MOST patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) have an initial complete remission after treatment with intensive combination chemotherapy. However, severe neutropenia with fever and infections often complicates this phase of treatment. Since ...

SINCE the first published observation (in 1968) of a relation between enteric protozoan infections and sexual behavior,¹ there has been increasing recognition that giardiasis and amebiasis can be sexually transmitted. These diseases were previously ...

HEMOGLOBIN H (Hb H) disease is a hemolytic anemia that occurs frequently in Mediterranean and Oriental racial groups, although rarely in northern Europeans. It results from a reduced rate of synthesis of the α chains of adult hemoglobin (Hb A; α₂β₂), ...

WHEN oral contraceptives became generally available during the early 1960s, their use increased rapidly, initially in North America and then elsewhere. By 1965, approximately 15 per cent of all married women 15 to 44 years of age in the United States were ...

THE excellent prognosis traditionally offered to patients with postural (orthostatic) proteinuria has come under some suspicion in recent years; it has been stated that "large numbers of carefully studied patients will have to be followed over long ...

PSEUDOMONAS cepacia, formerly known as P. multivorans,¹ P. kingii ² or Eugonic Oxidizer 1 (EO-1),³ is found in sewage or water supplies⁴ and is an unusual cause of gram-negative bacteremia.⁵ P. cepacia is an uncommon pathogen in human beings, but there ...

THE diagnosis of pheochromocytoma is considered secure when typical signs and symptoms (e.g., hypertension, sweating, palpitation, and headaches) are associated with unequivocal biochemical evidence of excessive catecholamine production. However, ...

Presentation of Case

A 71-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea and cough.

She was well until 10 days earlier, when a dry cough and mild exertional dyspnea developed. A physician prescribed pseudoephedrine and erythromycin, but ...

Although the article on prophylactic granulocyte transfusions in acute myelogenous leukemia by Strauss et al. in this issue of the Journal¹ might be criticized — for the low number of granulocytes given per transfusion, for the inclusion of patients with ...

A congenital syndrome is generally considered to be a constellation of abnormalities due to a single developmental or genetic defect. An excellent approach to the analysis of syndromes has been presented by Opitz et al.¹ and deserves careful study when an ...

The discovery of proteinuria in a urine specimen randomly collected during an examination for employment, induction into the armed services, qualifying for insurance, or a school health program ("chance" proteinuria) is a frequent and perplexing problem. ...

To the Editor: Using established serologic methods,^{1 , 2} we studied the teichoic acid antibody response and the development of circulating immune complexes in eight menstruating women (mean age, 19.6 years; range, 15 to 30) and one 36-year-old man at the ...

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To the Editor: Weinstein et al.* reported the treatment of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia with intense induction chemotherapy followed by rotational combination chemotherapy. The authors limited the study to patients under 50 years old. Forty-eight of the ...

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To the Editor: Haloperidol is being used increasingly for the treatment of various psychiatric conditions, producing well-known side effects. However, its effects in normal persons have not been studied systematically. We report adverse effects of ...

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To the Editor: I spent April through June 1981 in the People's Republic of China, observing plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery at the Sixth and Ninth People's hospitals in Shanghai. My command of the Chinese language, although ...

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The problem most often presented to physicians is chronic pain, a common perceptual event that is at the same time a very private matter. Indeed, when pain is chronic, it becomes a lonely experience that can control every facet of one's life. It is ...

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The impossibility of telling a book by its cover is once again aptly demonstrated in the recent offering Nutrition and Medical Practice. Although the cover is not enticing, the book itself is an excellent review of clinical nutrition and of new ...

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Jane Goodfield, dedicated to the public understanding of science, tells the true story of a young, deeply committed, highly enthusiastic, and imaginative scientist at the Sloan–Kettering Institute. For several years, the career of Dr. Anna Brito (not her ...

Millions of people have used nystatin (Mycostatin), a powerful antifungal antibiotic, to alleviate dermatomycoses such as athlete's foot or ringworm. Others have been cured of more serious fungal diseases, systemic mycoses that can disable or kill. But ...

MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

A symposium entitled "The Medical Consequences of Nuclear War and Nuclear Weapons" will be held at the Medical Education Building of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine on November 14. The deadline for ...