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Editorials

New Zealand rheumatology in 2004: realising the potential?

John Highton

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Avian influenza: a public health risk for New Zealand

Lance Jennings

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Original Articles

Provision of rheumatology services in New Zealand

Andrew Harrison

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Skin infections of the limbs of Polynesian children

Florian Finger, Melissa Rossaak, Richard Umstaetter, Udo Reulbach, Rocco Pitto

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Incomplete primary excision of cutaneous basal and squamous cell carcinomas in the Bay of Plenty

Simon Talbot, Brandon Hitchcock

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Audit of acute referrals to the Department of Dermatology at Waikato Hospital: comparison with national access criteria for first specialist appointment

Amy Stanway, Amanda Oakley, Marius Rademaker, Mark Duffill

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Case Reports

Therapeutic challenges in gout

Kamal Solanki, Peter Moller

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Case of myelofibrosis with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy: the role of platelet-derived growth factor in pathogenesis

Binu John, Heraganahally Subhash, Kurien Thomas

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Viewpoint

Kiwis in America: reflections on the US primary care system

Peter Crampton, Ngaire Kerse

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Rheumatoid arthritis

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Christchurch Medical Research Society, Friday 17 October 2003

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Medical Image

Adolescent Lumbago

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Suicides among elderly men

Name witheld by request

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Prostate screening

Bruce Conyngham

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New Zealand guideline for management of stroke

H Carl Hanger, Tim Wilkinson, Sally Keeling, Richard Sainsbury

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Dr ‘M’ versus the Medical Council: Dr ‘M’ wins—and the Medical Council’s conduct is heavily criticised by the Auckland District Court

Michael Cooper, David de Lacey, George Hitchcock

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Patient acceptability of home intravenous antibiotic therapy

Stephen Chambers, Kate Gallagher, Alan Pithie

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Medicolegal

Professional Misconduct – Failure to Refer

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Obituary

Barbara Mary Stone

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Notice

Foundation Fellowship of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine

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Book Review

An introduction to complementary medicine

Terry Robson (reviewed by Bridget Robinson)

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