Hypogonadism and gynecomastia are commonly associated with alcoholic cirrhosis in the male.¹ The findings that have been described can be summarized as follows: decreased plasma concentration,^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9} and metabolic clearance and production rates of ...

Splenectomy, as part of the staging procedure for Hodgkin's disease, produces more precise information regarding the extent of disease and simplifies the delivery of radiotherapy.¹,1a,² However, conflicting data^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8} have made it difficult to ...

During the past 15 years, 17 children have been admitted to the Royal Free Hospital with cholestasis, usually beginning in the neonatal period. These babies have now been followed into childhood and adult life. Cholestasis has persisted, but the clinical ...

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The biologic importance of the chromosomal region, called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), determining the strong transplantation antigens, lies not only in its pre-eminent role in affecting allograft survival but in the ...

The introduction of levodopa, 3–4-dihydroxy-phenylalanine (Larodopa, Dopar), for the treatment of Parkinson's disease was followed by prompt and enthusiastic recognition of its remarkable therapeutic action in the majority of cases. The more recent ...

Extraintestinal complications of inflammatory bowel disease are well recognized, but extraintestinal primary Crohn's lesions are less common. Unusual bone¹, synovial² and vulvar³ granulomatous involvement has recently been described. Granulomatous ...

A NATIONAL genetic-disease program was established with the enactment of the Health Research and Health Services Amendments of 1976.¹ Title IV of the Amendments, the National Sickle-Cell Anemia, Cooley's Anemia, Tay-Sachs and Genetic Diseases Act, ...

Among the fundamental observations and concepts on which the science of immunology was founded in the beginning of the 20th century was the recognition that animals do not as a rule make antibodies against their own body constituents. In 1900 Ehrlich and ...

Presentation of Case

A 67-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of fever.

She was well until seven months previously, when she entered another hospital because of the sudden onset of acute pain in the left upper abdominal quadrant ...

During 1974, the Journal published two complementary editorials that discussed the pathogenesis of feminization of alcoholic men.^{1 , 2} In the first, Adlercreutz described the role of the liver in converting androgens to estrogens, in interconverting weak ...

The surgical removal of the vitreous from the eye has become the most dramatic development in ophthalmic surgery in years. The deep posterior vitrectomy is used in traumatic vitreous hemorrhages, intraocular perforations and foreign bodies, complicated ...

This comment is prompted by two fine essays that have graced two other medical publications. One is an editorial entitled "Chihuahuas and Laetrile, Chelation Therapy, and Honey from Boulder, Colo"¹ by Dr. Alfred Soffer, the longtime editor of Chest, and ...

The prenatal course of a 27-year-old gravida 1 was marked by vaginal staining, a 15 kg weight gain, and fluid retention treated with diuretics. Measurements were not recorded, but the pelvis was labeled "adequate" in a record that did not, however, ...

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The editor's objective for this book is to integrate relevant information on the technical aspects of diagnostic tests with current knowledge of the pathophysiologic processes reflected in laboratory data. This integration provides a basis for showing how ...

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Anatomy and Histology

The aging ...

COURSE IN LARYNGOLOGY AND BRONCHOESOPHAGOLOGY

Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, the University of illinois, and the Eye and Ear Infirmary of the University of illinois Hospital will present a course in laryngology and bronchoesophagology, November 1–6, ...

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