Ablative radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism: a long term follow up study.
	R E Young, A J Hedley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.829-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prospective comparison of three non-invasive tests for pancreatic disease.
	I Cobden, R Lendrum, O F James, C W Venables, I Tarbit, T Hawkins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.830 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Failure of long term luteinising hormone releasing hormone treatment for prostatic cancer to suppress serum luteinising hormone and testosterone.
	S R Ahmed, S M Shalet, J Grant, A Howell, N J Blacklock
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.831-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical problems with breath testing of drunk drivers.
	P Duffus, J A Dunbar
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:831-832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.831-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severe hypophosphataemia during recovery from acute respiratory acidosis.
	E L Brown
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.832 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Plasma lipids and insulin--gall stone disease: a case control study.
	J R Thornton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.832-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Current practice of diagnostic lumbar puncture.
	N R Coad
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:832-833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.832-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	End of static decade for coronary disease?
	G Cannon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:833-834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.833-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psittacosis.
	T M Macdonald, R A Clark
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.834 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Ample scope for improving the health of prisoners
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.784-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:838-840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.838 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:841-844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.841 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:824-826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.824 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Motor neurone disease: can we do better? A study of 42 patients
	D J Oliver
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.828 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Motor neurone disease: can we do better? A study of 42 patients
	N E Early
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.828-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Motor neurone disease: can we do better? A study of 42 patients
	Barbara A Thornley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:828-829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.828-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Motor neurone disease: can we do better? A study of 42 patients
	Christopher W Roy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.829 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Motor neurone disease: can we do better? A study of 42 patients
	Mary C P Groves
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.829-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disaster at the dining table
	M C Kelly
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.830-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health care in the United States
	C C Penney
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.830-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health care in the United States
	Reginald Murley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:830-831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.830-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical cerclage
	J T Wright
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.831 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Home care for patients with suspected myocardial infarction: use made by general practitioners of a hospital team for initial management
	T C O'Dowd, N C H Stott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.831-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spinal cord disease due to Schistosoma mansoni successfully treated with oxamniquine
	N M Hone
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.832-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A question of confidence
	F P Ellis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.833 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bronchoconstriction induced by ipratropium bromide in asthma: relation to hypotonicity
	J K Dewhurst
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.833-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bronchoconstriction induced by ipratropium bromide in asthma: relation to hypotonicity
	C K Connolly
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.833-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conscience and nuclear war
	J M Cundy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.834-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conscience and nuclear war
	A M Carroll
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.834-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should pharmacists be able to prescribe?
	R C Redman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:834-835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.834-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should pharmacists be able to prescribe?
	Nigel E Ballantine, Patrick A Ball
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.835 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Overwork and waste in orthopaedics
	Keith Tucker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.835-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC annual report
	John N Walton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.835-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Which patients are likely to die in an accident and emergency department?
	M J Shalley, R M Wilcox
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.836 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Observations on the mechanism of hypoxaemia in acute minor pulmonary embolism
	G A Chadwick, J R Stradling
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.836-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Labelling of lignocaine ampoules
	James Cox
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.836-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Atypical falciparum malaria
	David Fegan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.836-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: A fair trial?
	James Surtees Phillpotts, M Fletcher, A G Wade
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.836-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Oral rehydration without added bicarbonate for childhood gastroenteritis
	J Grabinar
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.836-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Low osmolar contrast media
	D A R Burd, G Santis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.836-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Why does time seem to pass more quickly as we grow older?
	C S Good
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:836-837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.836-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Management of obstructed balloon catheters
	S E McCabe, J G Paterson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.837 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Locum cover for junior doctors' leave
	J Weinberg
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.837-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Augmentin (amoxycillin-clavulanic acid) compared with co-trimoxazole in urinary tract infection
	S G Flavell Matts, K MacRae
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.837-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Spinal cord disease due to Schistosoma mansoni successfully treated with oxamniquine
	R T Mossop
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.837-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Deaths from asthma
	K W Wong, D P Davies
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.837-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Car seats and sciatica
	R T D FitzGerald
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.837-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: West Berkshire perineal management trial
	L S Lewis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.837-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Major epileptic seizures and topical gammabenzene hexachloride
	V T Kelly
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.837-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Generalised eczema caused by sodium cromoglycate
	H A Eveleigh, A M Edwards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.837-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Personal View
	Lesley Rees, Vivienne van Someren
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.827 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Where now for therapeutic apheresis?
	T Hamblin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:779-780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.779 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to induce ovarian cancer: and how not to.
	J S Scott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:781-782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.781 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	At least one centimetre for each millimetre.
	F H Rampen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:782-783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.782 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Do minor affective disorders need medication?
	H G Morgan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.783 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bedside neurology.
	E R Bickerstaff
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.784 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safety of treatment for subclinical osteomalacia in the elderly.
	D J Hosking, G A Campbell, J R Kemm, R E Cotton, R V Boyd
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:785-787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.785 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of an oral serotonin antagonist, ketanserin, on plasma ACTH concentrations in Nelson's syndrome.
	R W Prescott, W A Ratcliffe, P K Taylor
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:787-788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.787 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is there a link between cot death and child abuse?
	J Roberts, J Golding, J Keeling, B Sutton, M A Lynch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:789-791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.789 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lower cranial nerve motor function in unilateral vascular lesions of the cerebral hemisphere.
	E W Willoughby, N E Anderson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:791-794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.791 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Placebo controlled trial of nicotine chewing gum in general practice.
	K Jamrozik, G Fowler, M Vessey, N Wald
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:794-797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.794 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bone marrow necrosis after treatment with sulphasalazine.
	J E Van de Pette, D T Cunnah, T M Shallcross
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.798 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diabetic thoracic polyradiculopathy presenting as abdominal swelling.
	A J Boulton, E Angus, D R Ayyar, D R Weiss
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:798-799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.798-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accumulation of midazolam after repeated dosage in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit.
	C M Byatt, L D Lewis, S Dawling, G M Cochrane
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:799-800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.799 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alerting close relatives of patients with glaucoma.
	J M MacKean, A R Elkington
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:800-801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.800 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypoxia, depression of testosterone, and impotence in pickwickian syndrome reversed by weight reduction.
	P A Semple, A Graham, Y Malcolm, G H Beastall, W S Watson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:801-802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.801 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fixed drug eruption masquerading as herpes simplex labialis.
	J Boyle, B Moul
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.802 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recording the consultation: model for assessment.
	T Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:803-804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.803 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The team in general practice.
	I Tait
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:805-806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.805 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to beautify your old hospital.
	J H Baron
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:807-810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.807 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ophthalmology in developing countries.
	J Sandford-Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:811-813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.811 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cryptosporidiosis in an urban community.
	D A Hunt, R Shannon, S R Palmer, A E Jephcott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:814-816, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.814 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Brucellosis in Britain.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:817, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.817 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recent widespread scaly rashes.
	A Y Finlay
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:817-819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.817-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of poisoning. Analgesic poisoning: I--salicylates.
	J Henry, G Volans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:820-822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.820 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Indigenous amoebiasis: an important differential diagnosis of chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
	I R Sanderson, J A Walker-Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.823 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who does what, and how much in the preschool child health services in England.
	J A Macfarlane, U Pillay
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:851-852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.851 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.845 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the GMSC: Deputising services: guidance sent to LMCs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:846-847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.846 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maternity medical services: a proposed new scheme
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:847-848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.847 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the CCCMCH: Civil defence planning in the NHS
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:849-850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.849 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cremation fees and the Inland Revenue: BMA statement
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.850 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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