1.   Even in this demonstration project one of the nine families with a positive diagnosis apparently entered the programme in ignorance.

2.   Following a positive diagnosis, you will be admitted for hospital treatment.

3.   The proportion of false positive diagnoses with physical examination is generally accepted to be low.

4.   A positive diagnosis was significantly more common if dysphagia was the reason for referral.

5.   A positive diagnosis was significantly more common in connective tissue disease when symptoms were present.

6.   When a patient was referred with suspected connective tissue disease, a positive diagnosis was significantly more common in the presence of oesophageal symptoms.

7.   The physician should attempt to establish a positive diagnosis at the first clinical encounter, based on the criteria in table II.

8.   The primary care physician should emphasise the positive diagnosis, the chronic yet benign nature of the systems, the role of stress, and the ineffectiveness of drugs.

9.   A month ago he had a positive diagnosis and was treated at the Churchill Hospital.