British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1997: Vol 104 Table of Contents

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Contents
Are sociodemographic factors predictive of preterm birth?
A reappraisal of the 1958 British Perinatal Mortality Survey
Volume 104 Number 1 January 1997 H. I. J. Wildschut, T. Nas & J. Golding
EDITOR’S CHOICE GYNAECOLOGY
COMMENTARY A double-blind randomised controlled trial of the effects of
medroxyprogesterone acetate on bone density of women
Hormone replacement therapy in women with liver disease taking oestrogen replacement therapy
J. O’Donohue & R. Williams J. D. Adachi, E. J. Sargeant, M. A. Sagle, D. Lamont,
P. D. Fawcett, W. G. Bensen, M. McQueen,
REVIEW D. J. Nazir & C. H. Goldsmith
The management of late fetal death: a guide to comprehensive care 4 Laparoscopic sterilisation: opinion and practice among
gynaecologists in Scotland
R. Fox, M. Pillai, H. Porter & G. Gill
G. C. Penney, V. Souter, A. Glasier & A. A. Templeton
MATERNAL-—FETAL MEDICINE Serum levels of the tumour-associated trypsin inhibitor in
Combining nuchal translucency with umbilical Doppler patients with endometriosis
velocimetry for detecting fetal trisomies in the first M. Medl, E. Ogris, C. Peters-Engl, M. Mierau,
trimester of pregnancy P. Buxbaum & S. Leodolter
J. M. Martinez, A. Borrell, E. Antolin, B. Puerto, E. Casals, Posterior colporrhaphy: its effects on bowel and sexual function
J. Ojuel & A. Fortuny
M. A. Kahn & S. L. Stanton
Fetal Rhesus D genotyping on amniocytes in alloimmunised
pregnancies using fluorescence duplex polymerase chain reaction Urogenital ageing and its effect on sexual health in
older British women
G. Crombach, F- Picard, M. Beckmann, B. Tutschek,
D. H. Barlow, L. D. Cardozo, R. M. Francis, M. Griffin,
R. Bald & D. Niederacher
D. M. Hart, E. Stephens & D. W. Sturdee
Maternal and fetal levels of methionine and homocysteine in
Reversal of sterilisation by the railroad technique
early human pregnancy
L. C. Edozien, D. Anastassopulos & A. M. Mander
R. P. M. Steegers-Theunissen, N. C. Wathen,
T. K. A. B. Eskes, B. van Raaij-Selten & T. Chard
UROGYNAECOLOGY
OBSTETRICS GAX collagen in the treatment of urinary incontinence in
The intrapartum CTG prior to neonatal encephalopathy at term: a elderly women: a two year follow up
case-control study V. Khullar, L. D. Cardozo, D. Abbott & K. Anders
J. A. D. Spencer, N. Badawi, P. Burton, J. Keogh,
P. Pemberton & F. Stanley ONCOLOGY
Ripening and dilatation of the unfavourable cervix for induction Investigation of 100 consecutive negative cone biopsies
of labour by a double balloon device: experience with 250 cases P. Golbang, J. Scurry, S. de Jong, D. McKenzie,
J. Atad, M. Hallak, Y. Ben-David, R. Planner, J. Pyman & R. Davoren
R. Auslender & H. Abramovici Gestational trophoblastic disease with liver metastases:
Stepwise compared with rapid application of vacuum in the Charing Cross experience
ventouse extraction procedures R. A. F- Crawford, E. Newlands, G. J. S. Rustin,
F. TH. Lim, J. P. Holm, N. W. E. Schuitemaker, L. Holden, R. A’Hern & K. D. Bagshawe
FH. M. Jansen & J. Hermans
Local immune response in endometrial carcinomas
Preventing Rhesus D haemolytic disease of the newborn by T. Hachisuga, K. Fukuda, S. Nakamura,
giving anti-D immunoglobulin: are the guidelines being T. Iwasaka & H. Sugimori
adequately followed?
