Clinical Articles /
BY: Teresa Marie Kope, MD, FRCPC
June 2001
... it can be considered a common disorder of childhood. [4] This means that over 100 babies may be born in BC each ... year with autism spectrum disorders. Boys are affected 4 to 5 times more often than girls, and more than 70% of ... recommendations for the early identification of autism. [4,8] They all concur that monitoring language and behavior ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: William J. Sullivan, BA, LLB, MCL
July / August 2001
... into force in British Columbia on 28 February 2000.[ 1-4 ] These words and their antonyms are, in practise, used ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Dr Kimit Rai, MD, FRCSC
July / August 2001
... misrepresented, and some contain false claims. In the past 4 years, there has been an approximately 200% increase in ... Rawlins MD. Doctors and the drug makers. Lancet 4 August 1984;2:(8397):276-278. [PubMed Citation] Royal ... and the pharmaceutical industry. Bioethics Bull 1995;4-5:1331-1334. Wazana A. Physicians and the pharmaceutical ...
Letters /
BY: Ray Baker, MD
July / August 2001
Dr Shearer’s editorial ( BCMJ; 2001;43[4]:193 ) immediately grips the reader by describing the ... simple screening questions (CAGE, [2] AUDIT, [3] SCID [4] ) were negative in this case, examination of the ...
Letters /
BY: G. Kenefick, MB
July / August 2001
... Drs Purkis [ BCMJ 2001;43(2):71 ] and Toewes [BCMJ 2001;43(4):195] are certainly not exaggerated and I would not like to ...
Letters /
BY: R.A. Bernat, MD
July / August 2001
... (Coquitlam) letter published in the May BCMJ (2001;43[4]:195) and also correct an inaccuracy in his letter. I ...
Premise /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
July / August 2001
... some patient populations are much sicker than others. [4] Differences in the burden of morbidity among patient ... used (i.e., MSP uses 3-digit ICD codes versus more precise 4- and 5-digit ICD-9 CM codes), and the limited attention ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Janet Henderson, MB, BCh
September 2001
... function can cause substantial morbidity and mortality, [4] particularly in the gastrointestinal tract. [5] A ... NSAID with a proton pump inhibitor or misoprostol. [4] There are still many unanswered questions regarding COX-2 ... enzymatic activity essential for viral replication. [4] The structure of the enzyme’s active site is conserved ...
Clinical Articles
September 2001
... 3 ] the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons,[ 4 ] and the Canadian Medical Association[ 5 ] for ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Hugh Freeman, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACG
September 2001
... features of celiac disease were described [ 4-6 ] based on peroral small intestinal biopsy—refining ... in 96 relatives of 17 index patients. Of 32 siblings, 4 had celiac disease. Five of 26 children of the index cases ...