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Editorial

Why teach human anatomy at Otago School of Medical Sciences?

Robin Fraser

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Original Articles

The profile of body donors at the Otago School of Medical Sciences—has it changed?

Kathryn McClea, Mark D Stringer

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Immune thrombocytopaenia in adults: a single-centre retrospective review of patients presenting over 7 years

Emma Jane McDonald, Andrew Butler

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Health service use amongst users of complementary and alternative medicine

Megan J Pledger, Jacqueline Cumming, Mili Burnette

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Chiropractic claims in the English-speaking world

Edzard Ernst, Andrew Gilbey

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Viewpoints

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the hospitalised patients due to pandemic H1N1 2009 viral infection: experience at Hutt Hospital, New Zealand

Stephen Dee, Sisira Jayathissa

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Physiology of the placebo effect, and the evidence for changes in brain metabolism

Martin Wallace

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Clinical Correspondence

A case of misdiagnosed squamous cell carcinoma due to alternative medical misadventure—time for tightening regulation?

Raakhi Mistry, Brecon Wademan, Gary Avery, Swee T Tan

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Purple urine bag syndrome in a patient with a nephrostomy tube

Mohammad I Hirzallah, Donna L D’Souza

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A case of green urine due to a traditional Chinese medicine containing methylene blue

Choong-Weng Lam, Sau Y J Wong

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Non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydoxylase deficiency as a cause of infertility and miscarriages

Henrik Falhammar

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Medical image. Punched-out lesions in skull

Vishal Sharma, Alka Sharma

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Special Series

Setting up new learning environments in regional and rural areas

Warwick Bagg, Anna J Dare, Barbara J O’Connor, Phillippa Poole, James J Reid, Joy Rudland, Mike J Tweed, Tim J Wilkinson

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Correspondence: Colonial Reception Committee and fund for Dr Macintire

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the Waikato Clinical School Research Seminar, Thursday 18 March 2010

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Proceedings of the 201st Scientific Meeting of the Otago Medical School Research Society, Thursday 25 March 2010

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Proceedings of the Health Research Society of Canterbury Seminar Series, Friday 26 March 2010

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Asthma Control Test scores obtained from an Asthma NZ educational activity

Shaun Holt

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Spontaneous central nervous system bleeding in a child with cyanotic congenital heart disease

Syed Ahmed Zaki, Vishal Chavan, Preeti Shanbag

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Application of mobile phones in improving healthcare delivery

Raktim Kumar Ghosh, Ratul K Ghosh

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BMI cut-off point

Viroj Wiwanitkit

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Medicolegal

Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal – Professional Misconduct (Med08/87P)

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Erratum

Capillary glucose meter accuracy and sources of error in the ambulatory setting (Lunt H, Florkowski C, Bignall M, Budgen C)

NZMJ

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