H. L. Howard, V. J. Martlew, I. R. McFadyen & C. A. Clarke SHORT COMMUNICATION
Counselling implications of chromosomal abnormalities Use of magnesium sulphate in Scottish obstetric units
other than trisomy 21 detected through a maternal
G. C. S. Smith & H. P. McEwan
serum screening programme
E. Sheridan, J. Williams, A. Caine, R. Morgan,
CASE REPORT
G. Mason & R. F: Mueller
An unusual case of cystolithiasis: a urological lesson for
Faecal incontinence after childbirth
gynaecologists
C. MacArthur, D. E. Bick & M. R. B. Keighley G. P. Cumming, S. P. Bramwell & D. A. R. Lees
EPIDEMIOLOGY CORRESPONDENCE
Antecedent circumstances surrounding neural tube defect births The relation between serum markers in the second trimester and
in 1990-199] placental pathology. A study on extremely small for gestational
age fetuses (Vol 103, August 1996)
P. Williamson, E. Alberman, C. Rodeck, M. Fiddler,
S. Church & R. Harris J. Kingdom
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Active mismanagement of labour (Vol 103, August 1996) Urodynamics: prediction, outcome and analysis of mechanism
for cure of stress incontinence by periurethral collagen
J. Stronge & M. Foley
A. K. Monga & S. L. Stanton
Randomised evaluation of a prototype suction fetal scalp
electrode (Vol 103, June 1996)
M. Geary GYNAECOLOGY
Fetal size at birth in relation to quality of blood glucose control The mythology of hormone replacement therapy
in pregnancies complicated by pregestational diabetes mellitus B. W. Hartmann & J. C. Huber
(Vol 103, May 1996)
R. Kimmerle & W. Klockenbusch
OBSTETRICS
Birth under water—to breathe or not to breathe
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in labour pain:
(Vol 103, March 1996)
a systematic review
G. J. Hofmeyr, V. C. Nikodem & M. De Jagert
D. Carroll, M. Tramer, H. McQuay, B. Nye & A. Moore
Differentiation of growth retarded from normally grown fetuses
and prediction of intrauterine growth retardation using Doppler Serum screening for Down’s syndrome: how much do health
ultrasound (Vol 103, July 1996) professionals know?
P. Owen M. Sadler
Risk factors and fetal outcome in cases of shoulder dystocia Selection biases invalidate current low birthweight
compared with normal deliveries of a similar birthweight weight-for-gestation standards
(Vol 103, September 1996) W. Tin, U. K. Wariyar& E. N. Hey
M. Geary The relation between fetal abdominal circumference and
Is there any value in the long term follow up of women treated birthweight: findings in 3512 pregnancies 186
for endometrial cancer? (Vol 103, July 1996) G. C. S. Smith, M. F. S. Smith, M. B. McNay& J. E. E. Fleming
J. R. Allsop, J. Preston & S. Crocker
An ultrasound study of gestational and postural changes in the
deep venous system of the leg in pregnancy 191
N. S. Macklon, I. A. Greer & A. W. Bowman
Volume 104 Number 2 February 1997
The deep venous system in the puerperium: an ultrasound study
N. S. Macklon & I. A. Greer
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Outcome of pregnancy in women with Marfan’s syndrome
COMMENTARY
K. J. Lipscomb, J. Clayton Smith, B. Clarke,
Gynaecological cancer services: time for change
P. Donnai & R. Harris
H. C. Kitchener
A randomised comparison between amniotic fluid index and
maximum pool depth in the monitoring of post-term pregnancy
REVIEW
Z. Alfirevic, M. Luckas, S. A. Walkinshaw,
The management of endometrial cancer M. McFarlane & R. Curran
F. Lawton
MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE
ONCOLOGY
Increased fetal nuchal translucency thickness at 10—14 weeks:
Whagghanges in the organisation of cancer services will is screening for maternal—fetal infection necessary?
improve the outcome for women with ovarian cancer?
N. J. Sebire, D. Bianco, R. J. M. Snijders,
C. Woodman, A. Baghdady, S. Collins & J.-A. Clyma M. Zuckerman & K. H. Nicolaides
The management of cervical carcinoma within the Management of twin pregnancies discordant for anencephaly
South West Region of England
N. J. Sebire, W. Sepulveda, K. S. Hughes,
S. Jackson, J. Murdoch, K. Howe, C. Bedford, P. Noble & K. H. Nicolaides
T. Sanders & A. Prentice
Management of twin pregnancies with fetal trisomies
A randomised controlled trial evaluating a novel cytotoxic drug
delivery system for the treatment of cervical N. J. Sebire, R. J. M. Snijders, C. Santiago,
intraepithelial neoplasia G. Papapanagiotou & K. H. Nicolaides
H. K. Sidhu, J. H. Price, P. A. McCarron, D. F. McCafferty, Suppression of serum vascular endothelial growth factor
A. D. Woolfson, D. Biggart & W. Thompson immunoreactivity in normal pregnancy and in pre-eclampsia
Video colpography: a new technique for secondary cervical F. Lyall, I. A. Greer, F: Boswell & R. Fleming
screening 150 Association of gestational diabetes with abnormal maternal
L. J. Etherington, J. Dunn, M. I. Shafi, T. Smith & D. M. Luesley vascular endothelial function
G. A. Knock, A. L. McCarthy, C. Lowy & L. Poston
UROGYNAECOLOGY
Human placental syncytiotrophoblast microvillous membranes
Incontinence in elderly women: is periurethral collagen impair maternal vascular endothelial function 235
an advance?
