Is it better to avoid the dentist?
	BMJ  1988;297:1467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1467 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Local anesthetic creams.
	BMJ  1988;297:1468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1468 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Daytime urinary frequency in children.
	R. H. Whitaker, J. Gray, C. E. Taylor, J. R. Anderson
	BMJ  1988;297:1468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1468-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prescription of oxygen concentrators for long term oxygen treatment.
	BMJ  1988;297:1468-1469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1468-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for Down's syndrome.
	T. M. Marteau, J. Kidd, R. Cook, M. Johnston, S. Michie, R. W. Shaw, J. Slack
	BMJ  1988;297:1469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1469-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute upper airway obstruction due to supraglottic dystonia.
	A. C. Thompson, L. G. McClymont
	BMJ  1988;297:1469-1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1469-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Temporal artery biopsy.
	H. Kopelman
	BMJ  1988;297:1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1470-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Living under pylons.
	BMJ  1988;297:1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1470-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unusual presentation of pseudomonas infection.
	S. N. Jowitt, J. A. Yin, P. R. Johnson, A. Tooth
	BMJ  1988;297:1470-1471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1470-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mastectomy or conservation: the patient's choice.
	BMJ  1988;297:1471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1471-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast screening in Britain and Sweden.
	G. Sanders, H. G. Pledger
	BMJ  1988;297:1471-1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1471-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ribavirin and acute bronchiolitis in infancy.
	D. Cameron, M. Clay, M. Silverman
	BMJ  1988;297:1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1472 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk of sharing injection equipment.
	N. McKeganey, M. J. Bloor, H. Watson
	BMJ  1988;297:1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1472-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Central nervous system impairment in effort syndromes.
	M. Mäntysaari
	BMJ  1988;297:1472-1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1472-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk of breast cancer after pregnancy.
	P. Bye
	BMJ  1988;297:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1473 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	I don't want you to see a psychiatrist.
	L. Mynors-Wallis
	BMJ  1988;297:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1473-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute failure of artificial heart valves.
	P. M. Sagar, G. W. Dyke
	BMJ  1988;297:1473-1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1473-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gastrointestinal damage induced by anti-inflammatory drugs.
	R. Upadhyay, A. McKinlay, R. I. Russell
	BMJ  1988;297:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1474 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Vasoactive and atherogenic effects of cigarette smoking: a study of monozygotic twins discordant for smoking
	BMJ  1988;297:1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1449-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	News
	BMJ  1988;297:1425-1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1425 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1988;297:1465-1466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1465 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA Affairs
	BMJ  1988;297:1476-1479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1476 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Notes
	BMJ  1988;297:1479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1479 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opinion
	BMJ  1988;297:1482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1482 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	T G Ashworth
	BMJ  1988;297:1483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1483 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1988;297:1484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1484 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1988;297:1480-1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1480 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Is it better to avoid the dentist?
	C L Carmichael
	BMJ  1988;297:1467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1467-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is it better to avoid the dentist?
	Alison A Roberts
	BMJ  1988;297:1467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1467-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is it better to avoid the dentist?
	Alex Crawford
	BMJ  1988;297:1467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1467-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Local anaesthetic creams
	M S Timms, R T Ramsden
	BMJ  1988;297:1468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1468-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prescription of oxygen concentrators for long term oxygen treatment
	Marcia Wilkinson, J N Blau
	BMJ  1988;297:1469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1469 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prescription of oxygen concentrators for long term oxygen treatment
	J P Dilworth, R J White, C M B Higgs, P A Jones
	BMJ  1988;297:1469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1469-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute upper airway obstruction due to supraglottic dystonia: Author's reply
	H Newton-John
	BMJ  1988;297:1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1470 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Temporal artery biopsy: Author's reply
	Miles C Allison
	BMJ  1988;297:1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1470-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Living under pylons
	Douglas Gordon
	BMJ  1988;297:1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1470-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Junior hospital doctors: tired and tested
	Mick Braddick
	BMJ  1988;297:1471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1471 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mastectomy or conservation: the patient's choice
	Margaret F Spittle
	BMJ  1988;297:1471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1471-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Holding back the tide of caesareans
	D N Menzies
	BMJ  1988;297:1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1472-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin for strokes and transient ischaemic attacks
	John M Kellett
	BMJ  1988;297:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1473-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Determining power in clinical trials
	M J R Healy
	BMJ  1988;297:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1473-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gastroduodenal damage induced by anti-inflammatory drugs: Authors' reply
	R S B Ehsanullah, M C Page, J R Wood, G Tildesley
	BMJ  1988;297:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1474-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dissecting the NHS bonanza
	Kevork Hopayian
	BMJ  1988;297:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1474-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clarke opens new financial chapter
	Alan Maynard
	BMJ  1988;297:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1474-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tariff increases
	Jane Richards
	BMJ  1988;297:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1474-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Do general practitioners miss dementia in elderly patients?
