27 February 1988 (Vol 296, Issue 6622)

Leading Articles

Sex and the bladder

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:587 (Published 27 February 1988)

Prescribing psychotropic drugs in general practice

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:588 (Published 27 February 1988)

The pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:589 (Published 27 February 1988)

Ammonia burns of the eye: an old weapon in new hands

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:590.1 (Published 27 February 1988)

A better deal for senior house officers

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:590.2 (Published 27 February 1988)

Psychosocial factors and hypertension

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:591 (Published 27 February 1988)

Services for sickle cell disease: unified approach needed

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:592 (Published 27 February 1988)

Clinical Research

Papers and Short Reports

Prevalence, frequency, and duration of hypnotic drug use among the elderly living at home

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:601 (Published 27 February 1988)

Health of long term benzodiazepine users

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:603 (Published 27 February 1988)

Ultrasound guided core biopsy in AIDS: experience in six patients

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:606 (Published 27 February 1988)

Effect of stanozolol on itching in primary biliary cirrhosis

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:607.1 (Published 27 February 1988)

Zinc deficiency in children with dyslexia: concentrations of zinc and other minerals in sweat and hair

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:607.2 (Published 27 February 1988)

Pure trigeminal motor neuropathy

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:609 (Published 27 February 1988)

Microvascular fragility and acute mountain sickness

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:610 (Published 27 February 1988)

Cost to the NHS of accidents to children in the West Midlands

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:611 (Published 27 February 1988)

Practice Observed

Duration of effectiveness of pertussis vaccine: evidence from a 10 year community study

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:612 (Published 27 February 1988)

Medical Practice

Effect of wheat bran on weight of stool and gastrointestinal transit time: a meta analysis

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:615 (Published 27 February 1988)

Medical Practice - continued

New Drugs: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:618 (Published 27 February 1988)

Letter from Fiji: School of medicine's uncertain future

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:620 (Published 27 February 1988)

Everyday Aids and Appliances: Wheelchairs

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:625 (Published 27 February 1988)

ABC of Dermatology: Lumps and bumps

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:627 (Published 27 February 1988)

Research Policy: Glimpses of the National Institutes of Health I: funding and structure

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:631 (Published 27 February 1988)

Strict product liability arrives: implications for doctors

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:635 (Published 27 February 1988)

Personal View

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:639 (Published 27 February 1988)

Book Review

Medicine and Books

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:636 (Published 27 February 1988)

Correspondence

Self referral to consultants

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:640.1 (Published 27 February 1988)

Acheson: a missed opportunity for the new public health

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:640.2 (Published 27 February 1988)

Acheson: a missed opportunity for the new public health

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:641.1 (Published 27 February 1988)

Acheson: a missed opportunity for the new public health

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:641.2 (Published 27 February 1988)

Antisperm antibodies in infertility

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:641.3 (Published 27 February 1988)

Antisperm antibodies in infertility

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:641.4 (Published 27 February 1988)

Advice on contraceptive services for ethnic minorities

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:642.1 (Published 27 February 1988)

Thrombocytopenia and interferon

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:642.2 (Published 27 February 1988)

Providing donor organs for transplantation

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:642.3 (Published 27 February 1988)

Retreat from openness

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:642.4 (Published 27 February 1988)

Retreat from openness

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:643.1 (Published 27 February 1988)

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:643.2 (Published 27 February 1988)

Attitudes of a multiracial antenatal population to HIV screening

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:643.3 (Published 27 February 1988)

Correspondence - continued

Defibrillation after near drowning

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:643.4 (Published 27 February 1988)

Child abuse and osteogenesis imperfecta

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:644.1 (Published 27 February 1988)

Clumsy children

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:644.2 (Published 27 February 1988)

Clumsy children: Authors' reply

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:644.3 (Published 27 February 1988)

Treatment of prostatic cancer

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:644.4 (Published 27 February 1988)

Olfactory hallucinations

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:645.1 (Published 27 February 1988)

Transporting critically ill patients by ambulance

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:645.2 (Published 27 February 1988)

Transporting critically ill patients by ambulance: Author's reply

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:645.3 (Published 27 February 1988)

The future of teaching in district general hospitals within the NHS

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:645.4 (Published 27 February 1988)

Fraud in medicine

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:645.5 (Published 27 February 1988)

Drug points: Mefenamic acid nephropathy—acute renal failure in overdose

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:646.1 (Published 27 February 1988)

Drug points: Convulsive seizures after treatment with praziquantel

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:646.2 (Published 27 February 1988)

Drug points: Is inosine pranobex contraindicated in autoimmune disease?

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:646.3 (Published 27 February 1988)

Articles

NEWS AND NOTES

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:647 (Published 27 February 1988)

OBITUARY

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:651 (Published 27 February 1988)

Supplements

The Week

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:652 (Published 27 February 1988)

Pendulum politics of abortion

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:653 (Published 27 February 1988)

From the GMSC: Out of hours work report for conference

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:654 (Published 27 February 1988)

Correction

Diabetes

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988;296:649 (Published 27 February 1988)