A. P. Cockell, J. G. Learmont, A. K. Smarason, C. W. G. Redman,
S. L. Stanton & A. K. Monga I. L. Sargent & L. Poston
CONTENTS
The role of endogenous nitric oxide synthesis in contractility of REVIEWS
term or preterm human myometrium
Blood transfusion in obstetrics and gynaecology
G. D. Jones & L. Poston
A. J. Ekeroma, A. Ansari & G. M. Stirrat
Liver function tests in pre-eclampsia: importance of comparison
with a reference range derived for normal pregnancy Gynaecological aspects of the levonorgestrel-releasing
intrauterine system
J. C. Girling, E. Dow & J. H. Smith
F- Sturridge & J. Guillebaud
Lipid peroxidation in cord blood: the effects of umbilical
nuchal cord GYNAECOLOGY
C. C. Wang & M. S. Rogers
Prevalence and characteristics associated with use of hormone
replacement therapy in Britain
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS T. Moorhead, P. Hannaford & M. Warskyj
The electroencephalogram during normal third trimester Hormone replacement therapy with dydrogesterone and
pregnancy and six months postpartum 17b-oestradiol: effects on serum lipoproteins and glucose
R. W. M. Keunen, J. H. R. Vliegen, D. A. E. van der Pol, tolerance during 24 month follow up
G. Gerretsen & C. J. Stam
D. Crook, I. F. Godsland, J. Hull & J. C. Stevenson
Is HTLV-1 status another antenatal screening test that we need? Impact of percutaneous oestradiol gels in postmenopausal
C. Otigbah, A. Kelly, C. Aitken, J. Norman, hormone replacement therapy on clinical symptoms and
D. Jeffries & K. J. Erskine endometrium
J.-M. Foidart, A. Béliard, B. Hedon, E. Ochsenbein,
CASE REPORTS A.-M. Bernard, C. Bergeron & J.-L. Thomas
Perinatal care ofa woman with the prenatal diagnosis ofa The influence of oestrogen replacement on faecal incontinence in
massive fetal neck tumour (cervical teratoma) postmenopausal women
S. P. O'Callaghan, P. Walker, C. Wake, G. Roy & P. Farrell V. Donnelly, P. R. O'Connell & C. O’Herlihy
Laparoscopic excision and marsupialisation of bilateral pelvic Topical anaesthesia for diagnostic hysteroscopy and endometrial
lymphocysts following extended hysterectomy and pelvic biopsy in postmenopausal women: a randomised
lymphadenectomy for endometrial carcinoma placebo-controlled double-blind study
B. G. Molnar, A. L. Magos & P. G. Walker E. Cicinelli, T. Didonna, G. Ambrosi, L. M. Schonauer,
G. Fiore & M. G. Matteo
Ureteric injury following laparoscopic colposuspension
P. Aslan & H. H. Woo Normal findings in vulvar examination and vulvoscopy
M. van Beurden, N. van der Vange, A. J. M. de Craen,
S. P. Tjong-A-Hung, F- J. W. ten Kate,
CORRESPONDENCE
J. ter Schegget & F- B. Lammes
The impact of maternal age on the cost effectiveness of Down’s
syndrome screening (Vol 103, June 1996) ONCOLOGY
F. D. J. Dunstan & A. B. J. Nix Is loop excision adequate primary management of
adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix?
The need for systematic reviews in the treatment of menstrual
disorders—another Cochrane collaborative review group is S. J. Houghton, M. I. Shafi, T. P. Rollason & D. M. Luesley
born (Vol 103, June 1996)
G. S. McCune POSTNATAL CARE
The active mismanagement of labour (Vol 103, August 1996) Sexual function after childbirth:women’s experiences, persistent
morbidity and lack of professional recognition
T. H. Bloomfield; N. Manassiev
C. M. A. Glazener
Head-to-cervix force: an important physiological variable in
labour (Vol 103, August 1996) OBSTETRICS
N. Manassiev Use of oral misoprostol in the prevention of postpartum
Correspondence. Magnesium sulphate: the time for reckoning haemorrhage
(Vol 103, August 1996) H. El-Refaey, P. O'Brien, W. Morafa, J. Walder & C. Rodeck
M. F- M. James Randomised trial comparing a policy of early with selective
amniotomy in uncomplicated labour at term
Clinical and ultrasound prediction of macrosomia in
diabetic pregnancies (Vol 103, August 1996) N. Johnson, R. Lilford, K. Guthrie, J. Thornton,
M. Barker & M. Kelly
W. C. Yoong
Antenatal serum screening for genital herpes: a study of
knowledge and attitudes of women at a central London hospital
Volume 104 Number3 March 1997
B. Vonau, N. Low-Beer, S. E. Barton & J. R. Smith
EDITOR’S CHOICE MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE
COMMENTARY
Accuracy of oscillometric blood pressure monitoring in
Management of primary postpartum haemorrhage pregnancy and pre-eclampsia 350
J. Drife M. Gupta, A. H. Shennan, A. Halligan, D. J. Taylor & M. de Swiet
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Can 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurement predict Abortion after 24 weeks
the development of hypertension in primigravidae?
