Letters to the Editor

Setakis N , Gardner AMN , Fox D. Treatment of acute pancreatitis: Advantages of Glucagon over Propanthelene Bromide. Bristol Med Chir Journal 1983; 98: 33–6

Raj PP Sunder , Pugalenthi N. Ocular injuries due to fireworks. Afro-Asian J Ophthalmol 1987; 6: 60–2

Wilson EA . Ocular fireworks injuries and blindness. An analysis of 154 cases and a three state survey comparing the effectiveness of model law reputation. Ophthalmology 1982; 89: 291–7

Welner S , DeCherney AH , Polan ML . Human menopausal gonadotropins: A justifiable therapy in ovulatory women with long-standing idiopathic infertility. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1988; 158: 111–7

Obhrai MS , Tang L , Docker M , Newton JR . Incidence of dysfunctional ovulation patterns detected by ultrasound in infertile women with idiopathic and cervical factor infertility. Presented at Blair Bell Research Society, Leeds, September 1988.

Serhal PF , Katz M , Little V , Woronowski H. Unexplained infertility – the value of Pergonal superovulation combined with intrauterine insemination. Fertil Steril 1988; 49: 602–6

Wong PC . Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT). In: Studd J , ed. Progress in obstetrics and gynaecology, volume 7. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1989: 233–44

Melbye M , Njelesani EK , Bayley A . Evidence for heterosexual transmission and clinical manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus infection and related conditions in Lusaka, Zambia. Lancet 1986; ii: 1113–15

Van de Perre P , Muyambuga D , Zissis G , Butzler JP , Nzaramba D , Clumeck N. Antibodies to HTLV-III in blood donors in Central Africa. Lancet 1985; i: 336–7

Clumeck N , Guroff MR , Van de Perre P . Seroepidemiological studies of HTLV-III antibody prevalence among selected groups of heterosexual Africans. JAMA 1985: 254:2599–602

Carswell JW , Sewankambo N , Lloyd G , Downing RG . How long has the AIDS virus been in Uganda? Lancet 1986: i; 1217

Collman GW , Shore DL , Shy CM , Checkoway H , Luria AS . Sunlight and other risk factors for cataracts: An epidemiologic study. Am J Public Health 1988; 78: 1459–62

van Heyningen R , Harding JJ . A case-control study of cataract in Oxfordshire: Some risk factors. Br J Ophthalmol 1988; 72: 804–8

Harding JJ , Rixon KC . Carbamylation of lens proteins; a possible factor in cataractogenesis in some tropical countries. Exp Eye Res 1980; 31: 567–71

Minassian DC , Mehra V , Jones BR . Dehydrational crises from severe diarrhoea or heatstroke and risk of cataract. Lancet 1984; i: 751–3

Minassian DC , Mehra V , Verrey J-D . Dehydrational crises: A major risk factor in blinding cataract. Br J Ophthalmol 1989; in press

Harding JJ , Crabbe MJC . The lens: Development, proteins, metabolism and cataract. In: Davson H , ed. The eye vol 1B. London: Academic Press, 1984: 207–492

Collman GW , Shore DL , Shy CM , Checkoway H , Luria AS . Sunlight and other risk factors for cataracts: An epidemiologic study. Am J Public Health 1988; 78: 1459–62

Perkins ES . The association between pinguecula, sunlight and cataract. Ophthalmol Res 1985; 17: 325–30

Dundee JW , Chestnutt WN , Ghaly RG . Traditional Chinese acupuncture: A potentially useful anti-emetic. Br Med J 1986; 293: 583–584.

Dundee JW , Ghaly RG , Fitzpatrick KTJ . Acupuncture to prevent cisplatin – associated vomiting. Lancet 1987; i: 1083

Dundee JW . Studies with acupuncture/acupressure as an anti-emetic. Acupuncture in Medicine 1988; 5: 22–4

Sum CF , Fok ACK , Tan TK , Chan SH , Cheah JS . Human Leucocyte antigen in a Chinese family with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in Singapore. Br Med J 1988; 297: 594–5

Leung AKC . HLA typing in hashitoxic periodic paralysis. West J Med 1985; 143: 252

Cheah JS . Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in Singapore. In: Cheah JS , Lim P , Tambyah JA . eds. Proceedings of the Sixth Asia and Oceania Congress of Endocrinology, Singapore 1978; 282–99

Freedman BJ . Travellers' diarrhoea: Does it occur in the United Kingdom? J Hyg (Comb) 1977; 79: 73–5