VIRAL hepatitis, Type A, an ancient disease, was described by Hippocrates as "infectious icterus" more than 2000 years ago. The viral origin of Type A hepatitis was established in the 1940's and 1950's when studies by various investigators provided ...

NIRIDAZOLE is the current drug of choice for therapy of schistosomiasis. No serious long-term side effects have been attributed to this agent, which has now been used for more than 10 years to treat over 200,000 patients with parasitic infections. ...

MANY studies have reported low mean levels of serum cholesterol and triglycerides among populations consuming a predominantly vegetarian diet. Within populations, a relation between individual consumption of animal products and lipid levels has been shown ...

BRONCHIAL asthma has an important subclinical component in which there are noteworthy physiologic abnormalities despite lack of symptoms and physical signs.^{1 , 2} In patients with bronchial asthma requiring adrenal steroid therapy, precise criteria for ...

LACTOSE intolerance," as determined by conventional lactose-tolerance testing, is a genetic trait and is very common in otherwise healthy teen-agers and adults of many population groups. For example, over two thirds of randomly selected American blacks, ...

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Cytidine and Deoxycytidine Analogues

The pyrimidine nucleoside analogues cytosine arabinoside (cytarabine) and 5-azacytidine are of importance in the treatment of acute granulocytic leukemia. Although the former has been under active ...

INVESTIGATIONS of the biosynthesis of complement proteins in vitro have provided preliminary information on the molecular basis of genetically determined complement deficiencies in man and laboratory animals.^{1 2 3} For example, evidence has been obtained ...

AN American colleague, on a visit to Britain, remarked that he still could not understand what the dispute between the British doctors and the Government is all about. His bewilderment is not surprising since it is a long and confused story, with many ...

Presentation of Case

A 20-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of pneumonia.

She was in excellent health until one week previously, when she awoke with a headache and a mild sore throat. In the evening a hacking, nonproductive cough ...

The article by Horn et al. in this issue of the Journal presents data on some clinical uses of the total eosinophil count confirming some earlier observations. These data establish the count as a useful laboratory test in the diagnosis and management of ...

Milk is still rightly identified as the most nearly "perfect food" for infants; yet its place in the nutrition of older children and adults has become a subject of controversy. Although the dairy industry would have us believe that we never outgrow our ...

As the need for a good mouser has declined, the cat has assumed the privileges of a household pet. It is a recent and at times uneasy dependent. Descended from the Caffre cat of the Nile Valley, and accustomed to human society for a mere 5000 years, the ...

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To the Editor: Professor Eli Ginzberg's Sounding Board, "Notes on Evaluating the Quality of Medical Care" (N Engl J Med 292:366, 1975), although provocative and insightful, paints far too gloomy a picture of the state of the art of quality evaluation, ...

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To the Editor: Fisher et al. (N Engl J Med 292:117–122, 1975) imply that their prospective, randomized, Cooperative clinical trial will, by virtue of the type of study that it is, provide the definitive answer to the evaluation of the administration of 1-...

To the Editor: Wands et al. report a high incidence of clinical hepatitis B and hepatitis B surface antibody among employees of an oncology unit (N Engl J Med 291:1371–1375, 1974). During a recent 18-month period, a hepatitis surveillance study was ...

To the Editor: The genetic defect underlying Menkes's disease, or steely-hair syndrome, though only partly understood, is assumed to result in impaired gastrointestinal absorption and transport of copper.¹ On the basis of results obtained in the study of ...

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CONGRESS ON CHEMOTHERAPY

The ninth International Congress of Chemotherapy will be held in London, July 13–18.

Further information may be obtained from the Conference Centre, 43 Charles Street, London, W.1., or by telephone to 01–499–1101.

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