D. Paintin
J. R. Higgins, J. J. Walshe, A. Halligan, E. O’Brien,
R. Conroy & M. R. N. Darling
REVIEW
Maternal fever in term labour in relation to fetal tachycardia, Adhesion molecules in reproduction
cord artery acidaemia and neonatal infection
L. D. Klentzeris
A. Herbst, P. Wélner-Hanssen & I. Ingemarsson
Maternal serum inhibin-A and free b-hCG concentrations in OBSTETRICS
trisomy 21 pregnancies at 10 to 14 weeks of gestation
The Stockholm Birth Centre Trial: maternal and infant outcome
P. L. Noble, E. M. Wallace, R. J. M. Snijders,
U. Waldenstrém, C.-A. Nilsson & B. Winbladh
N. P. Groome & K. H. Nicolaides
A randomised controlled trial of Doppler ultrasound
SURGICAL TECHNIQUES velocimetry of the umbilical artery in low risk pregnancies
The B-Lynch surgical technique for the control of massive Doppler French Study Group
postpartum haemorrhage: an alternative to hysterectomy?
Umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry in unselected and
Five cases reported low risk pregnancies: a review of randomised controlled trials
C. B-Lynch, A. Coker, A. H. Lawal, J. Abu & M. J. Cowen F. Goffinet, J. Paris-Llado, I. Nisand & G. Bréart
Randomised controlled trial of cardiotocography versus
SHORT COMMUNICATION
umbilical artery Doppler in the management of small for
Clinical effect of meso-tetrahydroxyphenylchlorine based gestational age fetuses
photodynamic therapy in recurrent carcinoma of the ovary:
J. Haley, D. J. Tuffnell & N. Johnson
preliminary results
F. Wierrani, D. Fiedler, W. Grin, M. Henry, E. Dienes, K. The diagnostic accuracy of cervico-vaginal fetal fibronectin in
Gharehbaghi, B. Krammer & W. Griinberger predicting preterm delivery: an overview
P. F- W. Chien, K. S. Khan, S. Ogston & P. Owen
CASE REPORT
Fetal size and growth velocity in the prediction of intrapartum
Migration of a Filshie clip into the urinary bladder seven years caesarean section for fetal distress
after laparoscopic sterilisation P. Owen, A. J. Harrold & T. Farrell
G. J. Kesby & A. R. Korda
A meta-analysis of low dose aspirin for the prevention of
intrauterine growth retardation
CORRESPONDENCE
H. Leitich, C. Egarter, P. Husslein, A. Kaider & M. Schemper
Transvaginal ultrasound in the management of women with
suspected cervical incompetence (Vol 103, September 1996)
MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE
R. D. Macdonald, P. A. Smith & S. K. Vyas; M. Quinn
The effect of carotid sinus denervation on fetal heart rate
The case against new reproductive technologies in developing variation in normoxia, hypoxia and post-hypoxia in fetal sheep 460
countries (Vol 103, October 1996)
S. Kozuma, T. Watanabe, L. Bennet,
T. C. Harry
L. R. Green & M. A. Hanson
Protective effect of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate on Increased levels of intercellular adhesion molecules and vascular
surgically treated uterine leiomyomas: a multicentre cell adhesion molecules in pre-eclampsia 466
case-control study (Vol 103, September 1996)
S. Djurovic, R. Schjetlein, F: Wisloff; G. Haugen & K. Berg
A. A. Ikomi & A. Singer
REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE
Volume 104 Number4 April 1997
Effects of SR 49059, an orally active V 1a vasopressin receptor
antagonist, on vasopressin-induced uterine contractions
EDITOR’S CHOICE T. Bossmar, R. Brouard, A. Déberl & M. Akerlund
VIEWPOINT
Evidence-based audit? GYNAECOLOGY
J. O. Drife Late termination of pregnancy in North Holland
J. M. Bosma, G. van der Wal & S. L. Hosman-Benjaminse
EDITORIAL
Experience of Finnish women with Norplant insertions and
The whole duty of obstetricians
removals
J. M. Grant E. Ollila, S. Sihvo, J. Merildinen & E. Hemminki
COMMENTARIES
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Umbilical artery Doppler—more harm than good?
