February 2003

Table of contents

editorial

Persisting challenges in plasma endocrinology: reference values and endocrine tests
J.A. Romijn, A.M. Pereira Arias

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review

Cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a disaster waiting to happen
M.A.B. van der Sande

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original article

Establishment of reference values for endocrine tests. III: primary aldosteronism
S.J. Baas, E. Endert, E. Fliers, M.F. Prummel, W.M. Wiersinga

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Evaluation of endocrine tests. A: the TRH test in patients with hyperprolactinaemia
R. Le Moli, E. Endert, E. Fliers, M.F. Prummel, W.M. Wiersinga

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photo quiz

Bilateral adrenal tumour
P.H. Bisschop, J. Peringa, J.L.G. Blaauwgeers

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case report

Bleomycin and scuba diving: to dive or not to dive?
G. Huls, D. ten Bokkel Huinink

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Tension pneumopericardium caused by positive pressure ventilation complicating anaerobic pneumonia
C.P. Bleeker-Rovers, F.J.J. van den Elshout, T.I.F.M. Bloemen, H.A.H. Kaasjager

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Cardiac failure following group A streptococcal infection with echocardiographically proven pericarditis, still insufficient arguments for acute rheumatic fever: a case report and literature update
T.L.Th.A. Jansen, P. Joosten, J. Brouwer

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answer to photo quiz

Bilateral adrenal tumour

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