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This week's Letter

Rugby football injuries to the cervical spine.
J E Carvell, D J Fuller, R B Duthie, J Cockin
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:49-50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.49
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Bromocriptine induced psychosis in acromegaly.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:50-51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.50-a
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Choosing treatment for metastatic breast cancer.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.51
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Recurrent hyperinfestation with Stronglyloides stercoralis in a renal allograft recipient.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.52
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Cryptic stage of sleeping sickness trypanosome developing in choroid plexus epithelial cells.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:52-53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.52-c
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Estimation of urine specific gravity and osmolality using a simple reagent strip.
O J Hensey, R W Cooke
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.53
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Admission after mild head injury: benefits and costs.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.53-a
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A new approach to the elderly.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:54-55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.54-b
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Magnesium deficiency and diuretics.
L B Tan
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:55-56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.55-c
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Alternative medicine: cost and subjective benefit in rheumatoid arthritis.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.56
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Death from asthma in two regions of England.
R P Beekman
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.56-b
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High serum vitamin B12 binding capacity as a marker of the fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma.
K J Sheppard, D A Bradbury, J M Davies, D R Ryrie
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.57
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Glomerular filtration rate in schoolgirls with covert bacteriuria.
J Guillet, B Basse-Cathalinat, E Christophe, S Wynchank, P Blanquet
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.57-a
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Laboratory acquired shigellosis.
J V Dadswell
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.58-b
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Retrolental fibroplasia and mental handicap.
H G Kinnell
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.59
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Intensive attention improves glycaemic control in insulin dependent diabetes without further advantage from home blood glucose monitoring.
R H Harrad, A P Plumb, S Prickett, F P Alford, P H Sönksen
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.59-a
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Outbreak of chickenpox from a patient with immunosuppressed herpes zoster in hospital.
B E Juel-Jensen
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.60
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This week's Corrections

Correction: Near miss cot deaths and home monitoring
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.61-c
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This week's Articles

NEWS AND NOTES
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:64-68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.64
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OBITUARY
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:69-72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.69
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This week's Book Review

Medicine and Books
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:42-47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.42
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This week's Correspondence

Can aphasic patients with stroke do without speech therapists?
Derick T Wade
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.50
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Bromocriptine induced psychosis in acromegaly
I F Pye, R Abbott
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:50-51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.50-b
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Choosing treatment for metastatic breast cancer
R Stuart-Harris, A L Harris, I E Smith
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.51-a
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Mastectomy and its consequences
Paul Michaelson
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.51-b
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Multimodal treatment in operable breast cancer
Colin Trask, Robert Souhami
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:51-52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.51-c
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Recurrent hyperinfestation with Strongyloides stercoralis in a renal allograft recipient
B J Gatus
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.52-a
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Recurrent hyperinfestation with Strongyloides stercoralis in a renal allograft recipient
J G Thornton
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.52-b
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Cryptic stage of sleeping sickness trypanosome developing in choroid plexus epithelial cells
A A Poltera
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:52-53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.52-d
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Admission after mild head injury: benefits and costs
J J Jones
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.53-b
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Letters to a young doctor
M D Vickers
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:53-54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.53-c
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Letters to a young doctor
Margaret L Heath
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.54
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Letters to a young doctor
Donald M Bowers
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.54-a
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A new approach to the elderly
N D Pandita-Gunawardena
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.55
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A new approach to the elderly
G E Langley
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.55-a
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Popular marathons: forecasting casualties
G K Terpstra
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.55-b
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Alternative medicine: cost and subjective benefit in rheumatoid arthritis
Peter Baldry
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.56-a
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Peer review weighed in the balance
John G Howells
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.56-c
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Peer review weighed in the balance
R Mahler
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:56-57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.56-d
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Better science not less science
A G Johnson, J M Simms
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.57-b
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Assessment of Fecatest and Haemoccult for faecal occult blood testing
F I Lee, F T Costello
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:57-58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.57-c
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Dietary advice
Denis Craddock
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.58
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Does control of risk factors prevent coronary heart disease?
Peter Carson, Rosalind Phillips
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.58-a
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Antenatal screening by measurement of symphysis-fundus height
Ian Kennedy
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.58-c
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Notifications of tuberculosis in England and Wales
Wallace Fox, K M Citron
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:58-59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.58-d
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Future of cottage hospitals
Meyrick Emrys-Roberts
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.60-a
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Hours of work of junior hospital doctors
K D Vellacott
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.60-b
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Hours of work of junior hospital doctors
W T Berrill
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.60-c
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Admission of children to general practitioner hospitals
Ian McColl, Andrew O Russell
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:60-61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.60-d
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BMA subscription rates
Diana Kiernan
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.61
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Medical unemployment
John M Reid
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.61-a
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Cot deaths and medical communication
John L Emery
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.61-b
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Points: Renal artery thrombosis caused by antihypertensive treatment
Lawrence E Ramsay
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62
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Points: Small causes may have great effects
G C R Morris
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-a
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Points: Chemoprophylaxis of malaria in Africa
D B A Hutchinson, J A Farquhar
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-b
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Points: Introduction of 100 unit insulin
K A Harden
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-c
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Points: Appropriate use of local resources
Mark McCarthy
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-d
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Points: Kidney pseudotumour diagnosed by emission computed tomography
Elisabeth M Watkin
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-e
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Points: Is this a record?
C D M Bone
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-f
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Points: Poverty and ideology
Alex Scott-Samuel
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-g
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Points: A regimen of low dose aspirin
William J O'Connell
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-h
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Points: Origin of the medical symbol of the rod and serpents
D A Dyson
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-i
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Points: Portrait of a social reformer
R Hughes Parry
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:62-63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.62-j
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Points: Early detection of glaucoma
J P F Lloyd
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.63
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Points: Confidentiality of patients' records
C W D Phillips
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.63-a
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Points: Data for management: the Körner Report
Michael Black, Jean Harris
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.63-b
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Points: Little people of America
D P Davies
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.63-c
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Points: Aminophylline toxicity in the elderly
T G K Mant, A Thomson, J A Henry
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.63-d
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Points: A diploma in clinical medicine
Nasir H Gardezi
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.63-e
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Points: Lost in words
Donald Crowther
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.63-f
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Points: Cost of reprints
Ian Fraser
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.63-g
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Points: Unnecessary examinations
J Brown
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.63-h
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This week's Medical Practice