J.C. P. Kingdom, C. H. Rodeck & P. Kaufmann Bradykinin stimulates interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 secretion
of human decidua derived cells 495
Midwife-led care J. Rehbock, A. Chondromatidou, P. Buchinger,
W. J. Graham A. Hermann & M. Jochum
CONTENTS
Interleukin-8 in urine: a new diagnostic parameter for intra- Elevated levels of serum nitrate, a stable end product of nitric
amniotic infection after premature rupture of the membranes 499 oxide, in women with pre-eclampsia 538
B. Stiemer, A. Buschmann, S. Bisson, K. Hensel, A. K. Smarason, K. G. Allman, D. Young & C. W. G. Redman
H.-J. Gramm, H. Hopp & H.-K. Weitzel
OBSTETRICS
CASE REPORTS
External cephalic version at term: a survey of consultant obstetric
Prenatally detected reversal of donor—recipient roles in practice in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland 544
twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome following in utero treatment 503 T. Coltart, D. K. Edmonds & R. Al-Mufti
G. Mielke, R. Mayer, H. Franz, M. Gonser & K. Marzusch
Early amniotomy increases the frequency of fetal heart rate
Perineal delivery in Ehlers—Danlos syndrome 505 abnormalities
M. S. Georgy, K. Anwar, S. E. Oates & D. H. A. Redford F- Goffinet, W. Fraser, S. Marcoux, G. Bréart,
J.-M. Moutquin, M. Daris & the Amniotomy Study Group
CORRESPONDENCE Blood pressure and fetal heart rate changes with patient-controlled
combined spinal epidural analgesia while ambulating inlabour 554
Medico-—legal aspects of ureteric damage during abdominal
hysterectomy (Vol 103, December 1996) R. Al-Mufti, R. Morey, A. Shennan & B. Morgan
J. Blandy, J. C. Smith & V. Tindall;C. Nzewi & S. Emery Automated blood pressure measurement as a predictor of proteinuric
pre-eclampsia 559
Correspondence. Choice and instrumental delivery
(Vol 103, December 1996) A. W. F: Halligan, A. Shennan, P. C. Lambert, S. C. Bell,
D. J. Taylor & M. de Swiet
D. J. Tuffnell & A. Wright
Third degree obstetric perineal tears: risk factors and the preventive
Persistent ectopic pregnancy following conservative surgery
role of mediolateral episiotomy 563
for tubal pregnancy (Vol 103, October 1996) 508
A. Apoola;A. K. As & D. M. Jaja;R. Hart & A. Magos A. C. Poen, R. J. F. Felt-Bersma, G. A. Dekker,
W. Devillé, M. A. Cuesta & S. G. M. Meuwissen
Blood pressure measurement in pregnancy
(Vol 103, September 1996) EPIDEMIOLOGY
M. Quinn Randomised trial comparing the upright and supine positions
Anew method for measuring menstrual blood loss and its use in for the second stage of labour
screening women before endometrial ablation P. R. de Jong, R. B. Johanson, P. Baxen, V. D. Adrians,
(Vol 103, October 1996) S. van der Westhuisen & P. W. Jones
P. O'Brien Influence of hypertensive disorders and cigarette smoking on
placental abruption and uterine bleeding during pregnancy
C. V. Ananth, D. A. Savitz, W. A. Bowes Jr & E. R. Luther
Volume 104 Number 5 May 1997 Epidemiology of genital prolapse: observations from the Oxford
Family Planning Association study
J. Mant, R. Painter & M. Vessey
EDITOR’S CHOICE
FIGO
ONCOLOGY
FIGO Committee for the Study of Ethical Aspects of
The case for stopping cervical screening at age 50
Human Reproduction
M. E. Cruickshank, V. Angus, M. Kelly,
S. McPhee & H. C. Kitchener
COMMENTARIES
Randomised trial of immediate versus deferred treatment
Laparoscopic excision of endometriosis: the treatment of choice? 513
strategies for the management of minor cervical
R. Garry cytological abnormalities
Do different brands of oral contraceptives differ in their effects M. I. Shafi, D. M. Luesley, J. A. Jordan, J. A. Dunn,
on cardiovascular disease? 516 T. P. Rollason & M. Yates
D. Crook
GYNAECOLOGY
REVIEWS Complications of laparoscopy: a prospective multicentre
