Volume 77 Number 3, September 2008

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Table of Contents

Editorial 145 Asbestos, mesothelioma and the legacy of shipbuilding in Belfast
PJ Morrison
Commentary 146 Sir Ivan Magill KCVO, DSc, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCS, FFARCS (Hon), FFARCSI (Hon), DA, (1888-1986)
G McLachlan
Presidential Address 153 Infection In A Village Community In The 19th Century And The Development Of The Dispensary System
JB White
Papers 160 An epidemiological, clinical and genetic survey of Neurofibromatosis type 1 in children under sixteen years of age
K McKeever, CW Shepherd, H Crawford, PJ Morrison
164 Are Pregnancy Rates Compromised Following Embryo Freezing to Prevent OHSS?
GJ Fitzmaurice, C Boylan, N McClure
168 Epidemiological study of E. coli O157:H7 isolated in Northern Ireland using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
M Watabe, GM Hogg, BC Millar, L Crothers, PJ Rooney, A Loughrey, CE Goldsmith, MAS McMahon, DA McDowell, JE Moore
175 Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography: A Sample of Experience at a District General Hospital
JA Soye, CB Loughrey, PD Hanley
181 Full-Length Radiographs Of The Femur In Patients With A Femoral Neck Fracture and Co-Existent Malignancy - Are They Of Benefit?
MT O'Flaherty, NW Thompson, PK Ellis, RJ Barr
185 Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant in Belfast - An outcome overview of the first 25 years
CA Cargo, E Yates, C Marley, S Piggott, MF McMullin, FGC Jones
Medical History 191 Asbestos and Ship-Building: Fatal Consequences
J Hedley-Whyte, DR Milamed
Case Reports 201 DiGeorge syndrome presenting as late onset hypocalcaemia in adulthood
PC Johnston, DK Donnelly, PJ Morrison, SJ Hunter
203 Femoral artery necrosis due to parenteral intravascular drug misuse: A case report and literature review
MJ Mullan, H Magowan, CD Weir
Letters 205 To the Editor
CEC syndrome - a rare manifestation of coeliac disease.  AP Sunnikutty, J Harding, JC Nelson
Human rights and presumed consent for organ donation in the UK.  JM Cartwright-Shamoon
Miliary tuberculosis causing multiple intestinal perforations in an immigrant worker.  K McElvanna, RT Skelly, C O'Neill, GM Spence
Abstracts 209 Ulster Paediatric Society, Saturday 17th May 2008
213 Ulster Society of Internal Medicine, Friday 16 May 2008
Reviews 215 Books
Human Physiology - the Basis of Medicine.  G Pocock, CD Richards
Influenza: Human and Avian in Practice. Second Edition.  R Jennings, RC Read
Walking London's Medical History.  N Black
Almost a Legend - John Fry, Leading Reformer of General Practice.  M Blythe
Beyond Thalidomide - Birth Defects Explained.  J McCredie