Spina bifida and vitamins.
	R W Smithells
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:388-389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.388-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Occult pneumococcal bacteraemia and febrile convulsions.
	P M White
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.389 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deaths and dental anaesthetics.
	R C Dinsdale
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.389-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Magnesium deficiency and diuretics.
	J P Sheehan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.390-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug treatment in elderly patients: GP audit.
	W Kruse, G Schlierf, P Oster
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.390-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sudden infant death syndrome--a possible cause.
	D G Harriman, F R Ellis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.391-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Midarm circumference and malnutrition in Crohn's disease.
	J C Hall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:391-392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.391-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How will the new genetics work?
	P J Gray
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.392-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hazards of lumbar puncture.
	J E Charlton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.392-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rising female predominance in incidence of gastric ulcer.
	G Bianchi Porro, M Lazzaroni, M Petrillo
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:393-394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.393-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Popular marathons: forecasting casualties.
	P H Whiting, R J Maughan, J D Miller, J B Leiper
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.395-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Congenital dislocation of the hip.
	R A Mollan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.396-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.401 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:399-402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.399 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:403-406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.403 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:380-385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.380 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Hypoventilatory respiratory failure in generalised scleroderma
	Gerald D Iliffe, Norman M Pettigrew
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:337-338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.337 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Reduction of clinical work over Christmas and New Year
	P J Toghill, C J Hawkey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.388 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast prostheses and seat belts
	L E Dale
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:389-390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.389-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast prostheses and seat belts
	A N Bamji
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.390 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast prostheses and seat belts
	Shelagh Tyrrell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.390-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Value of the Medical Defence Union
	J D W Whitney
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:390-391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.390-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Value of the Medical Defence Union
	L T Newman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.391 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Better science not less science
	K Norcross
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.391-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Midarm circumference and malnutrition in Crohn's disease
	A D Harries
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.392 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One man's burden
	Brodie Hughes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:392-393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.392-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Home blood glucose monitoring for insulin dependent diabetics
	David C Anderson, Graham R Sharpe, Harold Cohen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.393 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Family medicine—Thamesmead
	Robert Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.393-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Histopathology services for developing countries
	S G Deodhare
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.393-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A health hazard
	Richard Robinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.394 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Factors protective against retinopathy in insulin dependent diabetics
	I N Scobie, P H Sönksen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.394-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Can infection be abolished?
	J A N Emslie, D Reid, J C M Sharp
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.394-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maternal deaths in England and Wales, 1976-8
	D H Vaughan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.394-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A regimen for low dose aspirin?
	B A Bradlow
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:394-395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.394-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Laboratory acquired bowel infections
	N R Grist
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.395 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What's in a waiting list?
	Adam Ward
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.395-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respect for traditional medicine
	N Bathirunathan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.395-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Support after perinatal death
	Hazelanne Lewis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:395-396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.395-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Support after perinatal death
	David Morris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.396 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An absence of alcohol policy
	J S Madden, J G Bligh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.396-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The murderer's vade mecum
	Björn Beermann
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:396-397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.396-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and pay negotiations
	Brian H Valentine
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.397 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relations between private practice and the NHS
	G Murray Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.397-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Occupational health service for the NHS
	Joseph L Kearns
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.397-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changing role of the consultant in mental handicap
	D A Spencer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:397-398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.397-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Audits of antibiotic prescribing
	Paul Pritty
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.398 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Florence
	A Sakula
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.398-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: History of nitrous oxide and oxygen
	C Langton Hewer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.398-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Bloodstained urine after running
	R A Ford
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.398-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Accidental administration of ergometrine to newborn infants
	R J Stocks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.398-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Clinical aspects of delta infection
	I M Murray-Lyon, J C Coleman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.398-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Blue plaques: London houses of medicohistorical interest
	W E Snell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.398-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Treating viral infections in children with aspirin
	M Buttoo
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.398-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Kidney pseudotumour diagnosed by emission computed tomography
	E D Williams, C Parker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.398-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Conference Report: Expedition medicine
	Tessa Richards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:378-379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.378 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.386 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Colin B Brown
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.387 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	"The rising tide".
	T Arie, D Jolley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:325-326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.325 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disequilibrium hypercalcaemia.
	D J Hosking
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:326-327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.326 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antiemetics and cytotoxic drugs.
	J R Trounce
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:327-329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.327 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sunbeds.
	J L Hawk
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.329 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of acromegaly.
	J P Thomas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:330-332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.330 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Positron emission tomography in venous ulceration and liposclerosis: study of regional tissue function.
	N F Hopkins, T J Spinks, C G Rhodes, A S Ranicar, C W Jamieson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:333-336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.333 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HLA antigens and acetylcholine receptor antibodies in penicillamine induced myasthenia gravis.
	M J Garlepp, R L Dawkins, F T Christiansen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:338-340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.338 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisation in an intensive therapy unit: role of cross infection and host factors.
	M R Noone, T L Pitt, M Bedder, A M Hewlett, K B Rogers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:341-344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.341 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet laser photocoagulation for major haemorrhage from peptic ulcers and single vessels: a single blind controlled study.
	I A MacLeod, P R Mills, J F MacKenzie, S N Joffe, R I Russell, D C Carter
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:345-348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.345 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safer insertion of pleural drains.
	J B Bristol, J E Harvey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:348-349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.348 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Importance of asking about glaucoma.
	N C Price
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.349 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rhabdomyolysis and systemic infection.
	A M el-Nahas, K Farrington, S Quyyumi, J F Moorhead, P Sweny
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:349-350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.349-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Urethral gonococcal infection by co-existing beta-lactamase and "resistant" strains of gonococci.
	S K Panja, L Cohen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.350 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antiemetic effect of nonabine in cancer chemotherapy: a double blind study comparing nonabine and chlorpromazine.
	C B Archer, P L Amlot, J R Trounce
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:350-351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.350-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cerebrovascular accident in a 14 year old marathon runner.
	J Phillips, B Horner, T Doorly, J Toland
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:351-352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.351 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outpatient paediatric fibreoptic proctosigmoidoscopy: possible and useful.
	H Nazer, J A Walker-Smith, K Davidson, C B Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.352 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Newcastle vocational trainees 1976-80: are they doing the work they wanted? Newcastle Branch of Women in Medicine.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:353-356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.353 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Divorce.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:356-357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.356 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Students from Manchester.
	R Aston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:358-359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.358 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prepared for the unpredictable.
	A D Grassie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:359-360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.359 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac surgery in Wessex.
	J L Monro, J K Ross, J M Manners, J C Edwards, B Lewis, I Hyde, B C Ogilvie, B R Keeton, N Conway, A M Johnson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:361-365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.361 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Identification of adverse reactions to new drugs. II (continued): How were 18 important adverse reactions discovered and with what delays?
	G R Venning
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:365-368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.365 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disposable or non-disposable syringes and needles for diabetics? Strathclyde Diabetic Group.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:369-370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.369 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ward meetings: a forum for patients' concerns.
	J Graffy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:371-372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.371 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Some other jobs in medicine.
	P Rhodes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:373-374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.373 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma in New Zealand.
	I W Grant
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:374-377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.374 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.407 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against generic prescribing
	William Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.408 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the GMSC: Model scheme to help sick GPs; Criteria for admission to obstetric list
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:409-411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.409 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the CCCM: Community physicians and merit awards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:412-414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.412 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA's budget for 1983
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.414 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	£100m growth money for NHS in 1983-4
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6362.414-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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