Volume 77 Number 1, January 2008

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Table of Contents

Editorial 1 The Hirsch Index and measuring the quality of scientific papers
PJ Morrison
Obituary 3 Professor John Edgar Morison OBE, MD, DSc, FRCOG, FRCPath (1912-2007)
JD Biggart, DM Hayes, IV Allen
Commentary 4 The White Paper and regulatory reforms: Beginning the end of professional self-regulation for doctors
KA Choudhari
Review 6 Carpal tunnel syndrome
S Aroori, RAJ Spence
Papers 18 Timeliness of diagnosis in Motor Neurone Disease: a population-based study
C Donaghy, A Dick, O Hardiman, V Patterson
22 Open Carpal Tunnel Release - still a safe and effective operation
SA Badger, ME O'Donnell, JM Sherigar, P Connolly, RAJ Spence
25 Germline MSH6 mutations are more prevalent in endometrial cancer patient cohorts than Hereditary Non Polyposis Colorectal Cancer cohorts
LA Devlin, CA Graham, JH Price, PJ Morrison
31 Sex-differences in lung cancer cell-types? An epidemiologic study in Ireland
Z Kabir, GN Connolly, L Clancy
Technical Note 36 Complete mechanical circulatory support using ventricular assist devices for post-cardiotomy biventricular failure
N Nwaejike, P Bonde, G Campalani
Medical History 39 Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity: Investigation and Mentoring
J Hedley-Whyte
Annual Oration 43 More Than The Sum Of Its Parts
SA Hawkins
Case Reports 51 A Case of Cutaneous Vasculitis with Underlying Hepatitis C and Cryoglobulinaemia
C Groves, C Devereux, C McMillan
54 Pseudo-obstruction with pitch black colon - A very rare Presentation of Melanosis Coli
AH Malik1, SIH Andrabi, M Niayesh
Abstracts 60 Ulster Medical Society Junior Doctors' Prize, Thursday 22 November 2007
Spoken Research and Poster Case-Report Presentations
65 10th Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics, Monday 24 September 2007
Spoken and Poster Presentations
Reviews 77 Books
Post Mortem - Solving History's Great Medical Mysteries.  PA Mackowiak
Parkinson's Disease in Practice (2ed).  C Clarke
Clinical Hypertension in Practice (2ed).  S Lim
The XX Factor. Treating Women with Anti-epileptic Drugs.  J Morrow