NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1742-1745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1742 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1746-1747, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1746 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1731-1733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1731 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Abnormal perception of food size in anorexia nervosa
	P M Yellowlees, M Roe, M K Walker, D I Ben-Tovim
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1689-1690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1689 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A new urethral catheter
	J C Brocklehurst, D S Hickey, I Davies, A P Kennedy, J A Morris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1691-1693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1691 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	White cell accumulation in dependent legs of patients with venous hypertension: a possible mechanism for trophic changes in the skin
	P R S Thomas, G B Nash, J A Dormandy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1693-1695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1693 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Family planning
	G C Sutton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1735 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatric illness among British Afro-Caribbeans
	S P Sashidharan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1735-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pregnancy after renal transplantation
	S Niesert, H Günter, U Frei
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1736 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Iron and infection
	D M J Barry, A W Reeve
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1736-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anorexia nervosa
	Thomas A Fahy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1736-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anorexia nervosa
	D R Davies
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1736-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anorexia nervosa
	Ajit Shah, David Baldwin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1736-1737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1736-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anorexia nervosa
	K Matthews, J M Eagles
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1737 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BRL 26830A and weight loss
	J F Munro, P Donald, B J Chapman, D L Farquhar, H Rhein
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1737-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BRL 26830A and weight loss
	Vernon M S Oh, Elizabeth A Taylor
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1737-1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1737-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deaths from injury
	Martin D Bircher
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1738 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deaths from injury
	M W Beckett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1738-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating claudication
	D C Berridge, G S Makin, B R Hopkinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1738-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating claudication
	P B S Fowler
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1738-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating claudication
	Michael Gray
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1738-1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1738-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Care of physically handicapped young adults
	Richard Hull, M Ann Hall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1739 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changes in social security benefits
	Charles Finn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1739-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intravenous volume replacement
	A da Silva
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1739-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intravenous volume replacement
	I D Anderson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1739-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Penicillin allergy
	Henrik Toft Sørensen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1739-1740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1739-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Which patients should undergo laparoscopy?
	A Woodward, D Hemingway, M G Greaney, C Murphy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1740 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respiratory illness and home environment
	B E Marks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1740-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anticoagulation and stroke
	Graham Venables
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1740-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing Marfan's syndrome
	Judith Savige
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1740-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Frequency of attendance at anticoagulant clinics
	A Kubie, R P Britt, A H James
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Health checks for older people
	M G Brook
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Prevalence of urinary incontinence
	P Britton, A C Dowell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Trends in mortality statistics
	Nick Sawyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Medical research
	L M Franks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Delays in diagnosing and treating bladder cancer
	B J Jenkins, M A S Chapman, W Hoseman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Cough and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition
	R C Brown, C W G Turton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Travellers and preventive health care
	M S B Vaile
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Induced ovulation in underweight women
	S Gowers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Informed consent
	P J Mahaffey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1741-i [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Children in Third World slums
	William A M Cutting, Gopa Kothari
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1683-1684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1683 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical management of fibroids
	David T Baird, Christine P West
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1684-1685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1684 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Release of genetically altered viruses into the environment
	D H L Bishop
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1685-1686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1685 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dr Kildare let me down
	Stella Lowry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1686-1687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1686 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery for cardiac arrhythmias
	J Graeme Bennett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1687-1688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1687 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Survey of distressing symptoms in dying patients and their families in hospital and the response to a symptom control team
	Josephine M Hockley, Robert Dunlop, Robert J Davies
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1715-1717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1715 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Syringe exchange schemes for drug users in England and Scotland
	Gerry V Stimson, Lindsey Alldritt, Kate Dolan, Martin Donoghoe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1717-1719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1717 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Eyes: The red eye
	A R Elkington, P T Khaw
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1720-1724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1720 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Apparent haematuria: an early sign in polymyositis
	Richard Lim, John L W Parker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1725-1726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1725 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Causes of venous ulceration: a new hypothesis
	P D Coleridge Smith, P Thomas, J H Scurr, J A Dormandy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1726-1727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1726 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conference Report: After the summit
	Tony Delamothe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1728-1729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1728 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Most sweeping changes in civil law for a century
	Clare Dyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1730 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1734 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Height of primary school children and parents' perceptions of food intolerance
	Charles E Price, Roberto J Rona, Susan Chinn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1696-1699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1696 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abnormal flow properties of white blood cells in patients with severe ischaemia of the leg
	G B Nash, P R S Thomas, J A Dormandy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1699-1701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1699 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Blood lipid concentrations and other cardiovascular risk factors: distribution, prevalence, and detection in Britain
	J I Mann, B Lewis, J Shepherd, A F Winder, S Fenster, L Rose, B Morgan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1702-1706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1702 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safe limits of drinking: patients' views
	Peter Anderson, Paul Wallace
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1707 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regression of rectal adenomas after colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis for familial adenomatous polyposis
	R J Nicholls, R G Springall, P Gallagher
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1707-1708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1707-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Skin fragility and blistering due to use of sunbeds
	P M Farr, Janet M Marks, B L Diffey, P Ince
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1708-1709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1708 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Successful pregnancy after paratopic segmental pancreas and kidney transplantation
	R Y Calne, I G M Brons, P F Williams, D B Evans, R E Robinson, M Dossa
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1709 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Routine ultrasound screening in management of abdominal aortic aneurysm
	R A P Scott, H A Ashton, D N Kay
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1709-1710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1709-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in a non-Western population
	D Danivat, M Tankeyoon, A Sriratanaban
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1710 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Identification and treatment of risk factors for coronary heart disease in general practice: a possible screening model
	Alan Jones, D H Davies, J R Dove, M A Collinson, Pamela M R Brown
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1711-1714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1711 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1748 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Parliament's two way pull on the NHS
	John Warden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1749 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From COMAR: Essential troika of teaching, research, and clinical care
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1750-1752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1750 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early retirement for consultants
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6638.1752 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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