Contents
Vol. 50 • April 2002
Editorial
Gallstones in Portal Hypertension : Is the Liver or the Portal Hypertension Responsible?
P Abraham, DC Desai, AG Joshi

Original Articles
Increased Frequency of Gallstones in Cirrhotic and Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension
SK Sarin, RC Guptan, Shailaja Malhotra

Renal Artery Involvement in Patients of Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Coronary Angiography - A Prospective Study
PC Rath, MK Agarwala, PK Dhar, SA Ahsan, NK Das, N Patil

Efficacy and Safety of Phlogenzym - A Protease Formulation, in Sepsis in Children
SK Shahid, NH Turakhia, M Kundra, P Shanbag, GV Daftary, W Schiess

Results of Renal Transplantation on Conventional Immunosuppression in Second Decade in India : A Single Centre Experience
SK Agarwal, SC Dash, SN Mehta,S Gupta, D Bhowmik, SC Tiwari, S Guleria

Post-Marketing Surveillance of Arteether in Malaria
OP Asthana, JS Srivastava, P Das Gupta

Prevalence of Neuropathy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Attending a Diabetes Centre in South India
S Ashok, M Ramu, R Deepa, V Mohan

Sudden Death : A Clinicopathological Study
AS Kasthuri, A Handa, M Niyogi, JC Choudhury

Tuberculosis and Vitamin D Deficiency
PK Sasidharan, E Rajeev, V Vijayakumari

Short Article
 Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of Hyponatremia
M Chakrapani, D Shenoy, A Pillai

Development of a Simple Computer Program for Spirometry Interpretation
AN Aggarwal, D Gupta, SK Jindal

Medical Philately
JV Paidhungat

Pictorial CME
K Nair, S Sivasankaran

Update Article
Renal Dose Dopamine - It’s Myth and the Truth
R Padmanabhan

Ispaghula Husk
J Rai, J Singh

Review Article
 Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in Emphysema
H Khan, KA Salman, S Ahmed

What is the Association Between Air Pollution and Allergic Diseases?
MT Krishna, SS Salvi

 Case Reports
 Paradoxical Reaction in HIV and Tuberculosis Coinfection
A Wanchu, A Sud, P Bambery, S Singh

Nocardia asteroides Colonizing Bronchiectatic Cavity
P Padmaja, Susan L Verghese, SJ Elizabeth, AK Chitra,
A Anitha, T Mathew, S Krishnan, KM Cherian

Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis in a Pregnant Woman with Diabetic Ketoacidosis
TH Trivedi, DL Jadhav, ME Yeolekar, SB Shejale,
OT Pereira, AY Varaiya, UM Tendolkar, M Mathur

Jugular Venous Thrombosis in HIV-Seropositive Man
R Soman, A Kanekar

Eales’ Disease with Neurological Manifestations
S Kumaravelu, S Johri, JD Mukherji, RG Poduval, NK Bhandari

Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
Benu Dhawan, Srujana Mohanty, AC Ammini, D Dhanwal, BK Das, Arti Kapil

Successful Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis with Liposomal Amphotericin B Intolerant to Conventional Amphotericin B
BG Kirodian, AR Virani, NA Kshirsagar

Pseudotumor Syndrome Associated with Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
D Sareen, A Jain, P Paljor

Scorpion Envenomation Causing Hemiparesis
DK Kochar, P Singh, BV Sharma, G Saini, Priya Aggarwal, LA Gauri

Embolisation of Haemodialysis Cather
S Anuradha, R Bansal, A Gupta, NP Singh, R Kohli, SK Agarwal

Documentation
 Suppurative Neck Abscess Due to Tuberculous Thyroiditis
AG Unnikrishnan, GR Koshy, S Rajaratnam, MS Seshadri, V Sarada

Cerebrovascular Accident in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria
G Lalitha Murthy, VR Srinivasan, K Gayatri

Primary Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum
PG Kamath, UM Jadhav

Correspondence
 Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose Presenting as Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
V Khandelwal, N Gupta, A Agarwal, RK Goyal

Impaired Fasting Glucose Versus Impaired Glucose Tolerance
B Rajendran

Rosiglitazone - Useful Drug but has Side Effects
S Vidhya, V Mohan

Thrombosed Basilar Artery Aneurysm Presenting as Weber’s Syndrome in Young Male
PK Baghel, P Ranjan, MK Jain

The Difference Between Gentamicin and Gentamycin A Kumar
Eliciting Babinski Reflex O Prakash

Three Systems Together Programme of UST, Chittagong
N Islam

Persistent Iron Deficiency Anaemia
SK Bichile, Vijai Kumar

Synergy of Different Systems of Medicine : The Sevagram Declaration
ADB Vaidya, DS Mehta

Announcements

Check List for Contributors

Book Review