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Editorials

Improving cardiovascular risk assessment

Harvey D White

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Musculoskeletal undergraduate curriculum: what is required?

Jean-Claude Theis

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Original Articles

High calcium scores in patients with a low Framingham risk of cardiovascular (CVS) disease: implications for more accurate CVS risk assessment in New Zealand

Chris J Ellis, Malcolm E Legget, Colin Edwards, Niels Van Pelt, John A Ormiston, Jonathan Christiansen, Helen Winch, Mark Osborne, Greg Gamble

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Basing musculoskeletal curriculum changes on the opinions of practicing physicians

Thomas Pasley, Song Chan, Phillippa Poole, Martin Wild, Fiona McQueen

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Needlestick injuries in a healthcare setting in New Zealand

Marie Fullerton, Veronique Gibbons

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Healthcare services funded by Counties Manukau District Health Board for people in the last year of life

Wing Cheuk Chan, Gary Jackson, Doone Winnard, Philippa Anderson

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Review Article

Neuro-ophthalmic manifestations and outcomes of pituitary apoplexy—a life and sight-threatening emergency

Sumu Simon, David Torpy, Brian Brophy, Peter Blumbergs, Dinesh Selva, John L Crompton

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Viewpoints

Citizenship, work, welfare, education and health in New Zealand

Des Gorman

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ACC and back injuries: the relevance of pre-existing asymptomatic conditions revisited

Peter A Robertson, O Ross Nicholson

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What does degeneration mean? The use and abuse of an ambiguous word

Richard Wigley, Christopher Walls, David Brougham, Peter Dixon

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Clinical Correspondence

Ulnar artery ischaemia following corticosteroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome

Syed S Hussain, Chris Taylor, Rupert Van Rooyen

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Medical image. A rare cause of chest pain

Goutam Datta, Dipankar Mukherjee, Bhuban Majhi

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Letters

Deliverance from exophthalmic goitre deaths

Duncan Adams

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Pathognomonic rash

Amanda Oakley

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Anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions, the debate continues—with another response by Assoc Prof Hooper

Nicholas Cooper, Gary Hooper

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Is the quality of evidence for air quality standards adequate?

Pat Palmer

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Government response to air pollution articles in NZMJ

Kevin Currie, Darren Hunt

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Obituary on A L Napier Maclean (1866–1912) by Philip James

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the 207th Scientific Meeting of the Otago Medical School Research Society, Wednesday 18 May 2011

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Notices

University of Otago Faculty of Medicine Freemasons Postgraduate Fellowships in Paediatrics and Child Health for 2012

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Medical Benevolent Fund

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