NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1676-1678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1676 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1679 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1663-1666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1663 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Growth factor expression in normal, benign, and malignant breast tissue
	Maureen T Travers, Peter J Barrett-Lee, Uta Berger, Yunus A Luqmani, Jean-Claude Gazet, Trevor J Powles, R Charles Coombes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1621-1624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1621 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inflammatory joint disease and human immunodeficiency virus infection
	S M Forster, M H Seifert, A C Keat, I F Rowe, B J Thomas, D Taylor-Robinson, A J Pinching, J R W Harris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1625-1627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1625 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of C4 null genes on infection with human immunodeficiency virus
	P U Cameron, T J Cobain, W J Zhang, P H Kay, R L Dawkins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1627-1628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1627 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fibronectin as predictor of cirrhosis in men who abuse alcohol
	Jette Junge, Kirsten D Bentsen, Per Christoffersen, Marianne Orholm, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Thomas Horn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1629-1630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1629 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Deaths from injury
	J Wardrope
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1668 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vertebral osteomyelitis in the elderly
	Philip Sell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1668-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vertebral osteomyelitis in the elderly
	Anthony J Richards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1668-1669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1668-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vertebral osteomyelitis in the elderly
	George Bentley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1669 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vertebral osteomyelitis in the elderly
	G G Hartnell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1669-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer screening
	J B Witcombe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1669-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer screening
	J P Sloane, Rosemary R Millis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1669-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Myocardial infarction
	Michael F Ryan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1669-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Myocardial infarction: Authors' reply
	David P Lipkin, Colin J Reid
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1669-1670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1669-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical cytology screening
	Alwyn Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1670 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical cytology screening
	W M Peters, J B Kershaw
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1670-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Graves' disease
	A P Weetman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1670-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Graves' disease
	R Lee Kennedy, T Hugh Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1670-1671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1670-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gas gangrene
	Giuseppe E Bignardi
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1671 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gas gangrene: Authors' reply
	C R Kirk
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1671-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Blood glucose test strips
	Peter Kopelman, Ishita Patel, Susan Allen, Hilary Wiggins, Julie McEvoy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1671-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Learning from the Americans
	Peter L Jenkins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1671-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatric illness among British Afro-Caribbeans
	Roland Littlewood, Maurice Lipsedge
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1671-1672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1671-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical research
	Gwyn Bevan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1672 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaling heroin during pregnancy
	Christopher S Thomas, Madeline Osborn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1672-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Plastic material from syringes causing death
	C M Backhouse
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1672-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Iron chelating drugs
	George J Kontoghiorghes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1672-1673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1672-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outpatients
	M Doublet-Stewart
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1673 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Care of physically handicapped young adults
	P F Ellis, A O Frank
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1673-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing Marfan's syndrome
	Anne H Child
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1673-1674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1673-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vocational training in general practice
	Marie Campkin, Donald Grant, Heather Suckling
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1674 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast milk and HIV infection
	R A F Bell, H Marcovitch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1674-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disciplining doctors
	Wendy Savage, Pauline Bousquet, Gillian Cardy, Peter Tomlin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1674-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Allocating resources
	B Essex
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1674-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Radiation and children
	H M Lee, A L Hine, P J Shorvon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1675 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Radiation and children
	D W Sarll
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1675-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Walking sticks
	R L Kirby, P J Potter
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1675-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Körner, nomenclature, and SNOMED
	J P Walsworth-Bell
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	Points: Eye injuries caused by elasticated straps
	J P Diamond
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1675-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Early detection of visual defects in infancy
	P A Gardiner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1675-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Meningococcal septicaemia and meningitis
	Paul E Slater
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1675-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Alcohol and mortality
	Robyn N Norton, Marsha Y Morgan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1675-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Divided we fall
	B E Eyes
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Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Tests for infection with HIV: slandered goods
	Philip P Mortimer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1615-1616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1615 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	100 years of contact lenses
	B L Halliday
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1616-1617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1616 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating the discharging ear in general practice
	John Bain, Ian Williamson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1617 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A payroll tax for occupational health research?
	J Malcolm Harrington, Anthony Seaton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1618 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Airway obstruction and sleep disruption in Down's syndrome
	M Silverman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1618-1619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1618-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Towards bloodless liver surgery
	J L Dawson, E R Howard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1619-1620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1619 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why 1992 may be disastrous for health
	John Appleby
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1620 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Reasons for doctors' career choice and change of choice
	J Parkhouse, D J Ellin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1651-1653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1651 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving immunisation: coverage in a province in Papua New Guinea
	T D van Zwanenberg, Cathy Hull
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1654-1656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1654 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from Chicago: Good and bad news
	George Dunea
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1657-1658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1657 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Burns because of epilepsy
	K K Hampton, R C Peatfield, T Pullar, H J Bodansky, C Walton, M Feely
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1659-1660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1659 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mental Health Commission defeated over paedophile
	Clare Dyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1660-1661, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1660 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conference Report: BMA Malta branch: 1888-1988
	Stephen Lock
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1662 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Edna Wallace
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1667 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Endoscopic injection of adrenaline for actively bleeding ulcers: a randomised trial
	S C S Chung, J W C Leung, R J C Steele, T J Crofts, A K C Li
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1631-1633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1631 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is dialysis hypotension caused by an abnormality of venous tone?
	John R Bradley, David B Evans, Sheila M Gore, Alan J Cowley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1634-1637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1634 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of asthma in hospital: a prospective audit
	C E Bucknall, C Robertson, F Moran, R D Stevenson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1637-1639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1637 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sex hormones, sex hormone binding globulin, and lung cancer: a 12 year prospective study in a cohort of men aged 50-79
	Andrew Calciano, Kay-Tee Khaw, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Cedric Garland
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1640 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Underfloor heating: an unrecognised hazard in infancy
	C Gray, M A Green
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1640-1641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1640-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Babywalkers and infant burns
	M A Birchall, H P Henderson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1641 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol and response to treatment of gout
	Stuart H Ralston, Hilary A Capell, Roger D Sturrock
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1641-1642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1641-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Virological screening for herpes simplex virus during pregnancy
	P D Woolley, C A Bowman, D A Hicks, G R Kinghorn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1642-1643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1642 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening pregnant women for genital herpes
	Orla Carney, Adrian Mindel
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1643 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Death from hypothermia: are current views on causative factors well founded?
	D N Slater
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1643-1644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1643-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Occurrence of different ensuing triggering infections preceding reactive arthritis: a follow up study
	Yrjö T Konttinen, Dan C Nordstrom, Ville Bergroth, Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo, Seppo Santavirta
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1644-1645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1644 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Variability in reviewing attenders at accident and emergency departments in England
	P C Milner, J P Nicholl, B T Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1645 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Rational decisions in managing sore throat: evaluation of a rapid test
	Peter Burke, John Bain, Andrew Lowes, Roger Athersuch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1646-1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1646 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Survey of general practitioners' treatment of the discharging ear
	R C Bickerton, C Roberts, J T Little
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1649-1650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1649 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1680 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Credentials for success
	John Warden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1681 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	DHSS and BMA agree to improve juniors' duty rotas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1682 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Council election: South Western regional vacancy 1988-90
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1682-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health managers support taxation based service
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6637.1682-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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