	P Donnelly
	BMJ  1988;297:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1475 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Postperinatal mortality in a health district with a garrison town
	Simon Miller
	BMJ  1988;297:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1475-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Controversy over mammography screening
	B Bedford
	BMJ  1988;297:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1475-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Heart and brain transplants
	David Hill, David W Evans
	BMJ  1988;297:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1475-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Complications of central venous cannulation
	Tim Shallcross
	BMJ  1988;297:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1475-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Role of general practitioners and ophthalmic opticians in screening for ocular disease
	Michael R Lewis
	BMJ  1988;297:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1475-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Making information more accessible
	K C Calman, Mrs Jean Keay
	BMJ  1988;297:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1475-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Action for accident victims.
	D. W. Yates
	BMJ  1988;297:1419-1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1419 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A policy for laxatives.
	D. N. Bateman, J. M. Smith
	BMJ  1988;297:1420-1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1420 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Benefits from oily fish.
	T. H. Lee, J. P. Arm
	BMJ  1988;297:1421-1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1421 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A single seizure.
	E. H. Reynolds
	BMJ  1988;297:1422-1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1422 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Torture.
	M. Basoglu, I. Marks
	BMJ  1988;297:1423-1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1423 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injuries to pedestrians in road traffic accidents.
	R. M. Atkins, W. H. Turner, R. B. Duthie, B. R. Wilde
	BMJ  1988;297:1431-1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1431 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anaphylactic reactions to cinoxacin.
	B. H. Stricker, G. Slagboom, R. Demaeseneer, V. Slootmaekers, I. Thijs, S. Olsson
	BMJ  1988;297:1434-1435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1434 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abnormal electromyographic activity of the urethral sphincter, voiding dysfunction, and polycystic ovaries: a new syndrome?
	C. J. Fowler, T. J. Christmas, C. R. Chapple, H. F. Parkhouse, R. S. Kirby, H. S. Jacobs
	BMJ  1988;297:1436-1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1436 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transient impaired glucose tolerance in Pima Indians: is it important?
	M. F. Saad, W. C. Knowler, D. J. Pettitt, R. G. Nelson, P. H. Bennett
	BMJ  1988;297:1438-1441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1438 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Physical activity and calcium intake in fracture of the proximal femur in Hong Kong.
	E. Lau, S. Donnan, D. J. Barker, C. Cooper
	BMJ  1988;297:1441-1443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1441 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Physical activity, muscle strength, and calcium intake in fracture of the proximal femur in Britain.
	C. Cooper, D. J. Barker, C. Wickham
	BMJ  1988;297:1443-1446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1443 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of withdrawal of co-danthramer on use of laxatives in a district general hospital.
	D. R. Upton, J. K. Taylor, G. K. Holmes, J. W. Poston
	BMJ  1988;297:1446-1447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1446 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An endocrine marker for pancreatic cancer.
	Z. Tulassay, Z. Sándor, L. Bodrogi, J. Papp, T. Fehér
	BMJ  1988;297:1447-1448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1447 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Isolated central respiratory failure due to syringomyelia and Arnold-Chiari malformation.
	R. Bullock, N. V. Todd, J. Easton, D. Hadley
	BMJ  1988;297:1448-1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1448 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Detection of lupus anticoagulant in patients attending an anticoagulation clinic.
	P. Chu, K. Pendry, T. E. Blecher
	BMJ  1988;297:1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1449 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case finding in the elderly: does the primary care team already know enough?
	J. Hooper
	BMJ  1988;297:1450-1452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1450 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Community study of the causes of "natural" sudden death.
	A. C. Thomas, P. A. Knapman, D. M. Krikler, M. J. Davies
	BMJ  1988;297:1453-1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1453 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyperinfection with strongyloides after treatment for adult T cell leukaemia-lymphoma in an African immigrant.
	A. Pagliuca, D. M. Layton, S. Allen, G. J. Mufti
	BMJ  1988;297:1456-1457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1456 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Role of diet in treating atopic eczema: elimination diets can be beneficial.
	D. J. Atherton
	BMJ  1988;297:1458-1460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1458 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Role of diet in treating atopic eczema: dietary manipulation has no value.
	R. Allen
	BMJ  1988;297:1459-1460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1459 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital anaesthesia and general practice.
	I. H. Shaw, J. M. Evans
	BMJ  1988;297:1461-1464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1461 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rupture of tendons after cryotherapy for hand warts.
	D. McGeorge
	BMJ  1988;297:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1475-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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