Contents Indian J Med Res Volume 70

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Original Article

Hepatitis B virus infection in a renal unit in India J C M Shastry,K V Johny,M G Kirubakaran,T Jacob John,V Gunasekaran

Antibody against whooping cough in normal population G Saran,M Balasubrahmanyan,Sarita Sood Angra

Urea and electrolyte studies in albino rats in Plasmodium berghei infection D M Lal,Q Z Hussain

Isolation of antigen fraction responsible for delayed hypersensitivity in amoebiasis C Mohan,N K Ganguly,R C Mahajan,R E Chandanani,R R Sharma,S Sharma

Serum immunoglobulin and complement profile in parasitic diseases D N Paul,Debidas Ray,Kunal Saha,N Sarkar

Mating behaviour of Anopheles culicifacies Giles in small cages, with some developments in rearing methods R Reuben,S C Tewari

Search of a sister species of Limulus polyphemus in the Bay of Bengal: clottable protein in the amoebocyte lysate of the Carcinoscorpius rotunda cauda D Mahalanabis,K N Jalan,M L Chakraborty,S K Agarwal,T K Maitra

Tinea capitis in a Moslem school A Kamalam,A S Thambiah,G Nanjappa Chetty,N Balasubramaniam,N Chandrasekar

A comparative study of loop smears and copper device smears K Gopalkrishnan,K D Virkar

Uterine endocenical morphology in different phases of the menstrual cycle John A Thomas,P S Revadi

Transplacental asymptomatic hyponatremia following oxytocin infusion during labour Meharban Singh,Sunit Singhi

A longitudinal study on gross motor development of the children from birth to one year of age in an urban community A Bhandari,B N Ghosh

Study of twin births in an urban community of Delhi Shanti Ghosh,T K T S Ramanujacharyulu

Serum IgG in paired maternal and cord-blood samples Kirthi Sunderarajan,S S Kelkar

Effect of prostaglandins E2 and F2a on tissue mast cells L Karaeswaran,V S Geetha

Use of leukocyte adherence inhibition test to study the cell mediated antitumour immunity in cancer patients S G Gangal,S R Shirodkar

Haemosiderin iron deposition in lymph nodes in Hodgkins and non-Hodgkin lymphoma B Arora,G C Mehrotra,R Arya

HBeAg and anti-HBe in acute and chronic liver diseases B M Gandhi,B N Tandon,Leela Krishnamurthy

Pathology and pathogenesis of fulminant hepatic failure—a review of 100 cases A Das Gupta,A G S Pathania,B K Aikat,D V Datta,P N Chhuttani,S R Pal,Sohba Sehgal,V L Pandit

Exposure of workers to inorganic lead in some small and medium industries C B Pandya,D J Parikh,N B Ghodasara,N L Ramanathan

Effect of prolonged intermittent exposure to simulated high altitude hypoxia in rats A Sokhey,R Viswanathan

Antiulcerogenic activity of clonidine in albino rats K K Tangri,K P Bhargava,M B Gupta

Lactic acid estimation in cerebrospinal fluid in meningitis M Aslam,M Tajuddin,M A Siddiqui

Seasonal variations in the drug-interactions on blood vessels of the frog (Rana tigrina) P K Das,S S Gambhir

Influence of diet on the total blood and liver cholesterol levels of the catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linn.) Kalpana D Shreni

Attainment of maximum theoretical efficiency with an indigenous haemodialyzer C Gopinathan,T P Balan

A serological survey for the detection of antibodies to type A influenza viruses in bird sera in India F M Rodrigues,N P Gupta,P Bright Singh

High titres of hepatitis B surface antigen in renal transplant recipients and patients on chronic haemodialysis J C M Shastry,P Vijayarathnam,T Jacob John

Counter current Immunoelectrophoresis in the diagnosis of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children Archana Ayyagari,Deepa Pande,K C Agarwal,Lata Kumar,Meera Sharma

Genetic characterization of the resistance plasmid of a prototype Salmonella newport K B Sharma,M Bheem Bhat

Study of human dermatomycosis Baldev Singh Hunjan,Bhushan Kumar,N L Chitkara,Pushpa Talwar,Surrinder Kaur

Experimental Giardia lamblia infection in Swiss mice—a preliminary report G L Sharma,S R Naik,V K Vinayak

A serological survey for malaria in a rural community near Delhi B Ravindran,K Bagchi,Prabha Malhotra,Q Z Hussain,Ravinder Mamtani

