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Stapczynski JS Ropthstein RJ Gaye WA Niemann JT . Colchicine overdose: Report of two cases and review of the literature. Ann Emerg Med 1981; 10: 364–9

Macleod JG Phillips L. Hypersensitivity to colchicine. Ann Rheum Dis 1947; 6: 224–9

Dominguez DE Villota E Galdos P Mosquera JM Thomas MI . Colchicine overdose — an unusual cause of multiorgan failure. Crit Care Med 1979; 7: 278–9

Nystrom ML Barradas MA Mikhailidis DP . N-formyl-methionine-leucine-phenylalanine (fMLP), a bacterial chemotactic peptide, stimulates platelet shape change in human whole blood. Platelets 1993; 4: 156–8

Barradas MA O'Donoghue S Mikhailidis DP . Measurement of platelet volume using a channelyzer: Assessment of the effect of agonists and antagonists. In vivo 1992; 6: 629–34

Whitworth NH Barradas MA Mikhailidis DP Dandona P. An investigation into the effects of bacterial lipopolysaccharide on human platelets. Eur J Haem 1989; 43: 112–19

Thaulow E Erikssen J Sandvik L Stormorken H Cohn PF . Blood platelet count and function are related to total and cardiovascular death in apparently healthy men. Circulation 1991; 84: 613–17

Bain BJ . The haematological effects of smoking. J Smoking Relat Disord 1992; 3: 99–108

Mikhailidis DP Stead RJ Barradas MA Hodson ME Batten JC Dandona P. Platelet abnormalities in patients with cystic fibrosis and obligate heterozygotes. Haematologica 1990; 75: 137–40

Bunn HF . Reaction of monosaccharides with proteins: Possible evolutionary significance. Science 1981; 213: 22–4

Segall JJ . Hypothesis: Is lactose a dietary risk factor for ischaemic heart disease? Int J Epidemiol 1980; 9: 271–6

Scadding G. Glue ear guidelines. Lancet 1993; 341: 57

Brown H. Morrow Glue ear guidelines. Lancet 1993; 341: 57

de Melker RA . Treating persistent glue ear in children. BMJ 1993; 306: 5–6