Myasthenia gravis is a disorder manifested by muscle weakness and fatigability. Although it has long been thought to involve the neuromuscular junction,^{1 , 2} the precise site of the defect has only recently been defined as the acetylcholine receptor. ...

Early reports on the relation of Epstein–Barr virus and infectious mononucleosis since 1968 have demonstrated that continuously growing lymphoblastoid cell lines, containing viral genome, are regularly formed when leukocytes from peripheral blood of ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS) with or without obstruction is characterized by an asymmetrically thickened interventricular septum with a striking histologic pattern of disorganized hypertrophied ...

In recent years, studies of pituitary function in pseudohypoparathyroidism have suggested that some hypothyroid subjects with that condition may be deficient in thyrotropin.^{1 2 3} Other pituitary hormones, however, have rarely been investigated in ...

Numerous investigations have tried to develop a method for measuring the quality of medical care. Early studies by Lembcke¹ were for the most part devoted to measurements of the process of medical care. Donabedian² emphasized the need to separate process ...

Developmental Characteristics

There are a number of developmental dental characteristics that may give a clue to a person's identity. These identifying features are in part due to various pathologic systemic influences, especially during the early period ...

The hormone-dependent nature of some human breast cancers has been appreciated since the pioneering work of Beatson more than 75 years ago.¹ Since then, a variety of ablative and additive therapies have been used to induce clinically important palliations ...

Presentation of Case

A nine-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of renal disease.

She was born of a full-term, normal second pregnancy of a 29-year-old mother. Her birth weight was 1.9 kg (less than third percentile), and length 51 cm (50th ...

The current issue of the Journal describes an important step of a new line of investigation into myasthenia gravis. Two crucial observations preceded this study.^{1 , 2} Patrick and Lindstrom found, by chance, that injection of purified acetylcholine ...

Pseudohypoparathyroidism, as originally described by Fuller Albright and his associates,¹ is a state of resistance to parathyroid hormone associated with characteristic somatic features such as short metacarpals, diminished height and rounded face. It was ...

Assuring the quality of care is rapidly becoming a big business. Considering both the PSRO program with its Medical Care Evaluation studies and the Joint Commission of Hospital Accreditation with its Performance Evaluation Procedure audits, about 50,000 ...

DEATHS

Osgood — Rudolf Osgood, M.D., of Norton, died on August 28. He was in his 75th year.

Dr. Osgood received his degree from Rush Medical College in 1932. He served as medical examiner for the Northern District of Bristol County. He was a member of the ...

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To the Editor: Alter et al.¹ recently reported that the infectivity of HB_s Ag-positive serum correlated with a positive test for e antigen and DNA polymerase activity. Additional studies have also emphasized the relation of serum DNA polymerase activity ...

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This book is the culmination of eight years of deliberations by the Committee on Editorial Policy of the Council of Biology Editors, of which Dr. DeBakey has been Chairman since 1971. The primary purpose of the Committee was to hammer out guidelines for ...

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PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY

The Foundation of Thanatology will sponsor a symposium entitled "Psychosocial Aspects of Radiation Therapy: the Patient and the Family" at the Columbia–Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City on February 4 and ...