NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:866-868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.866 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:869-870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.869 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:856-858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.856 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Single dose versus daily intravenous aminohydroxypropylidene biphosphonate (APD) for the hypercalcaemia of malignancy
	A R Morton, J A Cantrill, A E Craig, A Howell, M Davies, D C Anderson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:811-814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.811 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Raised plasma intact parathyroid hormone concentrations in young people with mildly raised blood pressure
	D E Grobbee, W H L Hackeng, J C Birkenhäger, A Hofman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:814-816, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.814 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Section 47 of National Assistance Act: a time for change?
	J D Fear, P Hatton, E B Renvoize
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.860 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self referral to consultants
	Stephen Herman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.860-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self referral to consultants
	Patrick Hall-Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:860-861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.860-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self referral to consultants
	Grant Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.861 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self referral to consultants
	M M Lieberman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.861-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self referral to consultants
	D M Bowker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.861-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self referral to consultants
	David Brooks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.861-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypomagnesaemia and muscle function
	C W H Havard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.861-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of microalbuminuria in patients with insulin dependent diabetes
	Joan Metcalfe, John L Day
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:861-862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.861-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Collars and corsets
	Linda M Vasey, John Cleak, Christine M Ellingworth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.862 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Collars and corsets
	Rosaleen Little
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.862-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Collars and corsets: Author's reply
	G J Huston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.862-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pancreatic cancer
	J P Neoptolemos, G Blackledge, D Spooner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.862-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complications of erythema infectiosum in pregnancy
	I A Greer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:862-863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.862-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cough and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors
	David M Coulter, I Ralph Edwards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.863 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Skin reactions and fever with indapamide
	B H Ch Stricker, C Biriell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.863-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV, hepatitis B, and sexual behaviour
	Alex Mills
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.863-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV, hepatitis B, and sexual behaviour
	A J France, Carol Skidmore, J R Robertson, J J K Roberts
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:863-864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.863-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV, hepatitis B, and sexual behaviour: Authors' reply
	B A Evans, S G M McCormack
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.864 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV, hepatitis B, and sexual behaviour
	K Sivakumar, D D Coelho, R Basu Roy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.864-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chickenpox in pregnancy
	R G White
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.864-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How does smoking harm the duodenum?
	Richard H Hunt, Stephen G Chiverton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:864-865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.864-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Services for sickle cell disease
	M L Tillyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.865 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Home visiting by consultants
	Zoe Slattery
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.865-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New staff grade and associate specialists
	K P Reddi
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.865-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A blot on the profession?
	William Asscher
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.865-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Erythropoietin: the developing story
	P Mary Cotes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:805-806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.805 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safety and the therapeutic protein products made by genetic engineering
	D R Bangham
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:806-807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.806 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lateral thinking in gynaecology
	James Owen Drife
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:807-808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.807 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Second opinions
	Richard Bayliss
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:808-809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.808 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reactions to contrast media and steroid pretreatment
	J F Reidy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:809-810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.809 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Managing localised cancer of the prostate
	A W S Ritchie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.810 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Public drunkenness: the failure of reform
	Roy Light
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:833-835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.833 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Everyday Aids and Appliances: Urinary catheters
	P W Belfield
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:836-837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.836 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are doctors born teachers?
	Graham A O'Byrne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:838-839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.838 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How informed is signed consent?
	D J Byrne, A Napier, A Cuschieri
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:839-840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.839 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Dermatology: The skin and systemic disease I
	P K Buxton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:841-843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.841 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Research Policy: Wondering whether to join the brain drain
	Richard Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:844-845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.844 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New Drugs: Adverse drug interactions
	Martin J Brodie, John Feely
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:845-849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.845 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	USSR Letter: Infant mortality in the Soviet Union
	Michael Ryan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:850-851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.850 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Modern medicine and war: Didn't we do well?
	Tony Delamothe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:852-854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.852 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Retrial ordered in "medical negligence case of the decade"
	Clare Dyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.855 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	John V Salinsky
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:859, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.859 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Cardiac transplantation in severely ill patients requiring intensive support in hospital
	David Mulcahy, Christine Wright, Lorna Mockus, Magdi Yacoub, Kim Fox
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:817-819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.817 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Malaria chemoprophylaxis in travellers to east Africa: a comparative prospective study of chloroquine plus proguanil with chloroquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
	S Fogh, A Schapira, I C Bygbjerg, S Jepsen, C H Mordhorst, K Kuijlen, P Ravn, A Rønn, P C Gøtzsche
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:820-822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.820 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early detection of visual defects in infancy
	D M B Hall, Susan M Hall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:823-824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.823 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pregnancy after renal transplantation: severe intrauterine growth retardation during treatment with cyclosporin A
	M D Pickrell, R Sawers, J Michael
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.825 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical carpal scaphoid injuries
	M R A Young, J H Lowry, N W McLeod, R S Crone
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:825-826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.825-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Body building and myoglobinuria: report of three cases
	C Doriguzzi, L Palmucci, T Mongini, E Arnaudo, L Bet, N Bresolin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:826-827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.826 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Blackwater fever caused by Plasmodium vivax infection in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome
	Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Cecil Banura, Alexandria Kizito
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.827 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adult epiglottitis due to Vibrio vulnificus
	Shaheen Mehtar, Lietta Bangham, Deborah Kalmanovitch, Michael Wren
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:827-828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.827-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Can patients with Refsum's disease safely eat green vegetables?
	S W Coppack, R Evans, F B Gibberd, M E Clemens, J D Billimoria
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.828 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Patients' assessment of out of hours care in general practice
	Mary J Bollam, Mark McCarthy, Michael Modell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:829-832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.829 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.871 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring cleaning time
	John Warden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.872 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Build on strength of NHS, says King's Fund
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:873-874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6625.873 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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