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Volume 187 Issue 6

17 September 2007

From the editor’s desk

Expunging eponyms

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 321 Free

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 322 Free

Editorials

Polycystic ovary syndrome and abnormal glucose tolerance

Helena J Teede and Bronwyn G A Stuckey

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 324-325

Simplifying the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Simon J McRae and John W Eikelboom

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 325-326

Research

Glucose tolerance abnormalities in Australian women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Preeti Dabadghao, Bronwen J Roberts, Jim Wang, Michael J Davies and Robert J Norman

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 328-331 Free

A prospective reassessment of the utility of the Wells score in identifying pulmonary embolism

Kenneth S K Yap, Victor Kalff, Alla Turlakow and Michael J Kelly

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 333-336 Free

Acupuncture for persistent allergic rhinitis: a randomised, sham-controlled trial

Charlie C L Xue, Xuedong An, Thomas P Cheung, Cliff Da Costa, George B Lenon, Frank C Thien and David F Story

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 337-341 Free

Directions for clinical practice improvement in HFE gene mutation testing

Melissa J Gillett, Cyril D Mamotte, David Ravine and Samuel D Vasikaran

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 342-344 Free

Public health

Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor cluster in Sydney linked to imported whitebait

Bradley Forssman, Trish Mannes, Jennie Musto, Thomas Gottlieb, Graham Robertson, Jonathan D Natoli, Craig Shadbolt, Brian Biffin and Leena Gupta

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 345-347 Free

Research enterprise

NHMRC grant applications: a comparison of “track record” scores allocated by grant assessors with bibliometric analysis of publications

Marcus B Nicol, Kumara Henadeera and Linda Butler

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 348-352 Free

Viewpoint

Remote Indigenous Australians with cataracts: they are blind and still can’t see

Susan M Wearne

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 353-356 Free

Clinical update

Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: how stress can mimic acute coronary occlusion

Irfan Abdulla and Michael R Ward

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 357-360 Free

Serotonin toxicity: a practical approach to diagnosis and treatment

Geoffrey K Isbister, Nicholas A Buckley and Ian M Whyte

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 361-365 Free

Notable cases

Paralysis caused by “nagging”

Michaela Cartner, Michael Sinnott and Peter Silburn

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 366-367 Free

Snapshot

Apical lung hernia

Jyotsna M Joshi

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 368 Free

Correction

Influenza outbreak related to air travel

Andrew G Marsden

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 374-374

Obituary

Aileen Joy Plant MB BS, DTM&H, MPH, PhD, FAFPHM

John D Mathews

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 341 Free

Letters

Mis-deca-n identity?

Elizabeth A S Giugni, Rachel S Boddy and Natalie G Limet

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 370

Non-compliance with Western Australian smoke-free legislation: a complete ban on smoking in hospitality settings is needed

William J Patterson, Michael M Daube, Stephen L G Hall and Denitza Moronova

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 370-371

Management of warfarin in atrial fibrillation

Peter W Ford and Angela Close

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 371

Management of warfarin in atrial fibrillation

Beata V Bajorek

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 371

Town or country: the ARIA index is not an accurate indicator of access to health services

Alan E Dugdale

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 371-372 Free

Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006

Mark Little and Chris Johnstone

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 372

Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006

Constantine N Aroney and Philip Aylward

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 372

Amoebiasis: current status in Australia

Chien-Ching Hung

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 372-374

Amoebiasis: current status in Australia

Paul Prociv

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 372-374

Amoebiasis: current status in Australia

Sebastiaan J van Hal, Damien J Stark, Debbie Marriott and Jock L Harkness

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 372-374

Why would anyone be an academic?

Ajay Rane and Caroline de Costa

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 374-375

Patient privacy and Latin: my father’s story

Peter Piazza

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 375

Patient privacy and Latin: my father’s story

James Mitchell

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 375

Patient privacy and Latin: my father’s story

William E M Renton-Power

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 375

Patient privacy and Latin: my father’s story

Roger K A Allen

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 375

Book review

eMJA: Atheists unite!

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Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

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