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Cerebral sinus thrombosis and oral contraceptives
Jan P Vandenbroucke
BMJ  1998;317:483-484
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Diagnosing and responding to serious child abuse
David P H Jones, Margaret A Lynch
BMJ  1998;317:484-485
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Crisis in cremation
Stuart Horner
BMJ  1998;317:485-486
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Role of the ataxia-telangiectasia gene (ATM) in breast cancer
Martin Lavin
BMJ  1998;317:486-487
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Prescription charges: change overdue?
T Walley
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Prognosis of symptoms that are medically unexplained
Michael Götz, Allan House
BMJ  1998;317:536
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Applying results of randomised trials to patients
Stephen Senn
BMJ  1998;317:537
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Relation of rates of self referral to A&E departments to deprivation
Sally Hull, Ian Rees Jones, Kath Moser
BMJ  1998;317:538
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Bereavement in adult life
David Mazza
BMJ  1998;317:538
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Scottish data on intrapartum related deaths are in same direction as Welsh data
James W T Chalmers, Etta Shanks, Samantha Paterson, Kevin McInneny, David Baird, Gillian Penney
BMJ  1998;317:539
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Children in the mountains
Buddha Basnyat, Namka Sherpa, Govind Basyal, Prakash Adhirikari
BMJ  1998;317:540
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Further studies of value of spiral computed tomography are needed
Edwin J R van Beek
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Pressures in outpatient clinics
D J Niblett
BMJ  1998;317:541
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European register of patients with sickle cell disease treated with hydroxyurea is being set up
Sally C Davies, Marilyn Roberts-Harwood
BMJ  1998;317:541
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Women's perception of risk of cancer
Katrina Lavelle, Anne Charlton
BMJ  1998;317:542
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Magnesium sulphate in pre-eclampsia
T Justin Clark, Khalid S Khan, Patrick F W Chien
BMJ  1998;317:542
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Using email for abstracts submitted for conference was unexpectedly labour intensive
A W Murphy, M McSweeney, T C O'Dowd, G Bury, W Shannon, C P Bradley
BMJ  1998;317:543
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Breast cancer genes and the pill reduce cancer risk
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  1998;317:489
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Cardiac surgery inquiry given wide remit
John Warden
BMJ  1998;317:489
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In brief
BMJ  1998;317:490
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High dose chemotherapy for breast cancer queried
Deborah Josefson
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Users of NHS will be surveyed
John Warden
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Quality of UK milk to be studied
Alex Brooks
BMJ  1998;317:491
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BMA launches appraisal scheme for consultants
Linda Beecham
BMJ  1998;317:491
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Two Scottish surgeons suspended
Clare Dyer
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The new WHO cabinet looks refreshingly different
BMJ  1998;317:492
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Science, medicine, and the future: Assessing thrombotic risk
Michael Laffan, Edward Tuddenham
BMJ  1998;317:520-523
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Lesson of the week: Deaths after delayed recognition of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube migration
Ian Botterill, Glenn Miller, Simon Dexter, Iain Martin
BMJ  1998;317:524-525
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Cohort study of plasma natriuretic peptides for identifying left ventricular systolic dysfunction in primary care
Samuel J McClure, Lynn Caruana, Andrew P Davie, Steven Goldthorp, John J V McMurray
BMJ  1998;317:516-519
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NPD blues
James Owen Drife
BMJ  1998;317:546
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The stress: he could not face it all again
Anonymous
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North of England evidence based guideline development project: summary guideline for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs versus basic analgesia in treating the pain of degenerative arthritis
Martin Eccles, Nick Freemantle, James Mason
BMJ  1998;317:526-530
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Getting research findings into practice: Implementing research findings in developing countries
Paul Garner, Rajendra Kale, Rumona Dickson, Tony Dans, Rodrigo Salinas
BMJ  1998;317:531-535
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Minerva
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One hundred years ago: Special correspondence: Paris
BMJ  1998;317:515
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Endpiece: Praise from a patient
Robert Louis Stevenson
BMJ  1998;317:516
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A memorable patient: Leading the way
Charlie Knipe
BMJ  1998;317:523
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A memorable patient: Miss Stepney till the end
Salma Ahmed
BMJ  1998;317:525
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Endpiece: Nosology
Matthew Arnold
BMJ  1998;317:531
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When I use a word . . . : The venereal game
Jeff Aronson
BMJ  1998;317:535
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The 1998 European Resuscitation Council guidelines for adult single rescuer basic life support
BMJ  1998;317:501
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Seasonal variation in coronary artery disease mortality in Hawaii: observational study
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Acquiring computer literacy
David Morris
BMJ  1998;317:2
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Briefing: The chief benefits of jobsharing for employers are to enhance ...
BMJ  1998;317:3
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Briefing: Managed care is predicted to have deep effects on the ...
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Learning more about infertility
BMJ  1998;317
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Learning more about infertility
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Science on a bad trip
Colin Drummond, Hamid Ghodse
BMJ  1998;317:547
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Edward Carew-Shaw Peter Hay May Gertrude McGaughey William Maxwell William Harold Newnham Ian Edwin Wilson Robertson Ian Derek Simpson Richard Stewart Stevens Andrew Alexander Buchanan Swan Denis Anthony Tolhurst Franzeska Helene ("Frankie") Willer (née Manasse)
M B Carew-Shaw
BMJ  1998;317:544
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Routine protein energy supplementation in adults: systematic review
Jan Potter, Peter Langhorne, Margaret Roberts
BMJ  1998;317:495-501
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Effectiveness of the postcoital test: randomised controlled trial
S Guid Oei, Frans M Helmerhorst, Kitty W M Bloemenkamp, Frederieke A M Hollants, Debbie E M Meerpoel, Marc J N C Keirse
BMJ  1998;317:502-505
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Does moderate alcohol consumption affect fertility? Follow up study among couples planning first pregnancy
Tina Kold Jensen, Niels Henrik I Hjollund, Tine Brink Henriksen, Thomas Scheike, Henrik Kolstad, Aleksander Giwercman, Erik Ernst, Jens Peter Bonde, Niels E Skakkebæk, Jørn Olsen
BMJ  1998;317:505-510
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Psychological morbidity and job satisfaction in hospital consultants and junior house officers: multicentre, cross sectional survey
Navneet Kapur, Carol Borrill, Chris Stride
BMJ  1998;317:511-512
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The quality and stability of essential drugs in rural Zimbabwe: controlled longitudinal study
Hanif Nazerali, Hans V Hogerzeil
BMJ  1998;317:512-513
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Blood pressure and ageing: longitudinal cohort study
John M Starr, Susan Inch, Susan Cross, William J MacLennan, Ian J Deary
BMJ  1998;317:513-514
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Short stature and Helicobacter pylori infection in Italian children: prospective multicentre hospital based case-control study
Giuseppina Oderda, D Palli, C Saieva, Elena Chiorboli, G Bona
BMJ  1998;317:514-515
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