NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1553-1556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1553 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1557-1558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1557 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Colposcopy and cytology
	Jocelyn Imrie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1547 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Colposcopy and cytology
	B A Evans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1547-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospices for children?
	David Stevens, Marie Owen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1548 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospices for children?
	Valerie Broadbent
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1548-1549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1548-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atlantoaxial instability in Down's syndrome
	Yrjö T Konttinen, Seppo S Santavirta
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1549 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atlantoaxial instability in Down's syndrome
	B Jagjivan, P A Spencer, G Hosking
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1549-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atlantoaxial instability in Down's syndrome
	Ian Calder
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1549-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma and bronchial reactivity
	J B L Howell, W E Waters
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1549-1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1549-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Irritable bowel syndrome as a cause of chronic pain in women attending a gynaecological clinic
	Patrick Hogston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1550-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Promoting prevention in primary care
	Ann-Louise Kinmonth, George Freeman, Nicki Watkins, John Bain
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1551-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Subcutaneous calcium heparin versus intravenous sodium heparin in treatment of established acute deep vein thrombosis of the legs
	Neil Scolding
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1551-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Subcutaneous calcium heparin versus intravenous sodium heparin in treatment of established acute deep vein thrombosis of the legs:: Authors' reply
	M G Walker, J W Shaw, G J L Thomson, J G R Cumming, M Lea Thomas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1551-1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1551-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Explanation and management of neurological disability
	Neil Gordon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1552-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Torsion of the testis: why is the prognosis so poor?
	E M Kiely
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1552-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Osteoporosis: cause and management
	B McConkey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1552-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Inappropriate use of confidence intervals
	Peter MacFarlane
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1552-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1533 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conference Report: Meeting of minds in Moscow
	Jane Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1539-1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1539 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1542-1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1542 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	G W Aylward
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1546 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Extracranial-intracranial bypass, one; clinical trials, nil.
	H A Dudley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1501-1502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1501 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The future role of midwives.
	P W Howie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1502 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Not all travellers need immunoglobulin for hepatitis A.
	J H Cossar, D Reid
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1503 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The cost of unnecessary tests by day or night.
	P M Broughton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1503-1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1503-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use and abuse of allopurinol.
	J S Cameron, H A Simmonds
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1504-1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1504 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vasomotor rhinitis.
	A S Jones, J M Lancer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1505-1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1505 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of recurrent acute cystitis by methenamine hippurate: double blind controlled crossover long term study.
	S Cronberg, C O Welin, L Henriksson, S Hellsten, K M Persson, P Stenberg
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1507-1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1507 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atrial natriuretic peptide concentrations in pre-eclampsia.
	J K Thomsen, T L Storm, G Thamsborg, M de Nully, B Bødker, S Skouby
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1508-1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1508 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the outcome of faecal occult blood tests in screening for colorectal cancer.
	G Pye, K C Ballantyne, N C Armitage, J D Hardcastle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1510-1511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1510 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) polymorphism of the alpha 1-antitrypsin gene in chronic lung disease.
	N A Kalsheker, I J Hodgson, G L Watkins, J P White, H M Morrison, R A Stockley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1511-1514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1511 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychosocial effects of radiotherapy after mastectomy.
	A V Hughson, A F Cooper, C S McArdle, D C Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1515-1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1515 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ovarian neoplasms, functional ovarian cysts, and oral contraceptives.
	M Vessey, A Metcalfe, C Wells, K McPherson, C Westhoff, D Yeates
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1518-1520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1518 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cough associated with captopril and enalapril.
	D M Coulter, I R Edwards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1521-1523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1521 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypogonadism induced by luteinising hormone releasing hormone agonist analogues: effects on bone density in premenopausal women.
	W H Matta, R W Shaw, R Hesp, D Katz
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1523-1524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1523 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pyomyositis associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
	R A Watts, B I Hoffbrand, D F Paton, J C Davis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1524-1525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1524 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Myocardial infarction due to amphetamine.
	P Carson, K Oldroyd, K Phadke
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1525-1526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1525 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Life threatening haemorrhage from a mycotic renal pseudoaneurysm treated by segmental renal artery embolisation.
	C L Hall, P Cumber, C M Higgs, A H Chalmers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1526 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measles: who pays the cost?
	A Hastings, A Hostler, A Solen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1527-1528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1527 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical malpractice in perspective. I--The American experience.
	L Quam, R Dingwall, P Fenn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1529-1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1529 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Portraits from memory. 15--Professor James Walter McLeod, OBE, FRS (1887-1978).
	J Howie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1532-1533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1532 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Getting the message across.
	H J Andreyev
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1534-1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1534 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of AIDS. Immunology of AIDS.
	P Beverley, Q Sattentau
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1536-1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1536 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What is a good consultant? The ideal from a manager's point of view.
	P A Griffiths
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1541 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early onset pre-eclampsia: recognition of underlying renal disease.
	M D Lindheimer, L C Chesley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1547-1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1547-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical algorithms: infertility.
	M Elstein, C A Vaughan Williams, S M Shalet
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1550 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unemployment and mortality.
	G Costa, N Segnan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1550-1551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1550-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What are health authorities doing about the health problems caused by unemployment.
	J Middleton, J Routley, P Asquith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1551 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical staffing and training in the West Midlands region.
	J Parkhouse, D Bennett, J H Ross
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1552 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inequalities in health: changes in RHAs in the past decade.
	R Balarajan, P Yuen, D Machin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1561-1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1561 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1559 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors in the House
	John Warden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1560 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Future looks bleak for medical teachers, says MASC chairman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;294:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6586.1564 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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