Hi Glenn,

Thanks for your responses. I am very tired at the moment but in a day or so I would like to go through some of the points you made in your post.

Briefly though, I mentioned in my message in this thread about the fact that Skin Punch Biopsies haven't been instigated here in Australia yet to any degree. I found this prioritising summary today (link below) of a recent analysis on this test and was very disappointed to read the final paragraph suggesting that "further assessment of this technology is no longer warranted". The other Aussies may be interested to read it also.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/horizon/publishing.nsf/Content/D7C4AF89B5854F3BCA2572AC0083A970/$File/Vol%2018%20-%20skin%20biopsy.pdf