Volume 77 Number 2, May 2008

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Table of Contents

Essay 79 40 Years Hard Labour
Dame Lorna Muirhead
Review 86 Familial erythrocytosis arising from a gain-of-function mutation in the HIF2A gene of the oxygen sensing pathway
MJ Percy
Papers 89 Predictors of excess mortality after myocardial infarction in women
J Neill, J Adgey
97 Isolated Mediastinal Adenopathy: The Case for Mediastinoscopy
TE McManus, DA Haydock, PM Alison, J Kolbe
102 The Impact Of Long-Term Lithium Treatment On Renal Function In An Outpatient Population
SM McCann, J Daly, CB Kelly.
106 Myocardial Revascularization By Off Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery (OPCABG): A Ten Year Review
N Nwaejike, M Mansha, P Bonde, G Campalani
110 Foreign Body Ingestion in Prisoners - The Belfast Experience
M Bisharat, ME O'Donnell, N Gibson, M Mitchell, SR Refsum, PD Carey, RAJ Spence, J Lee
115 Minimally invasive parathyroid exploration for solitary adenoma. Initial experience with an open, 'short incision' approach
A Pitale, SIH Andrabi, SJ Dolan, CFJ Russell
Medical History 119 Paratyphoid Blamed On Ulster: A Nursing Odyssey
J Hedley-Whyte, DR Milamed
Case Report 127 A classic diagnosis with a new 'spin'
JF Younger, SJ Walsh, MT Harbinson, NA Herity
Letters 130 To the Editor
Giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath - An unusual cause for locking of the knee joint.  R Napier, J McCormack
Climate Change and its Impact on Health.  G Brown, V Patterson
Iatrogenic Splenic Injury in Percutaneous Procedures.  S Khan, MI Yousuf, M Bisharat, J Wali
Chylous Peritonitis With Small Bowel Obstruction.  K Murugan, RAJ Spence
Mesothelioma - "Not Just in the Chest".  CEM Bruckner Holt, AD Farmer, W Syn, T Shah, G Townson
Abstracts 135 Ulster Society of Internal Medicine, Friday 19th October 2007
138 Ulster Society of Internal Medicine, Friday 18th May 2007
Reviews 141 Books
The Centre Cannot Hold (My Journey Through Madness).  ER Saks
Resuscitation Greats.  PJF Baskett, TF Baskett
Patients with Substance Abuse Problems: Effective Identification, Diagnosis, and Treatment.  EP Nace, JA Tinsley
Anaesthesia and the Practice of Medicine: Historical Perspectives.  K Sykes, JP Bunker
Treatment Collaboration - Improving the Therapist, Prescriber, Client Relationship.  RJ Diamond, PL Scheifler