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1997 Research Report

Journal Article

Boyd, GW, ‘Theoretical article. An evolution-based hypothesis on the origin and mechanisms of autoimmune disease’, Immunology and Cell Biology, 75 pp. 503-507. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Burgess, JR* and Duffield, A* and Wilkinson, SJ and Ware, R* and Greenaway, TM and Percival, J* and Hoffman, L, ‘Two families with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid’, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 82 (2) pp. 345-348. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Johnston, PR and Gulrajani, RM*, ‘A New Method for Regularization Parameter Determination in the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography’, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 44 (1) pp. 19-39. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Johnston, PR, ‘C2-Continuous elements for boundary element analysis’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 40 pp. 2087-2108. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Johnston, PR, ‘The Laplacian Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography: An Eccentric Spheres Study’, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 44 (7) pp. 539-548. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Jones, G and Beard, TC and Parameswaran, T* and Greenaway, TM and von Witt, R*, ‘A Population-based study of the relationship between salt intake, bone resorption and bone mass’, European Journal of Clincal Nutrition (51) pp. 561-565. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Jones, IH and Kirkby, KC and Hay, DA* and Daniels, BA and Longmore, LM, ‘Decline in diagnoses of schizophrenia in Tasmania during the period 1965-1990’, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 95 pp. 13-18. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Jones, IH and Hay, DA* and Kirkby, KC and Daniels, BA and Mowry, BJ*, ‘Season of birth and schizophrenia in Tasmania’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 31 pp. 57-61. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Kirkby, KC and Daniels, BA and Jones, IH and McInnes, M, ‘A survey of social outcome in schizophrenia in Tasmania’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 31 pp. 405-410. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Kirkcaldie, MTK and Pridmore, S and Reid, P*, ‘Bridging the Skull: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in Psychiatry’, Convulsive Therapy, 131 (2) pp. 83-91. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Kirkcaldie, MTK and Pridmore, S and Pascual-Leone, A*, ‘Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a therapy in for depression and other disorders’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 31 pp. 264-272. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Li, CY and Pluta, WK and Kilpatrick, D, ‘Techical Note. Field programmable gate array in a fast 256-channel data aquisition system’, Australasian Physical & Engineering Science in Medicine, 20 (1) pp. 47-52. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Pargiter, RA and Bloch, S*, ‘The ethics committee of a psychiatric college: its procedures and themes’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 31 pp. 76-82. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Sexton, PT and Walsh, J and Jamrozik, K* and Parsons, R*, ‘Risk factors for sudden unexpected cardiac death in Tasmanian men’, Australian New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 27 pp. 45-50. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Smith, KL and Kirkby, KC and Montgomery, IM and Daniels, BA, ‘Computer-Delivered Modeling of Exposure for Spider Phobia: Relevant Versus Irrelevant Exposure’, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 11 (5) pp. 489-497. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Walker, JS* and Sheather-Reid, RB* and Carmody, JJ* and Vial, JH and Day, RO*, ‘Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in rheumatoid arthritis and asteoarthritis’, Arthritis & Rheumatism, 40 (11) pp. 1944-1954. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Wang, LX and Davis, MJE*, ‘Permanent pacing system malfunction due to hidden adjacent fractures of atrial and ventricular leads. Brief report’, International Journal of Cardiology, 59 pp. 85-87. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Wood-Baker, R and Markos, J, ‘Occupational asthma due to blackwood (Acacia Melanoxylon)’, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 27 pp. 452-453. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Wood-Baker, R and Walker, D* and Dargaville, P*, ‘The effect of Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination on intradermal tuberculin reactivity in Tasmania’, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 27 pp. 82-83. (1997) [Refereed Article]

Dunbabin, DW, ‘Drug treatments for acute stroke’, Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, 1 (4) pp. 2-3. (1997) [Professional, Non Refereed Article]

Lambert, TJ* and Kirkby, KC and Dunn, JC*, ‘Clinical Education and the Computer: A Proposed Model for Computer-Aided Learning in the Medical Curriculum’, Australasian Psychiatry, 5 (1) pp. 19-22. (1997) [Professional, Non Refereed Article]

Nicklason, F, ‘Stroke Rehabilitation’, Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, 1 (4) pp. 4. (1997) [Professional, Non Refereed Article]

Vial, JH, ‘Stroke Prevention’, Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, 1 (4) pp. 1-2. (1997) [Professional, Non Refereed Article]

Wood-Baker, R and McGregor, A, ‘Focus on Infectious Diseases. Diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia’, Drug and Therapeutic Bulletin, 1 (2) pp. 1-2. (1997) [Professional, Non Refereed Article]

