In recent years, a relatively small but appreciable number of human and murine monoclonal immunoglobulins have been shown to have antibody or "antibody-like" activities as evidenced by their interactions with a variety of small molecular haptens or ...

During the past five to seven years aluminum-containing phosphate-binding gels have been widely used as a method of controlling serum phosphorus levels in uremic patients on dialysis.¹ The orally administered aluminum is assumed to be excreted as an ...

An association between surgically confirmed gallbladder disease and the use of oral contraceptives has recently been reported.¹ A similar association between estrogen therapy and gallbladder operations has also been reported for post-menopausal women.² A ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a progressive, crippling disease of young males associated with proximal muscle weakness and atrophy, hypertrophy of calves in many cases, contractures, cardiac involvement, and a high rate of varying degrees of mental ...

The 1971 Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Energy and Protein Requirements

We are now able to return to the controversial actions taken by the 1971 Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Energy and Protein Requirements. This committee met in Rome in late March ...

Uremic Neuropathy

Neuropathy occurs in at least 65 per cent of patients who are about to begin dialysis for chronic renal failure,⁷⁰ and is perhaps the most common neurologic consequence of chronic uremia. It was described by Asbury and his colleagues⁷¹ ...

Presentation of Case

First admission. A 15-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of lingular atelectasis and a persistent pulmonary infiltrate.

He was well until seven months previously, when a nonproductive cough developed, without fever. An ...

Alumina, from the Latin alumen (substance with as-tringent taste), constitutes nearly 8 per cent of the earth's crust. It is the most plentiful of rhetals and, of all elements, is exceeded in abundance only by oxygen and silicon. Alumina does not occur ...

In the present issue of the Journal, Bennion et al. show that the bile of women taking birth control pills is considerably more saturated with cholesterol than that of other women. The mean level of cholesterol saturation was 92 per cent in women off the ...

Recent advances in membrane protein analysis have suggested that contractile proteins occur within, or adjacent to, the plasma membranes of several cells that are not usually considered to be muscular. For example, some of the motile functions of ...

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To the Editor: Methadone is metabolized principally by the liver microsomal enzyme N-demethylase. Drugs that affect this enzyme influence the metabolism of methadone and may affect the therapeutic dose requirement. A case in point suggests phenytoin (...

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To the Editor: In the September 4, 1975 issue of the Journal, the Massachusetts Medical Sqciety used its column to attack recent regulatory actions of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The story of the Department's efforts to improve ...

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It used to be said that the American Indian family consisted of parents, children, and an anthropologist. After reading some family therapy literature, one gets the impression that the contemporary American family should include parents, children, and a ...

Professor Fried's provocative study of a central dilemma of medical care, the conflicts generated by unresolved differences between personal rights and professional obligation, has much to recommend it. At the outset Fried explains that "philosophical and ...

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This volume is presented as both a theoretical textbook and a practical manual on lung function. Those who train pulmonary residents will find it a valuable teaching aid since it answers many common questions about pulmonary-function testing and pulmonary ...

This volume is an unusual assembly of up-to-date reviews of several aspects of the functional morphology and cell biology of the anterior pituitary gland. Emphasis is on the mechanisms of hormone secretion, and several chapters deal with the results ...

What a pleasure to review this book! Each field has its classics, but it is rare to have the opportunity to review one. Professor Skoog has produced a highly personalized, immensely informative and physically beautiful book that will be used and reused by ...

Of all the advances that have occurred in medicine and surgery over the past 10 years, there is little doubt that the introduction of fiberoptic endoscopy has produced some of the most major effects. Particularly in the upper gastrointestinal tract these ...

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One function of specialization is the development of new knowledge and technics; a second is the transmission of knowledge and, if possible, even technics to generalists. If this is what specialization is supposed to be and do, the recent history of ...

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INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON TRANSPLANTATION AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

The eighth international course on Transplantation and Clinical Immunology, sponsored by the Clinics of Nephrology and Urology, Claude Bernard University and the Mérieux Fondation will take ...

Amidst the abundance of defects and virtues that are publicly ascribed to Edward M. Kennedy, sparse note has been taken of the Senator's enduring and influential presence in national policy-making on scientific and medical affairs.

Within the Congress, ...