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Editorial

Vitamin D—how do we define deficiency and what can we do about it in New Zealand?

Robert Scragg, Jim Bartley

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Original Articles

Seasonal variation in vitamin D levels in the Canterbury, New Zealand population in relation to available UV radiation

John Livesey, Peter Elder, M Jane Ellis, Richard McKenzie, Ben Liley, Chris Florkowski

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Vitamin D and muscle strength in patients with previous fractures

Charles A Inderjeeth, Denise Glennon, Anthony Petta, Jessamine Soderstrom, Irene Boyatzis, Jeffrey Tapper

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The failure to diagnose inborn errors of metabolism in New Zealand: the case for expanded newborn screening

Callum Wilson, Nicola J Kerruish, Bridget Wilcken, Esko Wiltshire, Dianne Webster

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Phenylketonuria—the lived experience

Nicole Frank, Ruth Fitzgerald, Michael Legge

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Glycaemic control and antibody status among patients with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes

Doron Hickey, Grace Joshy, Peter Dunn, David Simmons, Ross Lawrenson

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Case Reports

Persistent anaemia due to scurvy

Vincent Ho, Pieter Prinsloo, John Ombiga

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Modern milk alkali syndrome—a preventable serious condition

Binay K Shah, Sharath Gowda, Hejmadi Prabhu, Jeffrey Vieira, Harish C Mahaseth

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Viewpoint

Risky knowledges: the sociocultural impacts of personal genetics in a knowledge-driven economy

Michael Legge, Ruth Fitzgerald

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

British Medical Association (New Zealand Branch): 12th Annual Report

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the 188th Scientific Meeting of the Otago Medical School Research Society, Thursday 5 July 2007

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Medical Images

Dense bones and brain stones

Suresh Prabhu, Jubbin J Jacob, Nihal Thomas

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Osteolytic jaw lesion in metastatic breast cancer: not always metastases

Iñaki Alvarez-Busto, Luis Martínez-Moya, Rodrigo Lastra, Javier Alcedo, Dámaris Quiles, Antonio Lobo-Escolar, Carlos Vázquez, Miguel Burillo, Carla Toyas-Miazza, Rosario Ortas-Nadal

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letter

A stroke rehabilitation unit 6 years on

H Carl Hanger

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Obituaries

Ellison James McInnes

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James (Jim) Frederick Moodie

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