Hoffman, L, ‘Matters Arising. Comment’, Medical Journal of Australia, 168 pp. 140. (1997) [Letter or Note in Journal]

Lowenthal, RM and O'Malley, S* and Arthur, GE*, ‘Letters’, Medical Journal Of Australia, 166 pp. 110. (1997) [Letter or Note in Journal]

Lowenthal, RM and Barnett, VL*, ‘Neutropenia alert cards’, Medical Journal Of Australia, 167 pp. 176. (1997) [Letter or Note in Journal]

Pargiter, RA, ‘Post traumatic stress disorder: What's in a name?’, Medical Journal of Australia, 167 (9) pp. 506. (1997) [Letter or Note in Journal]

Pridmore, S and Pearson, L* and Conwell, Y*, ‘Suicide and Aging: International Perspectives’, American Journal of Psychiatry, 154 (11) pp. 1622. (1997) [Letter or Note in Journal]

Wang, LX, ‘Measurement of atrial refractoriness dispersion - Is there a better way’, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 29 (1) pp. 228. (1997) [Letter or Note in Journal]

Wang, LX, ‘Ventricular fibrillation interval as an index of ventricular refractoriness - When to catch the fibrillation electrograms’, Circulation, 95 (2) pp. 531. (1997) [Letter or Note in Journal]

Review

Lowenthal, RM and Marsden, KA, ‘Review article. Myelodysplastic syndromes’, International Journal of Hematology, 65 pp. 319-338 (1997) [Substantial Review]

Conference Publication

Johnston, PR and Kilpatrick, D, ‘The effect of branch angle on human coronary artery blood flow’, International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 8-11 December 1997, Hobart, Australia, pp. 1029-1034. (1997) [Refereed Conference]

Johnston, PR and Kilpatrick, D, ‘Analysis of the Accuracy of the Concentric Bipolar Electrode for Surface Laplacian Measurements’, Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging 1997. First Austrian Symposium on Noninvasive Magnetic and Electrical Source Imaging Within the Human Heart and Brain, 25-28 September 1997, Graz, Australia, pp. 201-204. (1997) [Non Refereed Conference]

