ADVANCES in the treatment of all stages of Hodgkin's disease have led to the expectation of long-term survival in more than 70 per cent of patients.^{1 , 2} This success is accompanied by increasing concern about the long-term effects of radiation and ...

THE cellular control of immunity requires complex interactions between different subsets of regulatory T cells.^{1 2 3 4 5 6} The recognition that some neoplasms of T-cell origin retain immunoregulatory properties^{7 8 9 10 11} can provide rare resources for ...

THE principles underlying computed tomography (CT) were first elucidated in 1961,¹ and 11 years later the first CT scanner became commercially available.^{2 , 3} Seldom has a diagnostic innovation been so rapidly accepted by the medical profession. In 1979 ...

THE hypochondriacal patient is one who insistently complains about physical symptoms for which there are no demonstrable organic findings, or who has symptoms that are notably out of proportion to the (usually minor) physical signs. For such patients, the ...

WE recently reported that a history of gallbladder disease was associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction in women.¹ We suggested that gallbladder disease might be an early manifestation of a lipid abnormality that also predicted ...

WE have previously reported the persistence of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) genome in lymphoid cells in long-term cultures from an infant with congenital CMV infection.^{1 , 2} The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) genome was also present in these cells, but the ...

CHEMICAL mediators derived from basophils or mast cells are considered to have an important role in the pathophysiology of asthma. Studies designed to document this relation, however, have provided inconsistent results. Some investigators have reported ...

THE health benefits of quitting cigarette smoking have usually been inferred from the differences in morbidity and mortality experienced by smokers and ex-smokers.^{1 2 3} When formal observation of these groups begins, the ex-smokers have quit smoking at ...

Presentation of Case

First admission. A 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of inability to walk.

There was a long history of Paget's disease of bone. Four years before admission urinary retention developed and led to the findings of a ...

One of the greatest advances in health in the 20th century is the elimination of the human reservoir of smallpox virus with eradication of the naturally occurring disease from the face of the earth. In 1967, at the inception of the World Health ...

The Brother Fox case, known by the legal title Eichner v. Dillon,¹ reached its conclusion in the New York Court of Appeals on March 31, 1981.² The state's highest court decreed that the formulation of guidelines for decisions on termination of treatment ...

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

To the Editor: The descriptions of the toxic shock syndrome (TSS) by Davis¹ and Shands² and their colleagues have emphasized that it is a severe illness that includes hypotension. However, it is not well recognized that there is a spectrum of disease ...

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

To the Editor: Most tests for the early detection of medullary thyroid carcinoma use calcium gluconate or pentagastrin or both to stimulate release of calcitonin; these tests may be performed in an outpatient setting. Severe or potentially life-...

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

To the Editor: We were interested to read the article by Latov et al. in the September 11 issue of the Journal ¹ on antimyelin antibodies associated with an IgM paraproteinemia and peripheral neuropathy. We have reported seven cases of benign IgM ...

To the Editor: In their article in the February 12 issue, Berk and Chalmers perform a service in pointing out the importance of measuring both direct and indirect costs when comparing inpatient care with ambulatory care.¹ Although the point is phrased ...

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

To the Editor: The process of reviewing manuscripts for publication places a select few in the powerful position of controlling the fate of most scientific data and, indirectly, the careers of thousands of researchers. However, this process is one of the ...

To the Editor: The Sounding Boards in the December 4 issue on the subject of the National Board medical examinations prompted us to set down a few thoughts on our experience with the Visa Qualifying Examination (VQE) of 1980.

The VQE was set up four ...

Developments in Digestive Diseases is a good discussion of some recent developments in clinical gastroenterology. The topics covered include endoscopic control of gastrointestinal bleeding, with emphasis on the newer techniques of electrocoagulation and ...

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

It has rightly been suggested that the surgical intensive-care unit is an arrhythmia factory, for here the electrical effects of cardiac surgery are displayed in profusion and great variety. Dr. Waldo has studied these phenomena thoroughly and ...

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.

THE ESOPHAGUS

A symposium entitled "The Esophagus" will be held in Montreal on September 10 and 11.

Contact the Div. of Continuing Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, P.O. Box 6207, Station A, Montreal, PQ, Canada H3C 3T7.

"...

For six weeks in February and March 1980, I served as a physician at Khao-I-Dang, the largest of the camps for Cambodian refugees in Thailand. It was the most moving, sobering, and gratifying experience of my life, and in many ways the most real.

My ...