Recurrent herpes simplex infections of the lips or perioral area are estimated to occur in 20 to 40 per cent of the population.^{1 2 3} Most infections are mild and self-limited, but the illness in patients with frequent or severe episodes may be annoying ...

Burkitt's lymphoma is a distinct pathologic entity characterized as a diffuse undifferentiated malignant lymphoma of B-lymphocyte origin.^{1 , 2} It has received global attention because of dramatic and durable responses to chemotherapy,³ and because of a ...

AN acquired form of factor X deficiency has been described in association with systemic amyloidosis.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9} These patients do not have circulating inhibitors of blood coagulation and do not respond to either vitamin K or infusion of plasma. ...

Acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis is a very common illness among older children and adults.¹ Failure to cultivate a causative agent in the laboratory or to reproduce the infection in an animal model system has limited the study of this ...

The constitution of the World Health Organization states, "The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social ...

The major goal of this article is to provide an interpretative review of the respiratory control system. First, we discuss two of the three basic elements of this system: the sensors and the controller (Fig. 1). Then, we consider the system as a whole and ...

Erythropoietic protoporphyria is a disease of porphyrin metabolism characterized by abnormally elevated levels of protoporphyrin IX in erythrocytes, feces and plasma, and by sensitivity to visible light (380 to 560 nm). This sensitivity manifests itself ...

Adenoviruses have been isolated from the eye,¹ urine² and feces,³ as well as from the throat and nasopharynx.⁴ Dissemination to multiple organs has been reported during the course of severe adenovirus type 7 pneumonia in infants^{5 , 6} and in naval recruits ...

WE report here the contamination of eight of 16 porcine xenograft heart valves placed in 15 patients over a three-month period. The micro-organisms cultured from the xenografts were identified as Mycobacterium chelonei.

Materials and Methods

Porcine ...

Presentation of Case

A 77-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of an infected hand.

Nine years earlier she was found to have a noninvasive transitional-cell carcinoma of the bladder. During the next two years small areas of recurrence were ...

The association of an isolated acquired factor X (Stuart-factor) deficiency and systemic acquired amyloidosis has been sporadically reported over the last 15 years,^{1 , 2} and over two thirds of the patients with acquired factor X deficiency have systemic ...

Although oral squamous cancer in the United States accounts for approximately 5 per cent of neoplasms in men and 2 per cent in women,¹ the teaching of oral-cancer concepts, and especially its diagnosis, remains unsatisfactory. Even though the oral mucosa ...

The continuum of medical education spans the period from high school to retirement. Today, the continuum is a series of compartments with one-way valves. The high-school valedictorian from a small community may never have reasonable access to the very ...

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To the Editor: Recent articles^{1 2 3} indicate an increase in detection of intracranial aneurysms among more than one member of a kindred. In 30 separate families 44 cases of aneurysms in pairs of siblings have been reported^{1 2 3 4}: 26 families having two ...

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To the Editor: We have noted a rift between advocates of fiberoptic endoscopy as a basic clinical tool and those who consider gastroenterology to be distorted by preoccupation with endoscopic procedures.^{1 , 2} Is the definition of a gastroenterologist ...

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To the Editor: As a member of one of the earlier American medical-school classes (Penn State, 1972) to have a structured course in the behavioral sciences, I should like to comment on the recent Sounding Board by Dr. Older (N Engl J Med 296:627–628, 1977)...

To the Editor: The timely and thoughtful article by Breslow and Somers on "The Lifetime Health-Monitoring Program" (N Engl J Med 296:601, 1977) furthers the drive toward greater self-review and accountability in medicine. Among many provocative issues ...

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RESEARCH GRANTS FROM THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ILEITIS AND COLITIS

Applications for contract research grants, career-development awards and senior-fellow awards from the National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis are being accepted from investigators ...