SINCE the first reported use in 1945,¹ almost all normal human immune globulin preparations have been of value in the prophylaxis of Type A hepatitis.² Normal globulin has been recommended for routine use³ for the prevention of secondary cases among ...

BY 1971 the possibility that anti-HB_s, the antibody against HB_s Ag, might be used for passive immunization against hepatitis B was recognized^{1 , 2} but field studies awaited the availability of adequate amounts of anti-HB_s in a clinically useful form. ...

NUMEROUS reports have documented the high risk of hepatitis B (HB) infection in patients and staff of renal dialysis units.¹ In a point-prevalence study carried out in many of the dialysis units involved in this study, Szmuness et al. detected hepatitis B ...

ACCIDENTAL puncture of the skin by a bloody needle is an occupational hazard of medical workers dealing with patients with hepatitis or carriers of HB_S Ag. Exposure also occurs when infective blood spills into cuts, splashes onto mucous membranes, or is ...

WITHIN certain inbred strains of mice, females regularly reject male skin grafts, whereas grafts exchanged between all other sex combinations are accepted.^{1 , 2} The antigen to which these females respond is called "H-Y" because it acts as a ...

ALTHOUGH many details of the process of thrombogenesis are unclear, it is generally thought that it involves both platelet activity (adhesion and aggregation) and fibrin formation.^{1 , 2} Both processes appear to be active in arterial and venous ...

SKELETAL muscle constitutes 40 per cent of body weight in normal human beings and accounts for 35 to 40 per cent of total oxygen consumption in the resting state. During exercise, consumption of oxygen and metabolic fuels increases markedly to provide the ...

Presentation of Case

A 47-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of hypertension.

He was well until 17 years previously, when a left nephrolithotomy was performed. Ten years before admission he complained of headache and a "pounding" sensation ...

The results of three clinical trials comparing the effectiveness of hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) and standard immune serum globulin (ISG) in the prevention of Type B hepatitis are presented in this issue. These well conducted studies have as their ...

It is generally assumed that a Y chromosome must be present for testes to be formed. Presumably, only a small part of the Y chromosome contains the genes necessary for male development, since subjects with an isochromosome of the long arm of the Y, who ...

With the advent of increased understanding about tumor-cell growth and with the successful drug treatment of lymphomas and leukemias, more and more attention has been focused on the possibility of increasing the cure rate of neoplasms by long-term ...

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Committee on Arrangements Nicholas T. Zervas, Boston, Chairman Herbert B. Hechtman, Boston John A. Mills, Boston Malcolm C. Veidenheimer, Boston Burton J. Polansky, Brockton

Auditing Committee Bernard Appel, Chairman, Lynn William J. ...

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To the Editor: Sandilands and his colleagues¹ described a lymphoproliferative disorder in which lymphocytes carried both T-cell and B-cell markers. Even more complex is the picture that we recently observed in a 64-year-old woman who had been complaining ...

To the Editor: In response to the article of Elin et al. (N Engl J Med 293:521, 1975), we have suggested that the sensitivity of the limulus lysate test can be appreciably improved by assay of the platelets for endotoxin-like activity.¹ This hypothesis ...

To the Editor: Hurley et al. (October 2 issue), in disagreeing with the conclusions of Dr. James's editorial, "Kveim Revisited, Reassessed" (in the April 17 issue), which supported the specificity of the Kveim test in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis, seek ...

To the Editor: The recent editorial, "Measurement of Delayed Skin-Test Responses,"¹ was thought-provoking. I must confess that I had to spend some thought at the outset on the title itself: was it responses to delayed skin test or delayed responses to ...

To the Editor: The problem of evaluating pressor activity when three kidneys are present has to be solved in hypertensive renal-transplant recipients who have not had their own kidneys removed. This evaluation may now be possible by measurement of plasma ...

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To the Editor: It seems that with the emergence of family practice as a viable specialty comes the age-old struggle for who will maintain the power and influence. It seems that the medical profession as a whole is particularly sensitive to this issue, ...

SYMPOSIUM ON FETAL SURVEILLANCE

A symposium entitled "Advanced Concepts in Biophysical Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance," sponsored by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the New York Academy of Medicine, the New York City Department of ...