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Research Article

• On seeking a second opinion. (1 December, 1978)

  H A Sissons
• Haemangioendothelioma (Kupffer cell angiosarcoma), myelofibrosis, splenic atrophy, and myeloma paraproteinaemia after parenteral thorotrast administration. (1 December, 1978)

  R C Jennings, S E Priestley
• Hepatitis B virus antigens in primary hepatic carcinoma: immunofluorescent techniques on fixed liver tissue. (1 December, 1978)

  A Trevisan, G Realdi, C Losi, V Ninfo, M Rugge, L Rampinelli
• Acute hepatitis: significance of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. (1 December, 1978)

  E M Vandervelde
• Immunoglobulin and complement in normal skin. (1 December, 1978)

  W K Blenkinsopp, R J Clayton, G P Haffenden
• An evaluation of two new haemagglutination tests for the rapid diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid diseases. (1 December, 1978)

  I Cayzer, S R Chalmers, D Doniach, G Swana
• Evaluation of dithiothreitol (DTT) for inactivation of IgM antibodies. (1 December, 1978)

  T Okuno, N Kondelis
• Paraprotein estimation: a comparison of immunochemical and densitometric techniques. (1 December, 1978)

  A M Smith, R A Thompson
• Determination of antibody levels to Candida albicans in healthy and hospitalised adults using a radioimmunoassay. (1 December, 1978)

  S J Cobb, D Parratt
• Latex agglutination, counterimmunoelectrophoresis, and protein A co-agglutination in diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. (1 December, 1978)

  S I Dirks-Go, H C Zanen
• Comparison of counter-current immunoelectrophoresis, latex agglutination, and radioimmunoassay in detection of soluble capsular polysaccharide antigens of Haemophilus influenzae type b and Neisseria meningitidis of groups A or C. (1 December, 1978)

  M Leinonen, H Käyhty
• Meningococcal infection and proteolytic control. (1 December, 1978)

  J M Stark, N Matthews, H C Ryley, B M Greenwood, L S Lewis, H C Whittle
• Carriage of group D streptococci in the human bowel. (1 December, 1978)

  C J Noble
• Acquisition of antibiotic resistance by Staphylococcus aureus in skin patients. (1 December, 1978)

  J Naidoo, W C Noble
• A computer system for clinical microbiology. (1 December, 1978)

  K N Williams, J M Davidson, R Lynn, E Rice, I Phillips
• Frequency distribution and 'reference values' of plasma alkaline phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1) activity in the adult population of a Scottish new town. (1 December, 1978)

  M D Gardner, R Scott
• Continuous-flow analysis of ammonia in perchloric acid supernate of blood or plasma using an ammonia-selective electrode. (1 December, 1978)

  G C Moses, R J Thibert, T F Draisey
• Effect of calcitonin treatment on osteoclast counts in Paget's disease of bone. (1 December, 1978)

  C P Williams, G Meachim, W H Taylor
• Mucin-producing atypical bronchial carcinoid. (1 December, 1978)

  E C Sweeney, T Cooney
• Problems of cell nomenclature in cervical cytology smears. Recommendations of a working party of the British Society for Clinical Cytology. (1 December, 1978)
• Congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia with unusual cytoplasmic inclusions. (1 December, 1978)

  M W Kenny, R M Ibbotson, M J Hand, M J Tector
• Differential cell counts in the histiocytic variant of lymphocytic predominance subtype of Hodgkin's disease. (1 December, 1978)

  F I Sutherland, J B MacGillivray, R A Brown, J S Beck
• Platelet aggregation in chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. (1 December, 1978)

  A D Heyns, J Fraser, F P Retief
• Marrow graft rejection and inhibition of growth in culture by serum in aplastic anaemia. (1 December, 1978)

  A J Barrett, A Faille, F Saal, N Balitrand, E Gluckman
• Comparative study of the endotoxin-stimulated nitroblue tetrazolium test in disease and health. (1 December, 1978)

  N Haim, N Obedeanu, T Meshulam, E Robinson, E Ben-Layish, D Merzbach
• Small quartz halogen lamps for immunofluorescence microscopy. (1 December, 1978)

  D J Lea, D J Ward
• Histological comparison of adenomatous and hyperplastic parathyroid glands. (1 December, 1978)

  P S Hasleton, P Ackrill, R A Sellwood