© 2004 Blackwell Publishing Ltd INTRODUCTION Many patients present to neurology outpatient clinics without serious pathology – the classic example is the patient with chronic headache who believes he has a brain tumour. After a history and examination the neurologist is confi dent of the diagnosis of chronic tension-type headache, but is left not knowing whether to send the patient for a brain ...

After its clamorous reception by the media and the praise heaped upon it from many different quarters, the História de Portugal edited by Rui Ramos (and particularly the chapters for which he himself was responsible) met with a chorus of criticisms made by some of his peers in statements that were gathered together and published by a daily newspaper.3 The most negative reactions related, above ...

1Department of Endodontology, Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 2Centre for Research in Oral Health, Department of Biomedical, Surgical, and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano and IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy 3Department of Endodontics, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of...