Haemoglobin A2 in malaria B C Mehta,Neela Kurlekar

Susceptibility status of Anopheles culicifacies in Karnataka State (1973-78) C P Vijayan,K C Shivaswarni,K S Birdar Patil,L Raghuvir Rao,N L Sitaraman,R G Roy

Effects of estradiol and progesterone on thyroid function in rat G K Rastogi,K Kannan,M V Muraleedharan,R C Sawhney,R V Jayakumar

Anti-A and anti-B titre response after tetanus toxoid injections in normal adults and pregnant women H M Bhatia,S C Gupte

Plasma specific gravity and haematocrit values as indices of the degree of dehydration in infantile diarrhoea D Mahalanabis,K N Jalan,S C Gupte,S P Khatua

Possible mechanism of antidiarrhoeal effect of berberine M Sabir,M H Akhter,N K Bhide

Skeletal maturation in deprived preschool children of Chandigarh K Bala,S Prakash

Studies on immunotherapy in oral cancer patients with BCG and tumour antigens P N M Nair,R S Rao,Sudha G Gangal

Myocardial damage vis-a-vis plasma fibrinolytic activity and fibrinogen level-an experimental study D N Prasad,K K Saxena,R K Srivastava

Antitryptic and antichymotryptic activities in cerebrospinal fluid in health and disease A Venkatesh,A R Aroor,T N Pattabiraman

Cannabis-induced potentiation of morphine analgesia in rat—role of brain monoamines P Ghosh,S K Bhattacharya

Morphine-induced catalepsy in rat: Role of putative neurotransmitters R Bose,S K Bhattacharya

Modified water-air mattress in the management of bedsores Deepak Nathani,K K Gupta,R C Gupta

Effect of simulated altitudes on plasma renin activity, urinary and plasma electrolyte concentrations in rat H Rahman,H H Siddiqui,Ramesh Kumar

Isolation, characterization and estimation of diethylcarbamazine-N-oxide from human urine B Chandrasekaran,B C Harinath

Rat brain homogenate for in vitro evaluation of anti-lipoperoxide activity of riboflavin tetrabutyrate G F Shah,R B Patel,R N Gilbert,T P Gandhi,V C Patel

Factors influencing the rate and extent of in vitro demineralization Mridula Gupta,R K Jethi

A stereo-radiographic and histologic study of coronary arteries in normal adult rhesus monkeys Manorama Saini,P L Wahi,R N Chakravarti,S K Das,V K Saini

The hepatic veins—A radiographic and corrosion cast study C D Gupta,S C Gupta

Trial of BCG vaccines in south India for tuberculosis prevention Tuberculosis Prevention Trial, Madras

Experimental viraemia with Japanese encephalitis virus in certain domestic and peridomestic vertebrates H R Bhat,K Banerjee,M A Ilkal,M A Sreenivasan

Re-evaluation of antibacterial and antitoxin immunities in experimental cholera Brahm S Srivastava,Ranjana Srivastava,V B Sinha

Enterotoxigenicity of Salmonella weltevreden cell lysates D C Thapliyal,I P Singh

Production of permeability factor and enterotoxin by Pseudomonas aeruginosa R A Bhujwala,Shriniwas,Usha Menon

Bacteriological study of breast abscess with special reference to Staph.aureus D S Agarwal,P Mukherjee,R Sarkar

Seroprevalence of Q fever and brucellosis in camels of Jorbeer and Bikaner, Rajasthan State Kiran Narain Mathur,S C Bhargava

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in some patients with acute respiratory illnesses D V Vadehra,P J Asnani,Teo Sun Ser

Epidemiological study of fungal infection in the armed forces B S Rathore,L C Anand,U K Singh

Occurrence of clinically different types of tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton violaceum in different schools A Kamalam,A S Thambiah

Serum and intestinal immunoglobulins in hookworm infestation—a preliminary report B Krishna Ram,Kunal Saha,Nirmal Kumar,P S Gupta,Sudhir Oswal

Susceptibility of larvae of Culex fatigans (Wiedmann), Anopheles stephensi (Liston) and Aedes aegypti (Linn.) to insecticides in Pondicherry P K Das,P K Rajagopalan

Partial suppression of malaria parasites in Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi doubly infected with Nosema algerae and Plasmodium A Gajanana,P K Rajagopalan,R Reuben,S C Tewari

Laboratory studies on the biology of Anopheles culicifacies (Giles) P K Das,P K Rajagopalan

Density measurements of Anopheles culicifacies (Giles) during malaria transmission season in Pattukottai, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu K N Panicker,N Arunachalam,P K Rajagopalan,R K Chandrahas

