TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 4, Number 2, JUNE 1998
 
Editorial
Scientific evidence-based medical practice: where now?
GD Lundberg

 
Original Articles
Why are thalassaemia patients born when prenatal screening is available?
ACW Lee, KW Wong, KT So, MY Cheng 

 
Bilevel positive airway pressure nasal mask ventilation in patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure
CK Chan, KS Lau, HC Fan, CW Lam 

 
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma--time lapse before diagnosis and treatment
AWM Lee, WM Ko, W Foo, P Choi, Y Tung, J Sham, B Cheng, G Au, WH Lau, D Choy, SK O, WM Sze, KC Tse, CK Law, P Teo, TK Yau, WK Kwan
 
Travel, sexual behaviour, and the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases
ASM Abdullah, R Fielding, AJ Hedley 

 
The use of anti-ribosomal P antibodies in the diagnosis of cerebral lupus-superiority of western blotting over enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EYT Chan, OKH Ko, JWM Lawton, CS Lau 

 
Seminar Papers--Evidence-based medical practice
Evidence-based medical practice: as viewed by a clinical epidemiologist
J Karlberg 

 
Appraising published claims about drug treatment to implement best therapy in clinical practice
CR Kumana, IJ Lauder 

 
Evidence-based medical practice: ethical considerations
J Woo, J Chan 

 
Evidence-based medical practice: as viewed by a clinical researcher
KWT Tsang 

 
Teaching evidence-based medicine
CB Hazlett 

 
Review Articles
The likely implications of the 1997 Coroners Ordinance on the autopsy service of a teaching hospital
SL Beh, P Dickens, EPY Kam, L Ong 

 
The prevention of youth suicide: research and services
TP Ho, SF Hung 

 
Eclampsia-an 11-year experience
YM Chan, SW Ngai 

 
Commentary
The need to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine
JL Tang, TW Wong 

 
Medical Practice
Is in-patient management of diastolic blood pressure between 90 and 100 mm Hg during pregnancy necessary?
KY Leung, TK Sum, CY Tse, KM Law, MYM Chan 

 
Case Reports
Treatment of vitiligo with autologous epidermal transplantation using the roofs of suction blisters
WYM Tang, LY Chan, KK Lo 

 
A case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis
YQ Hsu, CYF Lo 

 
Primary hyperparathyroidism in Hong Kong: an analysis of 44 cases
FKW Chan, SC Tiu, KL Choi, TK Au Yong, LF Tang 

 
Acute Wernicke's encephalopathy complicating chronic gallstone ileus
WF Ng, CS Ng 

 
Book Reviews
Surgery of the third ventricle, second edition
JCK Kwok

 
Antiviral therapy
JS Tam

 
Clinical communication skills
C Chan

 
An amnesty for unpublished trials
R Smith, I Roberts