Participating Centers: Berlin, III. Medizinische Klinik, Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus (Professor H. Hochrein, head): P. Wolf, M.D.; Bochum, Medizinische Klinik, Krankenanstalten Bergmannsheil (Professor E. Fritze, head): H. Uhlenbruch, M.D.; Giessen, ...

GENETIC factors can be implicated in systemic lupus erythematosus for several reasons: the disease has a tendency to occur in families,¹ its concordance in identical twins is about 70 per cent,² and antinuclear antibodies are found in up to one third of ...

INSULIN-dependent, juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus in whites is associated with increased frequencies of several histocompatibility (HLA) antigens, including B8, B15, B18, Cw3, Dw3, DRw3, Dw4 and DRw4.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} The number and strength of these ...

THE current debate concerning the appropriate public policy for restructuring the medical-care-delivery system in the United States appears to have identified two broad policy options. The first alternative is increased regulation, probably eventually ...

(Second of Three Parts)

Erythroid-Committed Stem Cells

Shortly after introduction of the assay for the pluripotent stem cell, evidence accumulated for the existence of an intermediate compartment of stem cells committed to erythropoiesis. There are ...

THE impairment in acid excretion that accompanies decreases in renal function makes patients with renal insufficiency prone to the development of a metabolic acidosis.¹ However, we have recently observed several patients with limited or no renal function ...

IN the United States tularemia occurs in both sporadic and epidemic forms.^{1 2 3} Although ulceroglandular tularemia is readily diagnosed, pneumonic tularemia is difficult to detect in the absence of a typical ulceroglandular lesion or a clear history of ...

Presentation of Case

A five-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of hyperinflation of the upper lobe of the left lung.

The patient was the second child of a mother aged 24 years. Vaginal delivery of a breech presentation was performed at full ...

The results of several multicenter studies on the treatment of acute myocardial infarction with streptokinase are now in. Although the results are variable and, when all of the trials are considered, the impact on overall mortality is rather small, the ...

We live in a time of great biologic discovery, and this is especially true in the field of immunology. The rapidity with which creative thinking is translated into scientific observation in immunology has made it difficult even for workers in the field to ...

To the Editor: Research demonstrating that androgens affect the developing brain of rodents, determining subsequent cyclical gonadotropin production and influencing adult mating and fighting behavior, has, for decades, been recklessly extrapolated to ...

To the Editor: The diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy can be a difficult problem, and is even more challenging if the ectopic pregnancy is combined with a normal intrauterine pregnancy and presents as an acute abdomen. Moreover, there may be no vaginal ...

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Thyroid cancer is an uncommon disease with some unique pathologic, growth and functional characteristics, and the understanding of these characteristics is essential for proper diagnosis and management. This book provides a large amount of information, ...

In this compact book, Dr. Gerald Murphy, Director of the National Prostatic Cancer Project, has updated the results of several interdisciplinary-research programs in carcinoma of the prostate. In any such endeavor, one must tread a careful line between ...

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Obstetrics and gynecology draw on many aspects of medical knowledge for essential facts and clinical procedures. As a specialty, obstetrics and gynecology requires high clinical acumen if the practitioner is to provide women with general care and ...

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After 14 years a second edition of this book has appeared with many changes reflecting advances in the field of herniorrhaphy, an area commonly and erroneously regarded as static and lacking innovation. The new edition has dropped 15 chapters and about 50 ...

Thompson has an obvious affection for his subject. His book is an attempt to "persuade physicians to take functional bowel disease seriously and to diagnose it with confidence," to stimulate interest in this important problem and to stress its worthiness ...

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The material in this volume is quite similar to that taught to graduate students at the University of Surrey in England. Its tone is English, but not parochial. Readers will find the commonly used terminology of science, and applications of science to ...

PROGRAMS FROM HEBREW COLLEGE

Hebrew College will present the following courses, which will run from October 15 to December 20: "Medicine and Jewish Law" and "Judaism and Issues of Public Policy."

For more information write to the Adult Education Program, ...