Volume 165 Issue 7

Editorials

• Laparoscopic surgery: time for re-evaluation William R Johnson (MJA 1996; 165: 355)
• Liver transplantation in Australia: a decade on Peter W Angus, Richard A Smallwood, Robert M Jones (MJA 1996; 165: 356)
• Asthma - disease of a modern lifestyle Ann J Woolcock (MJA 1996; 165: 358)

Research

• Hypertension in pregnancy: maternal and fetal outcomes according to laboratory and clinical features Mark A Brown, Megan L Buddle (MJA 1996; 165: 360)
• Correlation between nuchal thickness and abnormal karyotype in first trimester fetuses Beverley G Hewitt, Lachlan de Crespigny, Amanda J Sampson, Andrew C C Ngu, Paul Shekleton, Hugh P Robinson (MJA 1996; 165: 365)
• Prevalence of hepatitis G virus in Queensland blood donors Len D Moaven, Catherine A Hyland, Ian F Young, D Scott Bowden, Rhonda McCaw, Leigh Mison, Stephen A Locarnini Abstract - Article (MJA 1996; 165: 369)

Notable Cases

• Cholelithoptysis: a rare complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy Antony B X Breslin, Vikas Wadhwa (MJA 1996; 165: 373)

Health Care

• Retrieval of organs for transplantation: experience of the Australian National Liver Transplantation Unit John F Thompson, Steven C C Liew, Albert K K Chui, Graham A Kyd, Paul M Dolan, Albert Shun, A G Ross Sheil (MJA 1996; 165: 375)
• Day opthalmic surgery: aspects of perioperative care Douglas J Coster, Garry D Phillips, Varage Laka (MJA 1996; 165: 379)

Medicine and the Community

• Congenital syphilis: still a reality in 1996 Michael D Humphrey, David L Bradford Abstract - Article (MJA 1996; 165: 382)

MJA Practice Essentials - Rheumatology

• Fibromyalgia syndrome Geoffrey O Littlejohn (MJA 1996; 165: 387)

Controversies in Health Care

• Drugs and brain death Michael C Kennedy, John L Moran, Michael Fearnside, Raymond G Morris, Richard N Upton, Wayne Chivell, Bernadette Tobin (MJA 1996; 165: 394)