Barnett, V* and Lowenthal, RM, ‘Neutropenia alert cards’, Program & Proceedings, Hobart, Australia, pp. 94. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Daniels, BA and Kirkby, KC and Hay, DA* and Mowry, BJ* and Jones, IH, ‘Predictability of rehospitalisation over five years for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression’, Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research, Wellington New Zealand, pp. 21. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Johnston, PR and Kilpatrick, D, ‘A transient analysis of human coronary artery blood flow’, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, 10-13 August, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 321. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and Smith, KL and Montgomery, IM and Daniels, BA, ‘Comparison of computer-delivered treatments of spider phobia: Treatment components and efficacy’, Proceedings of 31st Annual AABT Convention, Miami Beach Florida USA, pp. 188. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and Daniels, BA, ‘Computer-delivered simulation of exposure treatment in anxiety disorders: Analysis of treatment process using human-computer interaction data’, Proceedings of 31st Annual AABT Convention, Miami Beach Florida USA, pp. 77. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and Smith, KL and Montgomery, IM and Daniels, BA, ‘Computer-delivered treatment of spider phobia: Treatment components and efficacy’, ANZ Journal of Psychiatry, Sydney, New South Wales, pp. A35. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and Clark, ADH and Daniels, BA, ‘Evaluation of a computer-based behavioural treatment in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients and controls’, Sydney, New South Wales, pp. A35. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC, ‘Grand synthesis or mixed metaphors? Mind, matter and morality in early nineteenth century German psychiatry’, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Sydney, pp. 2. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and Jones, IH and Hay, DA* and Daniels, BA and Longmore, LM, ‘Is the presentation of schizophrenia changing? Decline in diagnoses of schizophrenia in Tasmania, 1965-1990’, The Science and Art of Psychiatry, Sydney, New South Wales, pp. A35. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and Jones, IH and Hay, DA* and Daniels, BA and Longmore, LM, ‘Is the presentation of schizophrenia changing? Decline in diagnoses of schizophrenia in Tasmania, 1965-1990’, ANZ Journal of Psychiatry, Sydney, New South Wales, pp. A35. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and McPhee, B* and Taylor, J* and Reti, L*, ‘Peer review and quality assurance programs’, The Australian Postgraduate Federation in Medicine, Melbourne (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and Daniels, BA, ‘Process variables in computer based exposure treatment: Analysis of sequences of behaviour’, Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research, Wellington New Zealand, pp. 37. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC, ‘The polarisation of views regarding the mental or somatic origin of psychiatric illness in early nineteenth century German psychiatry: How the extremes meet’, Medicine & Health in Australian History, Darwin, pp. 23. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and Hay, DA* and Daniels, BA and Jones, IH and Mowry, BJ*, ‘Two perspectives on diagnostic precision: A comparison of clinical diagnoses across time and structured interview diagnosis in a schizophrenia register sample’, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Sydney, pp. A50. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Kirkby, KC and Hay, DA* and Daniels, BA and Jones, IH and Mowry, BJ*, ‘Two perspectives on diagnostic precision: A comparison of clinical diagnoses across time and structured interview diagnosis in a schizophrenia register sample.’, The Science and Art of Psychiatry, Sydney, New South Wales, pp. A50. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Li, CY and Li, DS and Kilpatrick, D and Johnston, PR, ‘A computer model of ST depression in transmural ischaemia’, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, 10-13 August, Hobart, Tasminia, pp. 229. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Li, CY and Li, DS and Kilpatrick, D and Johnston, PR, ‘An explanation for ST depression in subendocardial ischaemia’, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, 10-13 August, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 230. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Li, DS and Yong, AC and Kilpatrick, D, ‘Spatial myocardial blood flow distributions in the ovine heart in pacing-induced tachycardia, subendocardial ischaemia and transmural ischaemia’, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, 10-13 August, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 317. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Blood cell transplantation (BCT)’, Programme & Abstracts, Hobart, October 1997, pp. 24. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Lowenthal, RM and Marsden, KA and Kotlovsky, NN*, ‘G-CSF primed bone marrow for autologous transplantation: rapid recovery of neutrophils and platelets comparable to that of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation’, Programme & Abstracts, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 195. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Pridmore, S, ‘TMS- - Safety issues.Highlights of the International Workshop on the safety of rTMS, 1996’, ANZ Journal of Psychiatry, Sydney, pp. A55. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Pridmore, S and Kirkcaldie, MTK and Couper, DJ, ‘Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in melancholic dexamethasone suppression test (DST) positive patients’, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 32nd Congress, Sydney, pp. 12. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Strickland, A* and Arthur, G* and Mathews, J* and Lowenthal, RM, ‘Improving survival in patients with Hodgkin's disease in Tasmania’, Program & Proceedings, Hobart, Australia, pp. 121. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Taylor, BV and Wright, RA* and Harper, CM* and Dyck, PI*, ‘Clinical characteristics and longitudinal course of multifocal motor neuropathy with persistent conduction block (MMN-PCB)’, Program and Abstracts, Cambridge, England, July 9-12, pp. 236. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Taylor, BV and O'Fallon, JR* and Buckner, J* and Cascino, TL*, ‘The effect of radiation therapy on the cognitive performance of high grade glioma patients’, Programme & Abstracts, Sydney, Australia, pp. 58. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Taylor, BV and Kimmel, DW*, ‘The natural history of asymptomatic meningiomas’, Programme & Abstracts, Sydney, Australia, pp. 57. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Turnier-Shea, Y and Brown, A and Pridmore, S, ‘Coil over-heat provoked shut-down (COPS) in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): The influence of coil design and dose’, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 32nd Congress, Sydney, pp. 19. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Vang, C and Dunbabin, DW, ‘CT Scan versus the Siriraj Stroke Score in distinguishing intracerebral haemorrhage from cerebral infarction’, 1997 Asia Pacific Consensus Forum on Stroke Management, Melbourne, Australia (1997) [Conference Extract]

Vang, C and Dunbabin, DW, ‘Stroke: a critical issue for Laos’, 1997 Asia Pacific Consensus Forum on Stroke Management, Melbourne, Australia (1997) [Conference Extract]

Vial, JH, ‘Adverse drug events as a cause for admission or occuring during admission to medical units of the Royal Hobart Hospital’, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 365. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Vial, JH and Narkowicz, CK, ‘Prostanoid rebound following cessation of ibuprofen’, Proceedings of ASCEPT, Canberra, Australia, pp. 42. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Wang, LX and Li, CY and Yong, AC and Kilpatrick, D, ‘Determination of mean ventricular fibrillation intervals as an index of ventricular refractoriness: Fast Fourier Transform Analysis versus time averaging technique’, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 344. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Wang, LX and Li, DS and Yong, AC and Kilpatrick, D, ‘Homogenous decrease in ventricular refractory periods during acute subendocardial ischaemia: the reason for the low arrhythmia incidence in this entity?’, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 345. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Wang, LX and Li, CY and Yong, AC and Kilpatrick, D, ‘The effect of acute myocardial ischaemia on ventricular refractoriness and its dispersion in sheep’, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 119. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Wang, LX and Yong, AC and Kilpatrick, D, ‘The prophylactic antiarrhythmic effect of enalapril in acute myocardial ischaemia’, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 269. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Wood-Baker, R and Wilkinson, J* and Pearce, M* and Ryan, G*, ‘A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease’, Programme & Abstracts, Wellington, New Zealand (1997) [Conference Extract]

