HUMAN thymus-derived lymphocytes, or T cells, have been shown to be the principal effectors of cellular immunity. The ability of a lymphocyte to form spontaneous rosettes with sheep erythrocytes is generally accepted as a specific T-cell marker.^{1 2 3 4} ...

MYOGLOBINURIA, an indication of muscle destruction, occurs in hereditary lack of muscle phosphorylase or phosphofructokinase.^{1 2 3 4} Other hereditary myoglobinurias have been recognized in which the specific defect has not been detected.^{5 6 7 8} In ...

ALTHOUGH relatively rare, renal involvement in secondary acquired and congenital syphilis has been recognized for well over a century,¹ and numerous case reports have appeared in the English-language literature. Before the development of renal-biopsy ...

THE risk that health-care personnel positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HB_s Ag) represent to their patients is currently undefined, and the implications of removing such trained personnel from patient contact are great. Although such personnel may ...

THOSE in medical schools are traditionally concerned with three matters. For reasons that will be evident, I shall call them science, dissemination and service. For each there are at least three levels of organization horizontally displayed, making, in ...

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THE development of His-bundle (H) electrocardiography and the concept of hemiblocks have prompted a re-examination of conventional thinking about the indications for treatment of atrioventricular (AV) block. The technic of treatment ...

HYDROURETERONEPHROSIS without vesicoureteral reflux or lower-urinary-tract obstruction is uncommon in infants. There has been considerable interest in and controversy over the cause and management of this entity. We have cared for three neonates with ...

IT would have been easy, at the end of 1974, to reflect upon the gloomy events of that year and to contemplate the coming year with equally gloomy anticipation. But, instead, I determined to try to look ahead in the light of three unusually interesting ...

Presentation of Case

A 14-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of renal failure.

He was well until 19 months previously, when he noticed stiffness and pain in the hips after ice-skating. Investigation revealed azotemia and anemia, and he ...

Development of accurate methods for enumeration of T and B lymphocytes in human peripheral blood during the past three years¹ has led to a plethora of papers on T and B cells in various pathologic states. Just as B cells can be subdivided on the basis of ...

Many clinicians consider biochemical investigations carried out in the Ivory Tower of importance only to the investigator. The report by Bank et al. in this issue of the Journal concerning a defect in fatty acid metabolism is, however, an excellent ...

Persons in medicine, dentistry, and allied professions have an enormous stake in their continued ability to give direct health care. Forced into administrative and other positions involving no patient contact, even when comparable remuneration is offered, ...

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To the Editor: The authors of two recent articles on metabolic acidosis in the Journal ^{1 , 2} appropriately point out the several dangers of bicarbonate therapy, but nevertheless strongly advocate its use. Of course in disorders such as renal tubular ...

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To the Editor: We should like to comment on some statements made by Dr. Mankin¹ about the reaction of cartilage to injury. He gives an admirable summary of the sequence of events that follow deep injuries in this tissue, but he dismisses the well known ...

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On first examination of this work most readers will be surprised that there is enough information on congenital deformities of the upper extremity to fill a volume containing over 1000 pages. The truth is that there is not. Actually, with the exception of ...

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POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN CHEST RADIOLOGY

A postgraduate course in the diagnostic radiology of the chest, sponsored by the Department of Radiology, New York Medical College, will be given at the Plaza Hotel, New York City, April 7–9. The fee is $175 ($85 for ...

Awash as it is with grievances, tensions, and unfunded but laudable grant applications, the health-research community ought to take note and advantage of a little-publicized matter: on January 31, a presidentially appointed, seven-member panel came into ...