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Research Article

• Pathology of five Scottish deaths from pneumonic illnesses acquired in Spain due to Legionnaires' disease agent. (1 September, 1978)

  J F Boyd, W M Buchanan, T I MacLeod, R I Dunn, W P Weir
• Circulating immune complexes and complement levels in relation to the clinical presentation of Nigerian children with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. (1 September, 1978)

  I I Onyewotu, J Mee
• Assessment of a tissue transport-medium in preservation of tissue-fixed immunoglobulins and complement demonstrated by direct immunofluorescence. A pilot study with skin from SLE patients. (1 September, 1978)

  R Jonsson, A Kristensson-Aas, J Kutti
• A comparison of complement fixation, indirect immunofluorescence for viral late antigens, and anti-complement immunofluorescence tests for the detection of cytomegalovirus specific serum antibodies. (1 September, 1978)

  P D Griffiths, K J Buie, R B Heath
• Routine use of counter-immunoelectrophoresis test for detecting antibody to hepatitis B virus core antigen. (1 September, 1978)

  R Freeman, M H Hambling
• Serological evidence of presence of HBsAg undetectable by conventional radioimmunoassay in anti-HBc positive blood donors. (1 September, 1978)

  J N Katchaki, T H Siem, R Brouwer
• Prevalence of pathogenic yeasts and humoral antibodies to candida in diabetic patients. (1 September, 1978)

  F C Odds, E G Evans, M A Taylor, J K Wales
• Food as a source of Klebsiella species for colonisation and infection of intensive care patients. (1 September, 1978)

  M Casewell, I Phillips
• R-factor mediated trimethoprim resistance: result of two three-month clinical surveys. (1 September, 1978)

  S G Amyes, A M Emmerson, J T Smith
• Use of sensitivity discs as primary antibiotic standards in MIC determination. (1 September, 1978)

  D J Flowers
• Gas liquid chromatography for detection of bacteriuria: examination for volatile acidic and neutral compounds. (1 September, 1978)

  E Barrett, G Lynam, S Trustey
• Serum elastase and its inhibitors in the blood of heavily burnt patients. (1 September, 1978)

  M Miskulin, F Moati, A M Robert, L Robert, R Monteil, J Guilbaud
• Radioimmunoassay of serum ferritin. (1 September, 1978)

  W M Deppe, S M Joubert, P Naidoo
• A microtechnique for measuring red cell osmotic fragility of infants. (1 September, 1978)

  R G Ryall, A J Chittleborough, A Kane
• An unstable haemoglobin, Hb Tacoma beta30 (B12) arg leads to ser, detected at birth by the demonstration of red cell inclusions. (1 September, 1978)

  R A Deacon-Smith, J P Lee-Potter
• An analysis of blood specimen container leakage. (1 September, 1978)

  S M Lewis, J M Wardle
• Identification of thorium dioxide in human liver cells by electron microscopic x-ray microanalysis. (1 September, 1978)

  A Odegaard, E M Ophus, A M Larsen
• Multifocal histogenesis of a cystosarcoma phyllodes. (1 September, 1978)

  R Salm
• Isolation of salmonella using a standardised inoculum and a rotary plating technique. (1 September, 1978)

  C A Lynton-Moll, T Johnson
• Disposable polythene catheter; an alternative to the brochial brushing method for cytology of bronchial secretions obtained with the fibreoptic bronchoscope. (1 September, 1978)

  M J Cole, J Cowie, A I Spriggs
• Bacteriology of pilonidal cyst abscesses. (1 September, 1978)

  T J Marrie, D Aylward, E Kerr, E V Haldane