Intra-amniotic tetanus toxoid as a safe abortifacient K L Mukherjee,Narayan Chaudhuri,Niranjan Bhattacharya,Sreemanta Kumar Banerjee

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of anti-sperm antibodies R Rajgopal,Shanta S Rao

Gastric aspirate shake test as a predictor of hyaline membrane disease L S Arya,Meharban Singh

Pattern of neck and head growth in adolescents of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh K Sathyavathi,K N Agarwal,N S N Rao,P R Reddy

Mechanism of anaemia of chronic infection—estimation of labile iron pool and interpretation of ferrokinetic data Ramesh Kumar

Mechanism of anaemia of chronic infection-study of haemoglobin synthesis in vitro Ramesh Kumar

Radioligand binding assay of Cortisol using horse transcortin B R Sharma,R J Dash,V Lata

Ectopic human chorionic gonadotropin in carcinoma cervix B D Gupta,O P Purohit,R J Dash,R V Jayakumar,S K Gupta,T K Dutta

Studies on 2, 3-diphosphoglycerate levels in blood A Krishna Rao,G Janardhana Rao,T N Pattabiraman

Influence of intracarotid infusions of tubocurarine on release of acetylcholine from perfused cerebral ventricles of anaesthetized dogs H Venkatakrishna Bhatt,K Seshagiri Rao,P S R K Haranath

Typing herpes simplex virus antibodies by complement-dependent antibody lysis of infected cells L Kesavalu,Pradeep Seth

Role of dopaminergic and noradrenergic mechanisms in metrazole convulsions in mice Sharadini A Dahanukar,U K Sheth,Vaishali N Dadkar

Prostaglandin-like activity in the cerebrospinal fluid of febrile patients K C Singhal,M Ahmad,M M A Beg,P N Saxena

Role of prostaglandins in mediation of pyrogen fever P N Saxena

Antifertility activity of an indigenous preparation Ayush-47 D Suganthan,G Santhakumari

Antifertility effect of some indigenous plants K S Krishnaiah,P Dasaradhan,V S N Rao

Effect of different viruses on early development of chick embryo cultured in vitro Leela Mulherkar,N P Gupta,S S Gogate

Replication of influenza viral strains in testicular and lung tissues of mice H Polasa,Menaka A Thadani

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in Chandigarh A K Banerjee,J S Chopra,K Radha Krishnan,N L Chitkara,S Choudhury,S R Pal,Shobha Broor

Herpes simplex virus type 2 and carcinoma of urinary bladder N P Gupta,Pradeep Seth,S M Singh,S S Prakash

Isolation of urease producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains from cases of gastroenteritis D Huber,G Kibryia,M I Huq

Bacterial excretion rates and diagnosis of urinary tract infection C D Gupta,J S Chopra,O Prakash

Antibiotic resistance and transfer factor (R+) in E. coli isolated from raw sewage Arun Kumar,D S Misra,I P Singh

Clinical profile of cases of kala-azar in Bihar A G S Pathania,B K Aikat,L S N Prasad,N Desai,P K Bhattacharya,S Jain,S Mishra,S Sahaya

Haematological investigations in kala-azar patients in Bihar A G S Pathania,B K Aikat,D Mohanty,L S N Prasad,N C V Chari,P K Bhattacharya,S Jain,S Sahaya,Surinder Kumar

Immunological responses in Indian kala-azar A G S Pathania,B K Aikat,L S N Prasad,Neelam Pasricha,P K Bhattacharya,Ranjit Singh Parmar,S Sahaya,Shobha Sehgal,Sohan Singh,Usha Dutta

The role of counter Immunoelectrophoresis as a diagnostic tool in kala-azar A B Choudhury,A G S Pathania,B K Aikat,L S N Prasad,Neelam Pasricha,P K Bhattacharya,R C Mahajan,S Sahaya,S Sehgal

Lactate dehydrogenase and other enzymes in kala-azar patients in Iraq Nazar R Al Saffar,Sami A Al Mudhaffer

Soil dynamics of hookworm larvae N L Chitkara,P N Chhuttani,V K Vinayak

Bacterial pathogens of mosquito larvae—Bacillus alvei (Cheshire and Cheyene) and Bacillus brevis (Migula)— isolated in Pondicherry K Balaraman,P K Rajagopalan,U S Bheema Rao

Host-parasite relationship of Nosema algerae, a parasite of mosquitoes A Gajanana,M Geetha Bai,P K Das,P K Rajagopalan