observational study
Assisted conception following poor ovarian response to
F. W. Jansen, K. Kapiteyn, T. Trimbos-Kemper,
gonadotrophin stimulation
J. Hermans & J. B. Trimbos
S. D. Keay, N. H. Liversedge, R. S. Mathur & J. M. Jenkins
A pragmatic randomised comparison of transcervical resection
Domestic violence and pregnancy of the endometrium with endometrial laser ablation for the
G. C. Mezey & S. Bewley treatment of menorrhagia
S. Bhattacharya, I. M. Cameron, D. E. Parkin,
MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE D. R. Abramovich, J. Mollison, S. B. Pinion,
D. A. Alexander, A. Grant & H. C. Kitchener
The effect of nifedipine and methyldopa on maternal cerebral
circulation Radiofrequency induced endometrial ablation: an update
V. Serra-Serra, P. M. Kyle, R. Chandran & C. W. G. Redman R. F. A. Thijssen
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The levonorgestrel intrauterine system in the management of COMMENTARIES
menorrhagia
What should obstetricians be doing about the Barker hypothesis? 645
J. W. Barrington & P. Bowen-Simpkins
R. Fraser & J. Cresswell
Female victims of rape and their genital injuries
Customised fetal growth assessment 648
L. Bowyer & M. E. Dalton ,
S. Leeson & N. Aziz
SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
REVIEW
Vaginal endoscopic oophorectomy with vaginal hysterectomy:
a simple minimal access surgery technique 621 Hypoxia-ischaemia and the developing brain: hypotheses
regarding the pathophysiology of fetal—neonatal brain damage
M. A. Hefni & A. E. Davies
L. D. Longo & S. Packianathan
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Ploidy profile of morphologically normal squamous epithelium EPIDEMIOLOGY
adjacent to high grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 623 Maternal birthweight and diet in pregnancy in relation to the
N. McDermott, Y. Suliman, C. B. Walsh, E. W. Kay, infant’s thinness at birth
B. Curran, C. Milburn, M. Turner, W. Prendiville & M. Leader K. M. Godfrey, D. J. P. Barker, S. Robinson & C. Osmond
CASE REPORTS Significance of low birthweight for gestational age among
very preterm infants
Selective termination by intrahepatic vein alcohol injection ofa
A. Spinillo, E. Capuzzo, G. Piazzi, F: Baltaro,
monochorionic twin pregnancy discordant for fetal abnormality
M. Stronati & A. Ometto
M. L. Denbow, M. R. Battin, P. M. Kyle, R. Fogliani,
P. Johnson & N. M. Fisk
MATERNAL-—FETAL MEDICINE
Successful methotrexate treatment of a viable pregnancy within
a thin uterine scar Transvaginal Doppler ultrasound of the uteroplacental
circulation in the early prediction of pre-eclampsia and
A. Ravhon, A. Ben-Chetrit, R. Rabinowitz,
intrauterine growth retardation
M. Neuman & U. Beller
K. Harrington, R. G. Carpenter, C. Goldfrad & S. Campbell
Familial puerperal alactogenesis: possibility ofa genetically
transmitted isolated prolactin deficiency 24-hour blood pressure monitoring to evaluate the effects of
A. H. Zargar, S. R. Masoodi, B. A. Laway, nifedipine in pre-eclampsia and in chronic hypertension in
N. A. Shah & M. Salahudin pregnancy
C. Benedetto, M. Zonca, M. Giarola, V. Maula,
L. Chiarolini & F- Carandente
BLAIR BELL RESEARCH SOCIETY
Papers presented at the meeting held in Liverpool,
4 October 1996 OBSTETRICS
Antioxidants in the treatment of severe pre-eclampsia:
CORRESPONDENCE an explanatory randomised controlled trial
A prospective study to evaluate oophorectomy at the time of A. M. Giilmezoglu, G. J. Hofmeyr& M. M. J. Oosthuisen
vaginal hysterectomy (Vol 103, September 1996)
A single cervical fetal fibronectin screening test in a population
R. Garry, M. Whittaker & G. Phillips at low risk for preterm delivery: an improvement on clinical
indicators?