Wood-Baker, R, ‘Influenza-1997’, Journal of the RACGP Tasmania Faculty & Training Program, Hobart, pp. 8. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Wood-Baker, R, ‘Protocol for a meta-analysis of the effects of corticosteroids in acute exacerbations of COPD’, Programme & Abstracts, Wellington, New Zealand (1997) [Conference Extract]

Wood-Baker, R and Shevland, J* and Harle, R* and Oleary, R* and Walker, D* and Dargaville, P*, ‘The prevalence of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection in Laotian Hmong immigrants’, Programme & Abstracts, Wellington, New Zealand (1997) [Conference Extract]

Wright, RA* and Taylor, BV and Harper, CM* and Dyck, PJ*, ‘Electrophysiological characterization of multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) with persistent motor conduction block (PCB)’, Program and Abstracts, Cambridge, England, pp. 103. (1997) [Conference Extract]

Thesis

Li, DS, ‘Epicardial and endocardial ST potential mapping in ischaemia’ (1997) [PhD]

Other Public Output

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Cancer drugs system unfair: experts’, The Mercury, The Mercury, Hobart, Australia (1997) [Newspaper Article]

Vial, JH, ‘Research plea for back pain sufferers’, The Mercury Newspaper, The Mercury, Hobart, 30th September (1997) [Newspaper Article]

Vial, JH, ‘Volunteers needed for study into back pain’, Community Express, The Mercury, Hobart, 7th Ocotber (1997) [Newspaper Article]

Wood-Baker, R, ‘Important reminder for flu shots’, The Star, The Star, Hobart, Australia (1997) [Newspaper Article]

Wood-Baker, R, ‘Medicos warn of deadly influenza’, The Mercury, The Mercury, Hobart, Australia (1997) [Newspaper Article]

Duffield, A* and Walsh, J and Greenaway, TM and Hoffman, L and Burgess, JR, ‘The Field Study’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Dunbabin, DW, ‘Drug treatments for acute stroke’, Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, Drug Bulletin Committee, Hobart, 1, 4 (1997) [Magazine Article]

Kirkby, KC, ‘Lift phobia’, Ascent Australia Otis Employee Communications, Otis Elevator Company Pty Limited, Sydney, Autumn (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Address to AMA Tasmanian Branch Annual General Meeting 10 May by President, Professor Ray Lowenthal’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Co-location: Threat or opportunity? The President's point of view’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Health care crisis now at breaking point’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘How low should taxes go?’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Our Schizophrenic health system’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘President's Letter. Does the Medical School Deserve to be saved?’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Presidential Musings’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Presidential Musings’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Presidents Report’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘The importance of inefficiency’, TasTalk, Journal of the Tasmanian Branch of the AMA, Hobart (1997) [Magazine Article]

Vial, JH, ‘Tolerance to Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Study’, Arthritis Foundation RAFT Newsletter, Arthritis Foundation, Hobart, August (1997) [Magazine Article]

Vial, JH, ‘Back pain study’, ABC radio 7ZR, ABC Radio 7ZR, Hobart (1997) [Media Interview]

Wood-Baker, R, ‘Asthma research’, ABC Radio 7ZR, ABC Radio 7ZR, Hobart, Australia (1997) [Media Interview]

Wood-Baker, R, ‘Tuberculosis outbreak at the University of Tasmania’, ABC TV, ABC TV, Hobart, Australia (1997) [Media Interview]

Wood-Baker, R, ‘Tuberculosis outbreak at the University of Tasmania’, Southern Cross, Southern Cross, Hobart, Australia (1997) [Media Interview]

Vial, JH, ‘Do you suffer back pain?’, Unitas, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 130, October (1997) [Internal Newsletter]

Lowenthal, RM, ‘Euthanasia. What it really means and why the Medical profession opposes it’, AMA's submission to the Enquiry into the Need for Euthanasia Legistration, conducted by the Tasmanian House of Assembly, AMA, Hobart (1997) [Report of Restricted Access]


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