Plasma levels of norethisterone in women with subcutaneous implants of norethisterone acetate Jayashree V Joshi,Usha M Joshi,V K Naik

Effect of oral contraceptives on erythrocytic porphyrins F Handa,J G Arora,K S Sidhu

Possible role of prostaglandins in the regulation of ovum transport in rabbits K Rajkumar,P L Sharma,S K Garg

Effects of antiandrogens on glycogen metabolism of spermatozoa A R Sheth,G T Panse

Diurnal variation of glucose tolerance in late pregnancy Indu Tandon,J S Bajaj,O P Tandon,P K Malkani

Biologic effects of airborne lead on occupationally exposed traffic policemen and permanent shopkeepers stationed at Ahmedabad city A L Aggarwal,C V Rayani,S K Chatterjee,T S Patel

Effect of environmental temperature on serum enzymes and myocardial electrolytes after myocardial infarction A A Mohsini,Jaliluddin,M Ahmad,M Tajuddin,M Tariq

Rapid detoxification of e-dinitrophenylated-lysine of dinitrophenylated leucocytes, the anti-leukaemic immunogen M B Sahasrabudhe,P K Iyer,U K Ganu

Effect of vinblastine on in vitro utilization of D-glucose and production of L-lactate by small intestine of rats J Nagchaudhuri,Om Prakash

Ascorbic acid depleting action of PGE1 in rat adrenal and ovary and the effect of cycloheximide and actinomycin D treatment Sankar Sanyal,Sunil Datta

Investigation on the outbreak of influenza by A/USSR/77 virus strain in Pune, Maharashtra in 1978 B Lalitha Rao,C V R Mohan Rao,N P Gupta,S S Gogate,Usha Shah

Isolation of duck influenza virus from Tirunelveli town in Tamil Nadu B Lalitha Rao,N P Gupta,P K Deshmukh

Study of an extensive outbreak of cholera in Cooch Behar during 1974 B C Deb,S C Pal,S P De

A study of tuberculosis infection and disease among apparently healthy rural school children near Delhi Man Mohan,Shanti Ghosh,Sunil Mehra

Multiple drug resistance pattern of Salmonella strains in India during 1976 H Singh,M L Mago,S Ahuja,S N Saxena

R-Plasmid linked lactose fermentation in Klebsiella pneumoniae K B Sharma,M Bheem Bhat,S K Walia,T D Chugh

Results of insecticide susceptibility tests with Culex gelidus in Bangalore city Franco Samson,K G Roy

Isolation of Metarrhizium anisopliae, Beauveria tenella and Fusarium oxysporum (Deuteromycetes) and their pathogenicity to Culex fatigans and Anopheles stephensi K Balaraman,P K Rajagopalan,U S Bheema Rao

A study of human behaviour influencing man-mosquito contact, and of mosquito biting activity on children in a south Indian village community K N Panicker,R Reuben

Sialic acid levels in serum, leukocytes and urine in women during the third trimester of pregnancy—a preliminary report B N Purandare,Mandakini C Purandare,R Rajan,Shanta S Rao,Umashashi C Hegde

Seasonal variations in nutritional deficiency signs among urban orphanage school boys H A Nadiger,K A V R Krishnamachari

Serum complement levels in malnourished children V Jagadeesan,Vinodini Reddy

Flatus inducing effect of processed legumes in pre-school children F Theophilus,P Geervani

Evaluation of the rapid bubble test in assessing foetal pulmonary maturity C Rodrigues,K Dhall,M Kumar,O N Bhakoo

Foetal pulmonary maturity in north west India C Rodrigues,K Dhall,M Kumar,O N Bhakoo

Significance of hyperuricemia in pre-eclampsia A Anasuya,Leela Raman

Certain biochemical characteristics of rat amniotic fluid A K Sanyal,C Ghosh

Cell cycle phase specificity of action of methylglyoxal-bis (guanylhydrazone) and its relationship to polyamine biosynthesis on mouse leukaemia L1210 cells in culture Awtar Krishan,Chandrakant Dave,Saroj N Pathak

Clinical and Immunologic study of patients of cancer cervix D Sharma,R M Gupta,V Kadian

Effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents and diuretics in nephrotic syndrome patients B P Shah,Nilima A Kshirsagar,P B Satturt,T Paul,U K Sheth,V N Acharya

Sickle-cell haemoglobin and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in tribal populations of Andhra Pradesh J D Goud,P R Rao

Dermatoglyphics in cleft lip and cleft palate anomaly : familial and teratogenic groups M S Grewal,R N Deshmukh,S S Sidhu

