DURING the past decade the Group B streptococcus has been the pathogen most frequently isolated from cultures in sick neonates in the United States. Prompt institution of antimicrobial therapy may not be curative, and mortality rates of 50 per cent or ...

RECESSIVE dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is a heritable disorder of the skin and mucous membranes, characterized by severe blistering after minor trauma.^{1 , 2} Recurrent blistering results in scars, flexural contractures, and mitten-like ...

SCLERODERMA-LIKE syndromes have been associated with abnormalities of both the kynurenine and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, or serotonin) pathways of tryptophan metabolism^{1 2 3 4 5} (Fig. 1). Scleroderma-like changes have been found in patients with carcinoid ...

THROMBOCYTOPENIA occurring after the administration of heparin is being reported with increasing frequency.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10} The incidence in several series has ranged from less than 1 per cent to more than 30 per cent of patients receiving heparin.^{5 ,} ...

GYNECOMASTIA, or enlargement of the male breast, is a common disorder. In recent years, clinical, pathological, and biochemical advances have clarified the nature, cause, and importance of gynecomastia. This discussion reviews these developments and ...

GRANULOMATOUS mastitis, a lesion that clinically mimics carcinoma, was definitively described in 1972¹ and is characterized by breast masses that histologically consist of noncaseating granulomas and microabscesses. It is a rare lesion, with only 25 cases ...

WE report the case of a 54-year-old woman with severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without obstruction, in whom treatment with the calcium-channel blocking agent nifedipine improved both diastolic compliance and systolic performance, and relieved the ...

Presentation of Case

A 70-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of ataxia.

She was well until nine years earlier, when she began to have an unsteady gait. Six years before admission a neurologist found a bland affect and a depressed ...

Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia is a diagnosis that is usually missed. In this disorder, unlike typical primary hyperparathyroidism, chronic hypercalcemia generally begins before the age of 10 years and is not accompanied by hypercalciuria or renal ...

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Despite the decline in mortality in the past two decades that has resulted from public-health programs for treatment, prevention, and surveillance, tuberculosis continues to be a problem in at least half our states and a drain on the scarce public-health ...

To the Editor: The paper by Linos et al. in the May 15 issue unfortunately raises more questions than it answers. In the first place, all cases of lymphocytic leukemia, both chronic and acute, were analyzed together in relation to radiation dose. ...

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To the Editor: Some members of the medical community and some health-policy makers may be misinterpreting information on the number of Americans who are at risk for high blood pressure. The American Academy of Pediatrics, ¹ the Food and Nutrition Board ...

To the Editor: Infection with cryptosporidium, a coccidian parasite, has been reported in a variety of species, including human beings, ^{1 2 3} and an association between infection with cryptosporidia and enterocolitis in several domesticated animals has ...

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Recent progress in the elucidation of the chemical structures and biologic properties of the lipid mediators derived from arachidonic acid promises to lead to a much greater understanding of human immunopathology and allergic diseases. Although most ...

I purchased this book when it was first published and I use it regularly in my own endocrine practice. To the young endocrinologist interested in pituitary tumors; Linfoot's book is a welcome addition to a rapidly expanding library on pituitary and ...

This book reviews the subject of acute brain failure from the standpoint of the psychiatrist. The clinical term "delirium" is used throughout to refer to all states of acute brain failure. The first half of the book is a scholarly review of the history of ...

The Rand Corporation's four-year effort to follow the clinical course of 1423 clients attending eight representative federally funded centers for treatment of alcoholism represents a clear example of the mixed benefits that result when social scientists ...

Kaplan has now made a third major contribution to the literature of sexual therapy. Her earlier works assessed the impact of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and personal and interpersonal experience on sexual functioning and sexual disorders. These ...

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"Your face, my thane, is a book where men may read strange matters," wrote Shakespeare in Macbeth. In this work two dedicated teachers have attempted to show the way in which to read that book. Who has not tried to guess whether the child or adult who ...

The purpose of this book "is not to replace the larger reference textbooks of neuroanatomy, but, rather, to offer the practical aspects of neuroanatomy in a simplified manner." Although lucid diagrams and a solid clinical emphasis are consistent with this ...

This appears to be a second edition of a similar work published in 1973, but this is not indicated on the cover or title or copyright pages. Like the first edition, it is about pediatric surgery, but it is not intended for the practicing pediatric ...

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CARDIOLOGY

The American College of Cardiology will sponsor the "Fourth Annual Seminar: Cardiology Update — 1980" to be held at the Del Monte Hyatt House in Monterey, October 30-November 1.

Contact the Extramural Programs Dept., American College of ...

The NIH Consensus-Development Panel

A Consensus-Development Conference on Adjuvant Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer was held at the National Institutes of Health on July 14–16, 1980. The purpose of the conference was to bring together practicing physicians, ...