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This week's Editorials

Managing HIV disease after Delta
Anthony J Pinching
BMJ  1996;312:521-522
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Human papillomavirus infection
Jeffrey F Hines, Shin-Je Ghim, A Bennett Jenson
BMJ  1996;312:522-523
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Case management: a dubious practice
Max Marshall
BMJ  1996;312:523-524
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Antenatal care on trial
Jim Neilson
BMJ  1996;312:524-525
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Sustaining general practice
Noel D L Olsen
BMJ  1996;312:525-526
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My child's just knocked out a front tooth
Anthony S Blinkhorn, Iain C Mackie
BMJ  1996;312:526
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This week's Letters

Treatment for children with brain tumours
O B Eden
BMJ  1996;312:575
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Referral pattern should change so that neurosurgeons can develop their experience
Elisabeth A Macdonald
BMJ  1996;312:575
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Some treatment is only available abroad
R W McCluckie
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Third generation oral contraceptives
Evert Ketting
BMJ  1996;312:576
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CSM should rethink its approach for such announcements
Sarah Stewart-Brown, Celia Pyper
BMJ  1996;312:576
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12% Of women stopped taking their pill immediately they heard CSM's warning
Sally Hope
BMJ  1996;312:576
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How one clinic's practice conforms with CSM's advice
Connie Smith
BMJ  1996;312:576-577
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Postmarketing surveillance does not catch all adverse events
Paul O'Brien
BMJ  1996;312:577
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Study's results do not apply to norgestimate
R J Donnelly
BMJ  1996;312:577
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Full description of controls is needed in study
Peter Sasieni
BMJ  1996;312:577
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Authors' reply
Michael A Lewis, Walter O Spitzer, Kenneth D Macrae
BMJ  1996;312:577-578
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Cascade system for getting urgent information to doctors
Rank Sullivan
BMJ  1996;312:578
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The system works
A W Macara, I Bogle
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Publishing information about patients
Jochen Vollmann, Hanfried Helmchen
BMJ  1996;312:578
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GMC's guidelines should be followed before information is put on Internet
David Nicholl, Glen Winters, David Davies
BMJ  1996;312:578-579
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Confidentiality of information on NHS network must be addressed
Stuart Horner
BMJ  1996;312:579
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Algorithm to detect left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction
Dawood Darbar, Anna-Maria J Choy, Chim C Lang, Neil Davidson, Allan D Struthers, Terence H Pringle, Graeme P McNeill
BMJ  1996;312:579
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Authors' reply
John Byrne, John McMurray, Henry Dargie, Andrew Rankin
BMJ  1996;312:579-580
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Predictors of neonatal encephalopathy in full term infants
J Girling, M De Swiet
BMJ  1996;312:580
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Measures used in study are hard to interpret
A M Mander, S C Leeson
BMJ  1996;312:580
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Nadia Badawi, Louisa M Alessandri, Jennifer J Kurinczuk, Paul R Burton, Fiona J Stanley, Patrick J Pemberton
BMJ  1996;312:580-581
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Epidural anaesthesia and low back pain after delivery
Henry McQuay, Andrew Moore
BMJ  1996;312:581
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Use of drama in education
Liz Thornton
BMJ  1996;312:581
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Is popular and becoming increasingly common
Alison J Smith
BMJ  1996;312:581
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Developed countries should stop spending on the arms trade too
Edwin R Nye
BMJ  1996;312:581
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Prominent ears: a Celtic perspective
William Linnard
BMJ  1996;312:582
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Why do old men have big ears?
Kay-Tee Khaw
BMJ  1996;312:582
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... and that thick ears signify greater wealth
Pick-Ngor Woo, Peck-Lin Lip
BMJ  1996;312:582
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Correlation of ear length with age in Japan
Yasuhiro Asai, Manabu Yoshimura, Naoki Nago, Takashi Yamada
BMJ  1996;312:582
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Lifelong follow up study of young people is needed
R M Hardisty
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Surgeon wins record libel damages
Clare Dyer
BMJ  1996;312:527
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French parliament to control health costs
Alexander Dorozynski
BMJ  1996;312:527-528
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US dentists find new muscle of mastication
John Roberts
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Policeman's recovery creates confusion
Norra Macready
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International group evaluates tamoxifen risks for women
Claudia Court
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Dopamine could reinforce smoking addiction
Alison Boulton
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Australian doctors fight new euthanasia laws
Christopher Zinn
BMJ  1996;312:529-530
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Italy's fertility rate falls as women reject childbearing
Lucinda Evans
BMJ  1996;312:530
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HIV subtype may explain sexual transmission
Luisa Dillner
BMJ  1996;312:530-531
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Patient education campaign launched
Linda Beecham
BMJ  1996;312:531
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Government admits mental health service problems
Claudia Court
BMJ  1996;312:531-532
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Amnesty criticises Algerian killings
Peter Kandela
BMJ  1996;312:532
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An unpolitical politician
Jane Smith
BMJ  1996;312:532
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This week's Papers

