Topical minoxidil for common baldness.
	R Dawber
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.201 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The law tries to decide whether whooping cough vaccine causes brain damage: Professor Gordon Stewart gives evidence.
	G T Stewart
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:203-204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.203-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impaired microvascular hyperaemic response to minor skin trauma in type I diabetes.
	G Williams, J Pickup
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.204 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oral contraceptives and hepatocellular carcinoma.
	D B Petitti
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.204-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bone mineral content in Polynesian and white New Zealand women.
	M C Beverly, M J Evans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.204-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maternal mortality and the postpartum interval.
	C Savona-Ventura
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:205-206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.205-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Assessment of thyroid function: complications after treatment with fenoprofen.
	J Tillman, J T Leask, F C Logue, W D Fraser
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.206 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spoiled soft contact lenses.
	R J Buckley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:206-207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.206-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Occupational asthma due to methylmethacrylate bone cement.
	G R Harvey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.207 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short term high doses of etidronate in Paget's disease.
	M Peacock, C J Gibbs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.207-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transcutaneous oxygen tension during exercise in patients with claudication.
	C Lanigan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.207-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	How the University Grants Committee rated medical research
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.212 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.214-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:211-213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.211 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.214 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:197-199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.197 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Intercalated degrees
	Alastair P MacGowan, Peter W Johnston, Angus W Thomson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:201-202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.201-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intercalated degrees
	P F Harris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.202 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intercalated degrees
	J Mark Elwood
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.202-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intercalated degrees
	H J A Longmore
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.202-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the kidney
	Ailsa M Dunn, Brendan M Buckley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:202-203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.202-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the kidney
	J S Axford, H Berry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.203 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pressure of research on junior staff
	F J Bone, P A M Bailey, B A S Dale, J K Johnson, I Gibson, A Lufty, F Toolis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:204-205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.204-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Steroids, the eye, and general practitioners
	Barrie Jay
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.205 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Steroids, the eye, and general practitioners
	Geoffrey E Rose, Michael J Lavin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.205-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibody response and clinical reactions in children given measles vaccine with immunoglobulin
	J A Dudgeon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.206-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Airing operating theatres economically
	D V Seal, R P Clark
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.207-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and the Official Secrets Act
	Ian Jones, Donald Cameron
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:207-208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.207-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical academic salaries
	James Payne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.208 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Easier retirements
	R A L Leatherdale, D D B Morris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.208-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS guidance on Griffiths
	H M Saxton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:208-209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.208-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS guidance on Griffiths
	J M Cundy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.209 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The GMC and the media
	P L Towers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.209-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Working in South Africa
	D Hall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.209-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Reye's syndrome and aspirin
	Edward Tempany, L M McEwen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.209-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Out of depth, out of breath
	P S Thomas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.209-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Airing operating theatres
	Charles Wakeley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:209-210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.209-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Differential diagnosis of dementia
	H Weinstein, A Hijdra
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.210 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Sexual abuse of children in Leeds
	C J Hobbs, Jane Wynne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.210-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Inadequate services for sexually transmitted diseases
	B T Goh, G E Forster, M R FitzGerald
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.210-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Accessory ossicles
	G B Irvine
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.210-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: The Mackenzie report: general practice in the medical schools of the United Kingdom
	I J D Hamilton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.210-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Survival of patients with AIDS
	R G Henderson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.210-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Obese deceivers?
	Mary E Brennan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.210-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Faecal incontinence is not inevitable
	Adam Lewis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.210-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Smoking on aircraft
	T E A Carr, Victor Freeman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.210-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.196 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Thomas McKeown
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.200 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	The MRC and informed consent.
	J Glover
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:157-158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.157 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Penicillin: 1929-40.
	J Howie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:158-159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.158 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Coeliac axis compression syndrome.
	C W Jamieson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:159-160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.159 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paying for old age.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.160 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Markers of HTLV-III in patients with end stage renal failure treated by haemodialysis.
	M Goldman, C Liesnard, J L Vanherweghem, N Dolle, C Toussaint, S Sprecher, J Cogniaux, L Thiry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:161-162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.161 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cytomegalovirus but not human T lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy associated virus detected by in situ hybridisation in retinal lesions in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
	P G Kennedy, D A Newsome, J Hess, O Narayan, D L Suresch, W R Green, R C Gallo, B F Polk
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:162-164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.162 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurological complications of coronary artery bypass graft surgery: six month follow-up study.
	P J Shaw, D Bates, N E Cartlidge, D Heaviside, J M French, D G Julian, D A Shaw
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:165-167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.165 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Retrovirus infections among patients treated in Britain with various clotting factors.
	R Cheinsong-Popov, R S Tedder, T O'Connor, S Clayden, A Smith, J Craske, R Weiss
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:168-169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.168 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short course of steroids in home treatment of children with acute asthma.
	A Deshpande, S A McKenzie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:169-171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.169 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Technetium-99m autologous phagocyte scanning: a new imaging technique for inflammatory bowel disease.
	W Pullman, R Hanna, P Sullivan, J A Booth, F Lomas, W F Doe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:171-174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.171 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vitamin B6 concentrations in patients with chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma.
	S N Zaman, J M Tredger, P J Johnson, R Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.175 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of antibody to HTLV-III in haemophiliacs in the United Kingdom.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:175-176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.175-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of cardiovascular disease in general practice: a proposed model.
	E E Anggard, J M Land, C J Lenihan, C J Packard, M J Percy, L D Ritchie, J Shepherd
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:177-180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.177 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cryotherapy for advanced carcinoma of the trachea and bronchi.
	M O Maiwand
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:181-182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.181 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Child sex rings.
	N J Wild, J M Wynne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:183-185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.183 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Serendipity and insight in immunology.
	J H Humphrey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:185-188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.185 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of resuscitation. The ethics of resuscitation.
	P J Baskett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:189-190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.189 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respite care on a children's ward.
	D M Hall, R J West, C J Bungay
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:191-192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.191 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paralytic poliomyelitis: a forgotten diagnosis?
	E J Bell, M H Riding, N R Grist
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:193-194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.193 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Report from the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:195-196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.195 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.215 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Constructive criticism on NHS from select committee
	Philip Johnston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.216 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Community medicine conference: Community physicians' important place in management
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:217-218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6540.217 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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