The immediate airway response to cigarette smoking S Walter

Ammonia tolerance test in liver disease with special reference to the non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis M L Agarwalla,A P S Narang,A K S Samanta,D V Datta,P N Chhuttani

Factors affecting blood glucose and liver glycogen in chlorpromazine-treated mice subjected to simulated altitudes B Bhatia,H H Siddiqui,N K Malhotra,R Subramanian

Antagonism of isoprenaline or histamine induced positive chronotropic and inotropic effects by alprenolol Kushal Pal Singh

Respiration changes during infusion of fluids and buffer nerve influence thereon K N Sharma,T P Suresh

Prevalence of rotavirus infection in neonates E Stanley Jesudoss,Leslie Spence,Malati Jadhav,P P Maiya,T Jacob John

Agglutinin response against pertussis vaccine in mice G Sahai,G Saran,M Balasubrahmanyan,Sarita Sood Angra

Comparison of plain egg medium with Lowenstein-Jensen medium in the isolation of M. tuberculosis from sputum A S L Narayana,P Venkataraman,R Prabhakar,S P Tripathy

Demonstration of pBBl mediated mobilization of ampicillin resistance in S. newport and its characterization K B Sharma,M Bheem Bhat

Studies on cholera carriers and their role in transmission of the infection : a preliminary report B C Deb,B K Sircar,B N Ghosh,D Sen,P G Sengupta,S Guha Niyogi,S P De

Studies on transmission of V. parahaemolyticus infection in Calcutta communities : A preliminary report B C Deb,B K Sircar,D Sen,P G Sengupta,S Mondal,S C Pal,S P De

Antibiotic resistance pattern of enteropathogenic E. coli isolated from diarrhoeal disease in children in Delhi A N Rai Chowdhuri,H Sehgal,J K Dutta,Man Mohan,R Sarkar

Septicaemic manifestations of shigellosis Grace Koshi,Jasper Daniel,Shiela M Pereira

Development of a rapid aeruginocin typing procedure Deepta Mohapatra,R V Srinivas,Shriniwas,Usha Menon

Concomitant venereal infections in male patients attending a VD clinic at Lucknow J V Singh,V Narayan

Complement fixing and agglutinating antibodies to Coxiella burnetii in several mammals of Karnataka State I Chandrashekara,K N A Rao,S Stephen

Coxiellosis in reptiles of South Kanara district K N Achyutha Rao,S Stephen

Studies on soluble complement fixing antigen of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi Jagdish Rai

A preliminary note on phlebotomine sandflies of Pondicherry P K Rajagopalan,P S Shetty

A note on phlebotomid sandflies of Surat, Gujarat State A P Pandya

Vaginal tubal ligation concurrent with medical termination of pregnancy A N Gupta,I Gupta,P K Devi

Termination rates of IUDs (Copper T and Copper 7) by demographic characteristics H D Gupta,M I Belavalgidad

Thermal stress and physiological strain in rural based small ceramic industry D J Parikh,N B Ghodasara,S K Chatterjee

Serum alphafetoprotein in non-hepatic malignancies B R Sharma,R J Dash,S Sehgal,T K Dutta

Serum immunoglobulin levels during acute infection in children Gauri Bazaz Malik,Rajbala Yadav,Ranjana Gondal

Effect of gum guggulu on fibrinolysis and platelet adhesiveness in coronary heart disease Arun Bordia,S K Chuttani

Effects of ouabain at cholinoceptive sites of action D V S Sharma,M A Ghouse,P S R K Haranath,S Ramabhimaiah

Phenylbutazone protein binding m normal subjects and hypoproteinemic patients Nilima A Kshirsagar,Savitri M Pahujani,Teresa Paul,U K Sheth

Effect of some beta-adrenoceptor antagonists on the antidiuretic effect of ADH in the rat H Datta,N Banka,P L Sharma

Book Review

Nutrition, Immunity and Infection Mechanisms of Interaction

Financing of Health Services.

Training and Utilization of Auxilliary Personuel for Rural Health Team is Developing Countries.

Cancer Statics

Controlling the Smoking Epidemic

Topics in Dietary Filber Research

WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization

Alma-Ata 1978 Primary Health Car.

Hospital-acquired Infection

Cancer Registration and its Techniques

International Histological Classfiacation of Tumnours

A Coded Compendium of the International Histological Classification of Tummours.

The Application of Advance in Neuro-science for the Cotrol of Neurological Disordes.

Nasopharyageal Carcinoma

Immunodeficiency Repot of a WHO Scientific Group

Sage Use Pesticides.

  
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