Correspondence. Magnesium sulphate: the time for reckoning
(Vol 103, August 1996) 642 G. Faron, M. Boulvain, J.-P. Lescrainier & A. Vokaer
T. O. Idama & S. W. Lindow
Lack of analgesic effect of systemically administered morphine or GYNAECOLOGY
pethidine on labour pain (Vol 103, October 1996) 643 Effects on bone mass after eight years of hormonal
M. J. Lucas, S. M. Ramin & S. Sharma replacement therapy
A prospective cohort study of oxytocin plus ergometrine P. Eiken, S. Pors Nielsen & N. Kolthoff
compared with oxytocin alone for prevention of postpartum
Long term influence of different postmenopausal hormone
haemorrhage (Vol 103, November 1996) 643
replacement regimens on serum lipids and lipoprotein(a):
P. M. Yuen a randomised study
Oral versus vaginal misoprostol for cervical priming W. Hanggi, K. Lippuner, W. Riesen,
(Vol 103, November 1996) P. Jaeger & M. H. Birkhauser
S. Barik & P. Stewart
ONCOLOGY
A studyo f treatment failures following large loop excision of the
transformation zone for the treatment of cervical intraepithelial
Volume 104 Number6 June 1997 neoplasia
G. Flannelly, H. Langhan, L. Jandial, E. Mann,
EDITOR’S CHOICE M. Campbell & H. Kitchener
CONTENTS Xvii
Simultaneous effects of aneuploidy and oncogenic human Antenatal testing for HIV: to opt in or opt out, that is the question
papillomavirus on histological grade of cervical (Vol 103, November 1996) 758
intraepithelial neoplasia 723
S. E. MacDonagh, D. Mercey, J. Kennedy & M. Blott
J. Monsonego, P. Valensi, L. Zerat, C. Clavel & P. Birembaut
Protective effect of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate on
surgically treated uterine leiomyomas: a multicentre
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS case-control study (Vol 103, September 1996) 758
The effect of long term oestradiol implantation on bone mineral K. Bassaw & K. Gangar
density in postmenopausal women who have undergone
hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy 728 Doctors leaving the training grades in obstetrics and gynaecology:
a study of the years 1985 to 1988 (Vol 103, December 1996) 759
M. Wahab, P. Ballard, D. W. Purdie, A. Cooper& J. C. Willson
L. Skillern
Urinary tract injuries during obstetric intervention 731
Early prediction of pre-eclampsia by measurement of kallikrein
D. Rajasekar & M. Hall
and creatinine on a random urine sample (Vol 103, May 1996) 759
Routine antenatal screening for syphilis in Lothian: a study of P. Stratta, C. Canavese, G. Piccoli, T. Todros & C. Benedetto
the results 1988 to 1994
Borderline ovarian cancer, bilateral surgical castration,
S. T. Cameron, K. J. Thong, H. Young & W. A. Liston chemotherapy and a normal delivery after ovum donation and
Comparison of second trimester biometry in singleton and twin in vitro fertilisation—embryo transfer (Vol 103, September 1996) 760
pregnancies conceived with assisted reproductive techniques S. El-Sharkawi & P. Bowen-Simpkins
J. Gardosi, T. Mul, A. Francis, J. Hall & S. Fishel
BOOK REVIEWS
Maternal serum free b-hCG at 10 to 14 weeks of gestation in
trisomic twin pregnancies
P. L. Noble, R. J. M. Snijders, H. D. Abraha,
R. A. Sherwood & K. H. Nicolaides Volume 104 Number 7 July 1997
Indicators of platelet turnover in thrombocytopenic infants
A. C. Sciscione, H. Bessos, N. Callan, EDITOR’S CHOICE
K. Blakemore & T. Kickler COMMENTARIES
Randomised controlled trials in perinatal medicine: |.
CASE REPORTS The need for studies of mortality and major morbidity
with adequate power
Churg-Strauss disease: deterioration in a twin pregnancy.
Successful outcome following treatment with corticosteroids and W. Tarnow-Mordi & P. Brocklehurst
cyclophosphamide 746 Randomised controlled trials in perinatal medicine: 2.
C. Barry, S. Davis, P. Garrard & I. T. Ferguson Recruitment ofa pregnant woman or her newborn child
into more than one trial
Uterine carcinosarcoma in association with tamoxifen therapy 748
P. Brocklehurst
W. G. McCluggage, D. T. McManus, T. F- Lioe & C. M. Hill
Randomised controlled trials in perinatal medicine: 3.
Survival of intrauterine twins and an interstitial singleton fetus Identifying and measuring endpoints in randomised
from a heterotopic in vitro fertilisation-embryo controlled trials
transfer pregnancy
A. Johnson
M. J. M. Luckas, K. Fishwick, M. Martin-Hierro,
G. C. Shaw & S. A. Walkinshaw Obstetric intervention and benefit in conditions of very low
prevalence
Missed abortion versus delayed miscarriage
M. Mongelli, T. K. H. Chung & A. M. Z. Chang
D. J. Hutchon
OBSTETRICS
CORRESPONDENCE
Recombinant human relaxin as a cervical ripening agent
Medico-—legal aspects of ureteric damage during abdominal J. E. Brennand, A. A. Calder, C. R. Leitch, I. A. Greer,
hysterectomy (Vol 103, December 1996) M. M. Chou & I. Z. MacKenzie
D. E. P. Shapland
Routine oxytocin in the third stage of labour: a placebo
Anal and urinary incontinence in women with obstetric anal controlled randomised trial
sphincter rupture (Vol 103, October 1996) L. Nordstrém, K. Fogelstam, G. Fridman, A. Larsson & H.