Ethnic differences in risk of compulsory psychiatric admission among representative cases of psychosis in London
Sara Davies, Graham Thornicroft, Morven Leese, Andrew Higgingbotham, Michael Phelan
BMJ  1996;312:533-537
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Serologically diagnosed infection with human papillomavirus type 16 and risk for subsequent development of cervical carcinoma: nested case-control study
Matti Lehtinen, Joakim Dillner, Paul Knekt, Tapio Luostarinen, Arpo Aromaa, Reinhard Kirnbauer, Pentti Koskela, Jorma Paavonen, Richard Peto, John T Schiller, Matti Hakama
BMJ  1996;312:537-539
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Continuing transmission of sexually transmitted diseases among patients infected with HIV-1 attending genitourinary medicine clinics in England and Wales
M A Catchpole, D E Mercey, A Nicoll, P A Rogers, I Simms, J Newham, A Mahoney, J V Parry, C Joyce
BMJ  1996;312:539-542
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History of chickenpox and steroid cards: a new warning?
M D Feher, J P Simms, A F Lant
BMJ  1996;312:542-543
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Suicide and deprivation in Scotland
Philip McLoone
BMJ  1996;312:543-544
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Cohort study of coffee intake and death from coronary heart disease over 12 years
Inger Stensvold, Aage Tverdal, Bjarne K Jacobsen
BMJ  1996;312:544-545
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A MEMORABLE PATIENT
Irvine Loudon
BMJ  1996;312:545
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This week's General practice

A randomised controlled trial comparing two schedules of antenatal visits: the antenatal care project
Jim Sikorski, Jennifer Wilson, Sarah Clement, Sarah Das, Nigel Smeeton
BMJ  1996;312:546-553
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My uncle, a GP in India
A S Coonar
BMJ  1996;312:553
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Should obstetricians see women with normal pregnancies? A multicentre randomised controlled trial of routine antenatal care by general practitioners and midwives compared with shared care led by obstetricians
J S Tucker, M H Hall, P W Howie, M E Reid, R S Barbour, C du V Florey, G M McIlwaine
BMJ  1996;312:554-559
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Beginning a consultant career
Michael Jennings
BMJ  1996;312:559
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Evaluation of a primary care anticoagulant clinic managed by a pharmacist
Sheena H Macgregor, John G Hamley, James A Dunbar, Timothy Rp Dodd, John A Cromarty
BMJ  1996;312:560
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This week's Soundings

Over spilt coffee
George Dunea
BMJ  1996;312:584
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Holmes and a mystery
Bernard Dixon
BMJ  1996;312:584
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This week's Personal views

Hidden killers
Heather Jackson
BMJ  1996;312:586
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This week's Medicine and books

Chronic Illness: From Experience to Policy
C J Goodwill
BMJ  1996;312:587
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Bringing the Hospital Home: Ethical and Social Implications of High-Tech Home Care
Bryan Jennett
BMJ  1996;312:587
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This week's Education and debate

Recent Advances: Geriatric Medicine
Rebecca D Elon
BMJ  1996;312:561-563
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ABC of General Paediatric Surgery: INGUINAL HERNIA, HYDROCELE, AND THE UNDESCENDED TESTIS
Mark Davenport
BMJ  1996;312:564-567
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How To Do It: Work in the European Union
Frances Klemperer
BMJ  1996;312:567-570
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Lesson of the Week: Hypovitaminosis D in immigrant women: slow to be diagnosed
Jeannine F J B Nellen, Yvo M Smulders, P H Jos Frissen, Ed H Slaats, Joseph Silberbusch
BMJ  1996;312:570-572
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Statistics Notes: Presentation of numerical data
Douglas G Altman, J Martin Bland
BMJ  1996;312:572
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  1996;312:588
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This week's Corrections

Correction
BMJ  1996;312:563
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Correction
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This week's CHOICE

Editor's choice
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This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

A palpable hit
Declan McLoughlin
BMJ  1996;312:585
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Dying of embarrassment
Caroline White
BMJ  1996;312:585-586
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This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

GMC to consult on fitness to practise committees • Health minister begins primary care tour • GMSC gives guidance on assessing mentally ill people • Public health doctors advised not to sign package
Linda Beecham
BMJ  1996;312:583
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