Forests under the Southern Cross: The forest environmental frontier in Australia and New Zealand.

Australia and New Zealand share many historical and contemporary commonalities. These define five contemporary forest environmental frontiers-for First Nations peoples, between agriculture and forestry, in forest management, in urban and peri-urban environments, and in relation to climate change. In both countries, the First Nations frontier is expanding in scale and significance with those peoples' rights to land and forests.

Should all patients with hyperparathyroidism be screened for a CDC73 mutation?

Unlabelled: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PH) is a common endocrine abnormality and may occur as part of a genetic syndrome. Inactivating mutations of the tumour suppressor gene have been identified as accounting for a large percentage of hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour syndrome (HPT-JT) cases and to a lesser degree account for familial isolated hyperparathyroidism (FIHP) cases. Reports of whole gene deletions are exceedingly rare.

Clinical and endoscopic features of eosinophilic esophagitis in adults.

Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis in adults is regarded as unusual, being diagnosed mostly in young men presenting with dysphagia. Mucosal furrows are a sentinel endoscopic feature. This study examined the demographic and clinical profile of adults with eosinophilic esophagitis seen from 1981 to 2002.

Primary osteogenic sarcoma of the kidney.

Primary renal osteogenic sarcoma is a rare tumour which requires differentiation from osteoid formation in sarcomatoid variants of renal cell carcinoma. The diagnosis in this case was suggested pre-operatively by marked elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase in the absence of bone disease. The poor prognosis is emphasized.