A. Malik, N. Fenning & E. O'Donnell; Rydhstroem
A. H. Sultan & A. K. Monga
Antenatal perineal massage and subsequent perineal outcomes:
Using a logistic model to identify women with a randomised controlled trial 787
first-trimester spontaneous abortion suitable for M. K. Shipman, D. R. Boniface, M. E. Tefft & F: McCloghry
expectant management (Vol 103, December 1996)
Gestational age and induction of labour for prolonged pregnancy 792
D. G. Tincello, R. G. Farquharson & D. G. Wilkinson
J. Gardosi, T. Vanner& A. Francis
Magnesium sulphate in the treatment of eclampsia and
pre-eclampsia: an overview of the evidence from Predictors of successful external cephalic version at term:
randomised trials (Vol 103, November 1996) a prospective study
L. Duley & J. Neilson T. K. Lau, K. W. K. Lo, D. Wan & M. S. Rogers
XVili CONTENTS
The obstetric experience of carriers of haemophilia BLAIR BELL RESEARCH SOCIETY
R. A. Kadir, D. L. Economides, J. Braithwaite, Papers presented at the Royal College of Obstetricians and
E. Goldman & C. A. Lee Gynaecologists, London, February 1997
MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE CORRESPONDENCE
Screening for Down’s syndrome: changes in marker levels and Treatment of large uterine fibroids (Vol 103, June 1996)
detection rates between first and second trimesters R. Chapman; A. Magos
E. Berry, D. A. Aitken, J. A. Crossley,
Recurrent Stage IB cervical carcinoma: evaluation of the
J. N. Macri & J. M. Connor
effectiveness of routine follow up surveillance
The disappearance of fetal and donor red blood cells in (Vol 103, November 1996)
alloimmunised pregnancies: a reappraisal
C. A. McKenzie
J. Egberts, I. L. van Kamp, H. H. H. Kanhai, R. H. Meerman,
The management of cervical carcinoma within the South West
P. C. Giordano & J. Bennebroek Gravenhorst
Region of England (Vol 104, February 1997)
Circadian rhythm of frequency-domain measures of heart rate
J. B. Murdoch
variability in pregnancy
E. M. K. Ekholm, J. Hartiala & H. V. Huikuri The management of endometrial cancer
(Vol 104, February 1997)
L. Rogerson & E. Downes
GYNAECOLOGY
Preventing Rhesus D haemolytic disease of the newborn by
Medical abortion or vacuum aspiration? Two year follow up of
giving anti-D immunoglobulin: are the guidelines being
a patient preference trial
adequately followed? (Vol 104, January 1997)
F. L. Howie, R. C. Henshaw, S. A. Naji,
K. Harding
I. T. Russell & A. A. Templeton
Faecal incontinence after childbirth (Vol 104, January 1997)
Is conservative surgery for tubal pregnancy preferable to
salpingectomy? An economic analysis K. Marshall, D. M. Walsh & D. Baxter
B. W. J. Mol, P. J. Hajenius, S. Engelsbel, W. M. Ankum, The mythology of hormone replacement therapy
D. J. Hemrika, F- van der Veen & P. M. M. Bossuyt (Vol 104, February 1997)
K. A. J. Chin
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Impact of new methods on therapeutic abortion at the Royal
Randomised trial of expectant versus surgical management of Infirmary of Edinburgh (Vol 103, December 1996)
spontaneous miscarriage P. Stewari, P. Slade & J. Fletcher
J. Chipchase & D. James
Randomised placebo controlled trial of mefenamic acid for BOOK REVIEWS
premedication at outpatient hysteroscopy: a pilot study
F. Nagele, G. Lockwood & A. L. Magos
The Kleihauer Technique: an accurate method of quantifying
fetomaternal haemorrhage?
Volume 104 Number 8 August 1997
J. R. A. Duckett & G. Constantine
The prevalence and consequences of missed abortion in twin
pregnancies at 10 to 14 weeks of gestation EDITOR’S CHOICE
COMMENTARIES
N. J. Sebire, S. Thornton, K. Hughes,
R. J. M. Snijders & K. H. Nicolaides Achieving best practice in maternity care
Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein in fetal neural tube and A. W. F. Halligan, D. J. Taylor, N. J. Naftalin,
P. M. Homa & B. J. Crump
abdominal wall defects at 10 to 14 weeks of gestation
N. J. Sebire, K. Spencer, P. L. Noble, Perinatal audit in Europe
K. Hughes & K. H. Nicolaides P. M. Dunn
Dexamethasone-induced leucocytosis in pregnancy Has screening for cervical cancer been successful?
F.C. Denison, C. L. Elliott& E. M. Wallace J. Patnick
Who understands the menopause?
CASE REPORTS
D. H. Barlow
Acquired haemophilia, an unusual cause of severe postpartum
haemorrhage
REVIEWS
R. A. Kadir, M. B. Koh, C. A. Lee & K. J. Pasi
Management of fetal choroid plexus cysts
Posterior uterine rupture in a patient with a lower segment J. K. Gupta, K. S. Khan, J. G. Thornton & R. J. Lilford
caesarean section scar complicating prostaglandin
induction of labour The HELLP syndrome
J. A. Hawe & K. S. Olah M. Geary