese nursing home older adults: Implication of age and renal impairment. Geriatrics and Gerontology International 2013; 13: 591-596
  • Chu LW, Luk JKH, Chiu PKC, Hui E, Woo J. Advance directive and end-of-life care preferences among Chinese nursing home residents in Hong Kong. Journal of American Medical Directors Association 2011;12(2):143-52
  • Chan TC, Luk JHK, Shea YF, Lau KH, Chan FHW, Yu GKK, Chu LW. Continuous use of antipsychotics and its association with mortality and hospitalization in institutionalized Chinese older adults. International Psychogeriatrics 2011; 23: 1640-48
  • Luk JKH, Liu A, Ng WC, Lui B, Beh P, Chan FHW. End of life care in Hong Kong. Asian J Gerontol Geriatr 2011; 6: 103–6.
  • Chan KKK, Chiu KC, Chu LW. Association between alcohol consumption and cognitive impairment in Southern Chinese older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2010; 25(12):1272-1279.
  • Chu LW, Tam S, Wong RL, Yik PY, Song Y, Cheung BM, Morley JE, Lam KS. Bioavailable testosterone predicts a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease in older men. J Alzheimers Dis 2010;21(4):1335-45
  • Chan JFW, Lau SKP, Woo PCY, Fan RYY, Ip JJK, Chan CF, Luk JKH, Yuen KY.  Lactobacillus rhamnosus hepatic abscess associated with Mirizzi syndrome: a case report and review of the literature. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2010;66(1):94-7
  • Luk JKH, Liu A, Ng WC, Lui B, Beh P, Chan FHW. End-of-life care: towards a more dignified dying process in residential care homes for the elderly. Hong Kong Med J 2010;16:235-236
  • Chan KKK, Chiu KC, Chu LW. Association between alcohol consumption and cognitive impairment in Southern Chinese older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2010; 25(12):1272-1279.