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EMIS Medical Immediate Reference - October 2009 Update

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Acne Conglobata and Rarer Forms of Acne
Acne Vulgaris
Acute Pulmonary Oedema Management
Aicardi's Syndrome
Alternative and Holistic Medicine
Amiodarone
Angle-closure Glaucoma
Anticonvulsants used for Generalised Seizures
Anticonvulsants used for Partial Seizures
Bladder Tumours
Breast Cancer
Breech Presentations
Bullous Dermatoses (Blisters and Bullae)
Centile Charts and Assessing Growth
Cerebellar Signs Including Cerebellar Ataxia
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
Child Abuse - Recognition
Cholesterol Emboli
Chondrodermatitis Nodularis
Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Coenzyme Q10
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma
Compound Naevus
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Depression in Children and Adolescents
Diabetes Mellitus
Ecstasy
Epilepsy in Adults
Epilepsy in Children and Young People
Familial Polyposis of the Colon
First Seizure
Folliculitis
Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
HELLP Syndrome
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Hypercalcaemia
Hyperthyroid Crisis (Thyrotoxic Storm)
Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Infective Endocarditis
Insomnia
Intermittent Self-catheterisation
Intussusception in Adults
Japanese B Encephalitis
Löffler's Eosinophilic Endocarditis
Leber's Optic Atrophy
Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
Lichen Sclerosus
Looking After People With Cancer
Mallory-Weiss Syndrome
Mammography
Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Managing Diabetes in General Practice
Managing Epilepsy in Primary Care
Menorrhagia
Migraine
Mycosis Fungoides and Cutaneous T-cell Lymphomas
Newly Diagnosed Diabetic
Non-anaemic Iron Deficiency
Obstetric Ultrasound
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Overuse Phenomena and RSI
Pain Control in Terminal Care
Parkinsonism and Parkinson's Disease
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria
Paterson Brown-Kelly Syndrome
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Pes Cavus
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
Phaeochromocytoma
Photodynamic Therapy
Pineal Gland and Circadian Rhythms
Plain Skull X-ray
Platelet Function Disorders
Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
Road Accidents - Attending as a Passing Doctor
Scarlet Fever
Self-monitoring Blood Glucose in Diabetes Mellitus
Subfertility Treatments
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Thallium Poisoning
Thrombophilia
Tietze's Syndrome
Tinea Capitis
Tinnitus
Trachoma
Travel Advice
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Verrucae
Visual Field Defects
Wilson's Disease

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Acknowledgements EMIS is grateful to Hilary Cole for writing this article. The final copy has passed scrutiny by the independent Mentor GP reviewing team. ©EMIS 2009.
Document ID: 9385
Document Version: 7
Document Reference: bgp26188
Last Updated: 6 Oct 2009
Planned Review: 6 Oct 2011

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