Personal View
John R Ashton
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.48
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This week's Practice Observed

Meeting Report: No progress in Bloomsbury
Tessa Richards
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.26
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This week's Research Article

How will the new genetics work?
T Smith
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.1
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All doctors are equal.
G Macpherson
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.3
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Deaths and dental anaesthetics.
B Lewis
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.3-a
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Concurrent or sequential use of cytotoxic chemotherapy and hormone treatment in advanced breast cancer: report of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research.
F Cavalli, M Beer, G Martz, W F Jungi, P Alberto, J P Obrecht, B Mermillod, K W Brunner
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:5-8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.5
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Neurological follow-up of 281 children born in breech presentation: a controlled study.
R Faber-Nijholt, H J Huisjes, B C Touwen, V J Fidler
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:9-12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.9
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Laser treatment for carcinoma of the bronchus.
M R Hetzel, F J Millard, R Ayesh, C E Bridges, E M Nanson, C P Swain, I P Williams
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:12-16, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.12
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Increased incidence of malignancy in dermatitis herpetiformis.
J N Leonard, W F Tucker, J S Fry, C A Coulter, A W Boylston, R M McMinn, G P Haffenden, A F Swain, L Fry
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:16-18, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.16
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Nifedipine in hypertensive emergencies.
O Bertel, D Conen, E W Radü, J Müller, C Lang, U C Dubach
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:19-21, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.19
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A new danger associated with airgun pellet injuries.
D Cain, R F Weeks
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:21, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.21
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Severe metabolic acidosis after ingestion of butanone.
P G Kopelman, P Y Kalfayan
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:21-22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.21-a
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Neurological deficit associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae reversed by plasma exchange.
F E Cotter, D Bainbridge, A C Newland
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.22
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How the Health Education Council can help.
A Maryon-Davis
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:23-24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.23
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Survey of immunisation in a north London practice.
J Naish, R A Copeman, R V Singer, A F Mills
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:24-25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.24
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Zoography: the use of animal terms in medicine.
E P Wright
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:27-30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.27
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Control of poliomyelitis by pulse immunisation in Vellore, India.
T J John, R Pandian, A Gadomski, M Steinhoff, M John, M Ray
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:31-32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.31
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Development and operation of a pharmacy-based intravenous cytotoxic reconstitution service.
M Anderson, D Brassington, J Bolger
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:32-36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.32
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Acute tuberculous lymphadenopathy in an immunosuppressed patient.
J H Winter, J S Legge
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:36-37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.36
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Choosing to become a general practitioner.
P Rhodes
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:37-38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.37
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ABC of brain stem death. The declaration of death.
C Pallis
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:39, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.39
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Essentials of health economics. Part VI (concluded)--challenges for the future.
M F Drummond, G H Mooney
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:40-41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.40
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This week's Supplement

The Week
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:73, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.73
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From the HJSC: One in one rotas: juniors demand total abolition
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:74-78, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.74
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From the GMSC: Helping sick general practitioners
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:76-77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.76
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Inequalities in health
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:78, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.78
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No special BMA representation for women or overseas doctors
Linda Beecham
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:79-80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6358.79
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