Impaired elimination of metronidazole in decompensated chronic liver disease.
	G Farrell, N Buchanan, J Baird-Lambert
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1009-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multiple spontaneous ruptures of tendons in renal transplant recipient.
	Y Pirson, J Ghysen, J P Squifflet, G P Alexandre, C van Ypersele de Strihou
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1010 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ultrasonic measurement of spinal canal.
	E B Macdonald, J A Anderson, J L Dales
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1010-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paranoid psychoses induced by tocainide.
	D J Harrison, C G Wathen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1010-1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1010-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quality control of home monitoring of blood glucose concentrations.
	E Wing
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1011 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Articles

This week's Articles

	BMA ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNCIL 1983-4
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1-38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1012-1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1012 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1015-1016, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1015 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:998-1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.998 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Are antithyroid drugs immunosuppressive?
	A P Weetman, A M McGregor, R Hall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1004 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are antithyroid drugs immunosuppressive?
	M M Ferguson, W D Alexander, I G Conn, F G McDonald, R J Mairs, D Sweeney
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1004-1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1004-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prison doctor "ghosted out"
	Marjorie Hare
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1005 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic headache: the role of deformity of the nasal septum
	J M S Pearce
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1005-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic headache: the role of deformity of the nasal septum
	Anthony Hopkins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1005-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic headache: the role of deformity of the nasal septum
	N Koch-Henriksen, I Hvidegaard, P Stoksted
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1005-1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1005-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seat belt success: where next?
	G W Hatton-Ellis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1006 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seat belt success: where next?
	Cynthia Illingworth, Jane Sprigg
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1006-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seat belt success: where next?
	A R Phipps, D A R Burd, H P Henderson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1006-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Need for primary health care: an objective indicator
	B Jarman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1006-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When is biopsy of the stomach ethical?
	Thomas B Hugh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1006-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When is biopsy of the stomach ethical?
	P C H Watt, J M Sloan, T L Kennedy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1006-1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1006-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Boxer's brains
	Adrian Whiteson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1007 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Boxer's brains
	P M Lenten
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1007-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The heroin problem
	Ann Dally
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1007-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genital wart virus infections: nuisance or potentially lethal?
	R A Sparks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1007-1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1007-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genital wart virus infections: nuisance or potentially lethal?
	C B J Woodman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1008 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of sexually transmitted diseases
	John Oates
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1008-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Third drug" trial
	Douglas G Altman, Simon G Thompson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1008-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Third drug" trial
	D McAreavey, A R Lorimer, J L Reid, J I S Robertson, M P Robertson, R J Weir, L E Ramsay, L Latham, A D McLaren
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1008-1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1008-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adjuvant treatment with polyadenylic-polyuridylic acid in operable breast cancer
	Michael Baum, Roger A'Hern
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1009 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oxygen as a driving gas for nebulisers: safe or dangerous?
	H Cass, A Frankel, J M B Hughes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1009-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computers in the surgery: the patient's view
	Andrew R Potter
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1009-1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1009-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	External quality assessment schemes are available for private laboratories
	S M Lewis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1011-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA seeks work permits for overseas medical graduates
	L Prasad
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1011-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality: the CMO replies
	Donald Acheson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1011-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1001-1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1001 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Jennifer Gibson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1003 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Maternal plasma volume and disorders of pregnancy.
	C W Redman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:955-956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.955 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changing American medicine.
	C L Bakken, D S Young
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:956-957, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.956 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyperbaric oxygen for patients with multiple sclerosis.
	J Mertin, W I McDonald
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:957-960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.957 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurochemical characteristics of early and late onset types of Alzheimer's disease.
	M N Rossor, L L Iversen, G P Reynolds, C Q Mountjoy, M Roth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:961-964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.961 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endotracheal cuff pressure and tracheal mucosal blood flow: endoscopic study of effects of four large volume cuffs.
	R D Seegobin, G L van Hasselt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:965-968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.965 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Water purification and the incidence of fractures in patients receiving home haemodialysis supervised by a single centre: evidence for "safe" upper limit of aluminium in water.
	M M Platts, G Owen, S Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:969-972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.969 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Induction of hyperplasia and hypertrophy of pacinian corpuscles.
	A I Lang-Stevenson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:972-973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.972 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conflagration of children in cars.
	D G Gill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.973 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Increased meningococcal carrier rate after tonsillectomy.
	B E Kristiansen, H Elverland
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.974 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transtracheal injection of saline in the investigation of pneumonia.
	J T Macfarlane, M J Ward
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:974-975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.974-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recurrent bleeding from idiopathic ulceration of small bowel.
	M J Glynn, J Pendower, S Shousha, R A Parkins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:975-976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.975 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deficiency of medium chain fatty acylcoenzyme A dehydrogenase presenting as the sudden infant death syndrome.
	A J Howat, M J Bennett, S Variend, L Shaw
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.976 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Response to paper on "Can the clinical course of acute otitis media be modified by systemic decongestant or antihistamine treatment"?
	B Hurwitz, H W Acheson, A M Steel, T A Carney
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:977-979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.977 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Attaining the impossible.
	D Morrell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:979-980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.979 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An alternative to the diagnostic dilatation and curettage--endometrial cytology.
	D W Polson, A Morse, R W Beard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:981-983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.981 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Guidelines for initial management after head injury in adults. Suggestions from a group of neurosurgeons.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:983-985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.983 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of epilepsy.
	A K Scott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:986-987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.986 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deployment of resources in treatment of end stage renal failure in England and Wales.
	R Dowie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:988-991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.988 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Manpower and workload in adult renal medicine in the United Kingdom 1975-82.
	N F Jones, F J Goodwin, A P Roberts
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:992-994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.992 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The state of the prisons. Lessons from America: research in the prisons can bring peace.
	R Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:995-997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.995 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1017 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Monitoring future activities of FPCs
	William Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1018-1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1018 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practice: Computer confidentiality
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1019 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Notifiable diseases: board of science report
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1019-1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1019-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC professional conduct committee
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6422.1020 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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