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a” Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians Senior Editor D.A. Warrell Executive Editor Julian Hopkin Volume 91 1998 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ISSN 1460-2725 wd University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP iation of Physicians 1998 Printed in Great Britain [he Charlesworth Group Contents January 1998 The molecular mechanisms of drug ction |. MacDermot Straightening out the renal tubule advances in the molecular basis of the inherit ypathies S.H.S. Pearce Mannose binding protein deficiency is not associated with malaria, hepatitis B cari tuberculosis in Africans DK Bellamy, C. Ruwende K.P.W.,} Mcadam M. Thursz, M Sumiya, } Summert eld | S.C. Gilbert, T. Corrah, D Kv itke wwski, H.¢ Whittle and A.V.S. Hill Haemodynamic parameters | yredak ting variceal haemorrhage and survival in alc ) } ) A j| Stanley, | Robinson, E.H Forr est A.L. Jones and P.C. Hayes The prognostic signitic ance of at ite renal failure after renal transplantation in M Pérez Fontan \. Rodriguez-( pP. Bouza and f Valdés Communityv- acquired Staphyloco aureus bacteraemia in patients who do venous drt p Willcox, B Rayner and | ) T eatment of Feltv’s svndrome haemopoietic growth factor granulocyt S.J. Stanworth, M. Bhavnan \attopadhya, H. Miller and D.R. Swinson Medical applic ation of milli M.A Rojavin and M.¢ Anti-coagulation in [<> f neneg February 1998 Internat ional comparisons of he care expenditure: a dismal science? D.J lorgerson \.K. Maynard T. Gosden Manageme nt of male ost eoporo Ss: re yp or ‘ of the UK Consensus Group 1] Boyle 4 ommpnsstt o ( ooper |. Fogelman R.M Fran Hosking D.W Purdie, S. R |. Reeve D.M. Reid R.G.G Rus and J.C. Stevenson The outcome of peripartum ire n Zaria, Nigeria \. Abdullahi, F.1 D inbauc hi M.S Isa, G H. Maud nfection tatigue synar 2 © tever N Flint, E.G. Sm Tall K. Hammond ind B pP Marmion Antibodie S ag ainst phospholip glyc oprotein | increase the risk of rec thromboemt olism in patients without systemic lupus natosus D.G Wahl, E. de Maistre V. R‘e gnault Perret-Guillaume and | Lex ompte Hodgkin's disease: a populatior isteda cl inical epidemiology study (PACE it presenta tionnn P.R Taylor B. Angus 1 P. Owen ind S.J. Proctor The clinical features of immunog lobulin light-chain Al amyloidosis with he art + S.W Dubrey, K. Cha, J Anderso n, B. Chamarthi, J Reisinger M. Skinner and R.H Falk Immunosuppression and outcome in idiopathic membranous nephropathy C.M. Stirling, K. Simpson and J.M Boulton-Jones Cloning and ethics D. Benatar Contents March 1998 ited v ransplant renal artery stenosis W. Wong and B.M Hendry Kenyan children with severe malaria H. Sauerwein and K. Marsh impaired peak leg blood flow pa P.A. Poole-Wilson retrospective stud vith aiscussi antagonist tne April 1998 O perspec iel and M. Bre inagement ot cher rMtii dd scintigrar Ferguson [ Laird, |.G. Crothers lanahan, M uzakouk, D.Q. rimary health care physicians ston Hughes Contents May 1998 Medical treatment of acute tubular necrosis |.D. Firth Features and management of poisoning with modern drugs used to treat epilepsy A.L. Jones and A.T. Proudfoot \ ‘same day’ direct-access chest pain clinic: improved management and reduced D.E. Newby, K.A.A. Fox, L.L. Flint and N.A. Boon Outcome trom a rapid-assessment chest pain ¢ linic \.P. Davie, D. Caesar, L. Caruana, G. Clegg, J. Spiller, $. Capewell, I.R. Starkey, T.R.D. Shaw and J.J.V. McMurray Association of atherogenic low-density lipoprotein subfractions with carotid atherosclerosis M.j. Landray, G. Sagar, J. Muskin, S. Murray, R.L. Holder and G.Y.H. Lip Study size and documentation to detect injection-related hepatitis C in prison S.M. Gore and A.G. Bird Oral cyclophosphamide versus chlorambucil in the treatment of patients with membranous nephropathy and renal iInsuTliciency A.