The mortality in severe cases of aplastic anemia treated with conventional therapy is about 80 to 90 per cent, with most patients dying within six months of diagnosis.^{1 2 3 4 5} Treatment with transplantation of marrow from HLA-identical siblings has ...

IN 1973 it was suggested that transposition of the great vessels may develop in the fetus if a woman is treated with female sex hormones during early pregnancy.¹ Subsequently, suspicions were raised that antenatal exposure to these compounds might also ...

There have been several clinical investigations demonstrating the effectiveness of L-5-hydroxytryptophan (L-5HTP), the precursor of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine), in combination with carbidopa, an extracerebral decarboxylase inhibitor, for the therapy ...

Patients seen during two episodes of acute viral hepatitis usually have one bout identifiable as Type B hepatitis.¹ The sensitive procedures now available for identifying both type-specific surface antigen (HB_s Ag) and the corresponding antibody (anti-HB_s)...

Forensic evaluation of oral conditions has shown that dentists can help the medical and legal professions solve problems of identification and serve the interest of justice, both in civil and in criminal litigations. To illustrate recent developments ...

Definitions

Several technics now available for the assessment of cardiac function will be discussed in these pages of the Journal during the next few months. The purpose of this article is to present relevant definitions and a framework for understanding ...

Recent studies suggest that cortisol plays an important part in fetal lung maturation. Lower cortisol levels were found in umbilical-cord blood of infants in whom the respiratory-distress syndrome developed than in normal infants of comparable gestational ...

Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis, or hairy-cell leukemia, is a distinct clinical entity characterized by the proliferation of cells that have prominent cytoplasmic projections and contain the tartrate-resistant isozyme 5 of acid phosphatase.^{1 2 3} Although ...

Presentation of Case

A 32-year-old man was admitted to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary because of a cervical mass.

He was well until two months previously, when a left-sided earache developed and was treated with penicillin followed by cephalexin. ...

Myoclonus is a descriptive term for involuntary, brief, jerking movements of a muscle, limb or combination of limbs. It may be symmetrical or focal, rhythmical or irregular and commonly involves the head, face and upper extremities. It characteristically ...

A time must exist when an established drug proposed for a new treatment is experimental and requires all the apparatus of informed consent, protocols and restricted availability; at some time later the drug enjoys the approbation of common use, accepted ...

IN Western civilization the physician has assumed many roles. At present, these roles are being critically re-examined. The purpose of this paper is to identify the functions for which the physician is indispensable. Such an identification could have ...

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To the Editor: It is the purpose of this report to illustrate that the diagnostic accuracy of examination of prostatic tissue may be increased by more careful and thorough examination by a pathologist.

During the last six months of 1973, two or three ...

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To the Editor: Propper, Shurin and Nathan¹ have reported that continuous intravenous administration of desferrioxamine results in very efficient removal of iron. Others have made similar observations.^{2 , 3} Recent use of a portable infusion pump has made ...

To the Editor: In five patients with chest pain of unknown cause, we observed an apparent uptake of adenine nucleotides from whole blood. These patients were evaluated for chest pain, but cardiac catheterization and coronary arteriography showed no ...

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To the Editor: Medina and Cruz-Coke, writing on "Chilean Medicine under Social Revolution" (N Engl J Med 295:193–197, 1976) state: "Technologic advances and progress of medical sciences provide the best way to prevent disease and to protect and restore ...

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To the Editor: The provision of the Health Educational Assistance Act of 1976 enabling certain foreign students to transfer back to United States medical schools for their clinical training has generated a great deal of controversy. Aside from the ...

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The operations described in this book range in complexity from cecostomy to pancreatectomy, and most of the common gastrointestinal procedures are included. Professor Valdoni's introductions to the 27 chapters have been translated into easily readable ...

This book is a well written and concise review of the present status of this rapidly developing field, and provides an excellent mix of basic biologic data and their clinical counterparts. An important feature of each chapter is the brief summary ...

This excellent textbook covers a difficult and often neglected subject, clotting and hemostasis, and will be of value to the student practitioner, the clinician and the investigator. The material is divided into five sections, including a total of 19 ...

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This recent entry in the plethora of textbooks on pediatric nephrology is designed to be a practical aid to the physician caring for children with renal disease. The editor comments on how often patients are referred to the nephrologist before a ...

This book, written for physicians, nurses and paramedical personnel who treat critically ill patients in intensive-care units, reflects the experience of the respiratory-surgical intensive-care unit at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. The authors have ...

The receipt of the following books is acknowledged, and this listing must be regarded as sufficient return for the courtesy of the sender. Books that appear to be of particular interest will be reviewed as space permits.

Anatomy and Histology

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PEDIATRIC-BOARD EXAMINATION REVIEW COURSE

The Department of Pediatrics, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, and the Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, will sponsor the seventh annual pediatric-board examination ...