Letters to the Editor

Coe JI . Postmortem chemistry: Practical considerations and a review of the literature. J Forensic Sci 1974;19:13–32.

Madea B Henßge C Staak M . Postmortaler Kaliumanstieg in Glaskörperflüssigkeit. Z. Rechtsmed 1986;97:259–68.

Chaturvedi AK Rao NGS Moon MD . Poisoning associated with potassium. Hum Toxicol 1986;5:377–80.

Carnet JB . Intercostal neuralgia as a cause of abdominal pain and tenderness. Surg Gynaecol Obstet 1926;42:625–32.

Gallegos N Hobsley M . Abdominal pain: Parietal or visceral? J R Soc Med 1992;85:379.

Wilson DH Wilson RG Walmsley RG Horrocks JC DeDombal FT . Diagnosis of acute abdominal pain in the accident and emergency department. Br J Surg 1977;64:250–4.

Bourne IHJ . Treatment of painful conditions of the abdominal wall with local injections. Practitioner 1980;224:921–5.

Bourne IHJ . The general practitioner and management of chronic pain. In: Burrows GB , ed. Handbook of chronic pain management. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1987.

Gray DWR Seabrook G Dixon JM Collin J . Is abdominal wall tenderness a useful sign in the diagnosis of nonspecific abdominal pain. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1988;70:233–4.

Bradlow A . Gout and hyperuricaemia. Med Int 1990;75:3132–5.

Editorial. Topical NSAID's: Gimmick or a godsend. Lancet 1989;ii:779–80.

Cullen JF Butler HG . Mongolism and keratoconus. Br J Ophthalmol 1963;47:321–30.

Barnett ML Friedman D Kastner T . The prevalence of mitral valve prolapse in patients with Down's syndrome: Implications for dental management. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1988;66:445–7.

Ihalainen A . Clinical and epidemiological features of keratoconus. Genetic and external factors in the pathogenesis of the disease. Acta Ophthalmol 1986;64(Suppl 178):00.

Kennedy RH Bourne WM Dyer JA . Clinical and epidemiological features of keratoconus in a defined population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1985;(ARVO suppl.):26.

Howells G . Down's syndrome and the general practitioner. J R Coll Gen Pract 1989;39:470–5.

Barlow JB Cheng TO . Mitral valve billowing and prolapse. In: Cheng TO , ed. The international textbook of cardiology. New York: Pergamon Press, 1986:497–524.

Cheng TO . Mitral valve prolapse. Dis Month 1987;33:481–534.

Pennington LA . The Incidence of nail-biting among adults. Am J Psychiatry 1945;102:241–4.

Hill JM . Nail-biting. Am J Psychiatry 1946;103:185–7.

Newman HN Levers BGH . Tooth eruption and function in an early Anglo-Saxon population. J R Soc Med 1979;72:341–50.

Whittaker D . Quantitative studies on age changes in the teeth and surrounding structures in archaeological material: A review. J R Soc Med 1992;85:97–101.

Gilbert GH Heft MW . Periodontal status of older Floridians attending senior activity centers. J Clin Periodont 1992;19:249–55.