|.W. Branten, L.J.M. Reichert, R.A.P. Koene and J.F.M. Wetzels Ammonia concentration in the renal veins in unilateral renal artery stenosis B. Agroyannis, D. Mourikis, |. Kopelias, H. Tzanatos, L. Soubassi and C. | The rise and fall of EBM B.G. Charlton and A. Miles Hepatitis E virus and systemic C. Ferri, G. Longombardo and Mitochondrial defects and end T \. Bhattacharyya and D.} P.F. Chinnery and D.M. 1 June 1998 TT r " rcock oalbuminuri ydakis and G.Y \ ntiqb odij es against doubil e-stranded DNA 4 and devel| opment of polymyos it K.-M. Kalkner, L. R6nnblom, A. Karlsson Parra. M Bengtsson, \ Olsson Association of anticardiolipin ant s with intraglomerular thrombi and DAA R S. Bhandari, P. Harnden, A.M. Brownjohn and J.H. Turney Antibodies to oxidized lipoproteins and their relationship to myocardial infarct D. Owens, B. Kilbrid s, A. Johnson and G.H. Tomkin ation between retinal is¢ lia and end-stage renal damage in thromb« R.E. Benzimra, A.J.O. Antao, K.L. Donovan and A.]. Williams Markers of HIV intection in the Concorde Trial A.S. Walker, T.E.A. Peto, A.( Babiker and |.H Darbyshire, on behalf of the Cor ra -ordinating C ommittes Long-term complications in newly diagnosed Sri Lankan patients with type N. Weerasuriya, S. Siribaddana, A. Dissanayake, Z. Subasinghe, D. Wariyapola neral | Practi+ ce Research ID ata; ba| se awson, V. Sherman and |. Hollowell for the Scientific and Ethical Advisor july 1998 The syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess M. Cor per and P.M. Stewart Balkan endemic nephropathy: a need for novel aetiological approaches V. Stefanovic Physical activity before and after exercise in women with chronic fatigue syndrome S.A. Sisto, W.N. Tapp, J.J. LaManca, W. Ling, L.R. Korn, A.J. Nelson and B.H. Natelsor Chronic fatigue syndrome: physical and cardiovascular deconditioning F. De Lorenzo. H. Xiao, M. Mukherjee, J. Harcup, S$. Suleiman, Z. Kadziola and V.V. Kakkar Contents starting regimen of enzyme replac en \. Mever and A. Zimran le-Wells syndrome: a disorder of the neuro-immunne 1d T. Hunziker u disorders with intermittent ketar we Merriman ite hypoglycaemia in adults requiring ke; wh}y delol] ay furtshh,e r K.G.M.M. Albert August 1998 neth|i cillin-resista‘ nt St, aphI ylo{ ccus aurer Coomber and N.N jue synar| ome \. Worswick and B.P. Marmior tion in renal and pulmonary vascular Burns, P.Sweny, D.J. Abraham an id resistance in kham and J.F.J cv losporin \ M.M. Lai, A or adults in Engl tential source of organs for transplantat Mediterranean tever M.B. Pepys and P.N. Hawkins senetically heterogeneous life-threatenin Schofield and T.M. Cox anti-oxidized-low-density-lipoprotein tibodies in phospholipid de Ramon, J.M. Gomez-Zumaquero, | i Khamashta and ty followir 1'0S long-term NCPAP treatment in obstructive sleep apnoea N. Ostsuka, N. Otsuka, T Tsuboi, T. Nakamura, K. Shimizu, M. Mishima and M. Ohi on of patients with acute