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Internal Medicine Journal

The Official Journal of the Adult Medicine Division of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)

Edited by:
Jeff Szer

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 36/107 Medicine, General & Internal
Impact Factor: 2.027

Internal Medicine Journal is the region's leading internal medicine publication, publishing original medical research, both laboratory and clinical, relating to the study and research of human disease from all over the world. The Journal also plays a major role in continuing medical education through review articles relevant to physician education. Internal Medical Journal is actively supported by a first-class team of subspecialty Editors who actively recruit influential and topical materials in all areas of the discipline.

TopNews and Announcements

Online content now available back to Volume 1 (1971)
All back issues of this journal are available online. Click here to browse contents and abstracts. For further information on how to access these articles please visit our Librarian Site.

Online Manuscript Submission
Manuscripts can now be submitted online to Internal Medicine Journal using Manuscript Central.

Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO).

NIH Public Access Mandate
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TopHighlights

• Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome: a misnomer reviewed
  V. L. Stott, M. A. Hurrell, T. J. Anderson
  
• Modern management of portal hypertension
  J. S. Lubel, P. W. Angus
  
• New therapeutic target in inflammatory disease: macrophage migration inhibitory factor
  E. F. Morand
  
• Aspirin-sensitive asthma
  K. Morwood, D. Gillis, W. Smith, F. Kette
  
• Ethical and social issues of embryonic stem cell technology
  K. Cregan
  
• Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation in Australia and New Zealand, 1992-2001: progress report from the Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Registry
  I. Nivison-Smith, K. F. Bradstock, A. J. Dodds, P. A. Hawkins, J. Szer
  
• Update on the use of stem cells for cardiac disease
  J. C. Kovacic, D. W. M. Muller, R. Harvey, R. M. Graham
  
• Ethics committee reviews and mutual acceptance: a pilot study
  M. A. Rosenthal, M. Sarson-Lawrence, C. Alt, K. Arkell, M. Dodds