stroke to hospital in Oxford Banks, D.R. Footitt, S.J. Winner and D.J.M. Reynolds Contents Natural sporting ability and peaisposition to cardiovascular disorders M.E.J. Le in and T.S Han The significance of non-signit E.M. Berry, C. Coustere Yi 1K Transient ischaemic attacks ©.M.P \c lobe October 1998 Non-invasive ventilation in te exacerbations of COPD P.K. Plant and M.W. Elliott Pe ptides and peptic ulceratior R.J. Playford and N.A. Wright The PRIME study: classical risk factors « lo not explain the severalfold differences coronary heart disease between France and Northern Ire iana The PRIME Study Group (prepared by | W.G. YARNELI tCeUd prothrombotic risk fact ind cerebral venous thrombosis E.M. Hillier, P.W Collins, D.J * Bowley and C.M Wiles \etiologies and prognosis of Cl } ments with deep vein thrombosis « Peng, |.S. Je ng M.-( ay, B.-S Wang, W.-H Lin Y.C. ( uremento t serum TSH in th nve sstigation of patients presenting Sheppard and J.A. Franklyn Wasting of the small muscles in t ‘Tpt per and mid-cervical cord lesions |.A. Mathews [D issecting intramural haemat » 0es yphagus \.S.M cIntyre, R. Ayres Spiller and R. Cockel cobacter pylori really ,astroduodenal disease? ner and A.P. Shapiro November 1998 Fxer Sf training in ortnostat R Hainsworth Optimal thrombolytic stra { ti on bolus admin S.R. McMechan and A.A Late. reterral ' ot end-s t ige P.A. Ellis \ Reddy Ba Diabetic peripheral neuropathy ot lite S.]. Benbow M.E. Wallymahn \. MacFarlane Autoantil yodies to gastrin in t h pernicious anaemia—a novel antibod LZ.3 Ardill, C.] Larkin, D. f nd K.D Buchanan Tuberculous meningitis in Se put rica n urban adults \.S. Karstaedt S Valtchanova, R. Bart 1ere and H.H Crewe-Brown Treating the syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion with isotonic saline W. Musch and G Decaux f mergent immun¢ regulate wy properties of combined glucocorticoid and anti-¢ UCOCE 1 steroids in a model " of tuberculosis R. Hernandez-Pando M. de Streber, H. Orozco, K. Arriaga, L. Pavon S.L. Lightman anc G.A.W. Rook The hygiene hypothesis in the development of atopy and asthma still a matter of teriodontroversy? L.« von Hertzen Annual General Meeting The Ninety-second Annual General Meeting of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland 1998 Transient ischaemic attacks C.R.M Prentice P.A.C J. Sandercock Contents herniation and constipation following herpes zoster infection McGreal, B. Lenehan, E.W. McDermott and J.J. Murphy December 1998 phic cardiomyopathy: man, mouse and cat Watkins of carcinoid tumours Waxman laeMia mocystis carinil pne umonia: analysis of person-to-person transmission by genotyping \.G. Tsolaki, R.F. Miller B. Lundgren and A.E. Wakefield na htf epatic decompensation rates in multi-agent chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma yrdan, J. Karani and R. Williams illowing “4 and referral speech and language therapists in acute stroke CM Wiles ital outcome following chronic hypertension in pregnancy among different ethnic groups iB! eevers, M. Beevers and G.Y.H. Lip bnormalities in adults with falciparum malaria ibhakawan, B.L. Kumawat, |. Thanvi, A. Joshi and S.P. Vyas tected by screening is not silent—simply inrecognized Watson, S.A. McMillan, |. Sloan and A.H.G. Love ses, and | bad | uct ition of mutant a mechanism of ageing : | 3 . : . : ; . tet : note! —— ht . rd ; ‘ : | | ee ‘ ; | < . : a & mg 2 oa