CYTOMEGALOVIRUS infection remains a serious limiting factor in the success of kidney transplantation. Not only does cytomegalovirus cause clinical syndromes of its own (such as fever with leukopenia, pneumonia, chorioretinitis, and hepatitis), but it also ...

PHILADELPHIA chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia is a clonal disorder arising in the pluripotent hematopoietic stem-cell compartment.^{1 2 3} During the chronic phase of the disease, the progeny of this cell become the dominant population in the ...

THE diphosphonate clodronate inhibits the growth and dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystals. It effectively prevents bone resorption in a variety of in vivo and in vitro experimental systems. Rat-calvaria culture-system studies have demonstrated that the ...

MANY asthmatics have a late asthmatic response 6 to 12 hours after antigen-inhalation challenge,¹ which is accompanied by a rise in circulating neutrophil chemotactic activity.² The immediate fall in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV₁) that ...

IN adults, gravity has been shown to have an important effect on pulmonary gas exchange. Regional bronchospirometry and lung scintigraphy have shown that both ventilation and perfusion are preferentially distributed toward dependent lung regions during ...

IN the past 10 years advances in genetic epidemiology,¹ an improved classification of epileptic seizures,² and the emergence of new antiepileptic drugs³ have focused attention on the treatable epilepsies. These epilepsies are called treatable because of ...

JAUNDICE is a common clinical problem that is usually due to impaired bile production or bile flow — that is, cholestasis. When confronted by a patient with cholestatic jaundice, the overriding objective of the physician is to identify potentially ...

IN recent years ultrasonography has contributed substantially to the prenatal diagnosis of various congenital malformations^{1 2 3} and thus revolutionized management in obstetric patients. The present case report describes the antepartum diagnosis of fetal ...

Presentation of Case

A 30-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of hypogonadism.

He was well until four years earlier, when diminished libido developed, followed by reduced volume of ejaculate and then by impotence. His muscle mass diminished, ...

The therapeutic potential of interferon was reviewed in these columns 4 1/2 years ago.¹ The early results were reported, and the limited availability of material was emphasized. Recently, new strategies using recombinant DNA in the production of ...

IN some cultures, it is said, villagers cluster around a healer and a patient, eagerly listening to their conversation and observing their actions. In our culture, with its intensely private ways, we are deprived of this spectator sport. Only persons with ...

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To the Editor: We report a case of nemaline myopathy that presented as fatal cardiomyopathy in a 29-year-old woman.

After having noticed episodes of dyspnea over several months, the patient had retrosternal pain, dizziness, dyspnea, and anxiety. Clinical ...

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To the Editor: I recently consulted a physician for a problem that has turned out to be rather serious. After a perfunctory examination and a couple of this physician's "bread-and-butter" tests, a diagnosis was announced and symptomatic treatment ...

To the Editor: The report of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) has stirred a great deal of discussion concerning the potential for a physician surplus. The report itself is well written and methodologically sound, ...

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There is no question that this book, edited by two international experts on liver surgery, provides an unusually vivid first impression, with its color photographs and drawings thai encompass a varied set of surgical operations on the liver.

Basically, ...

The implication in the title of this textbook is misleading. This is more than a handbook. It is a combination of 215 illustrations (190 in accurate color), a detailed accompanying text, and the personal admonitions of an experienced thoracic surgeon who ...

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More than a decade has passed since the last edition of this manual was published. During that time there has been a notable increase in knowledge pertaining to perioperative care. Much of this information has been nicely arranged in the third edition; ...

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Over the past 10 years the approach to urologic disease has undergone a marked evolution. Diagnostic techniques are no longer confined to plain films, urography, and arteriography, but now include a bewildering array of choices, including computed ...

The preface in this book correctly states that "during the last decade, the progress in the diagnosis and treatment of male erectile dysfunction has advanced at a rapid rate. A sense of order is evolving in our understanding and treatment of male sexual ...

Biomedical Science

Advances in Shock Research. Vol. 8. Edited by Sherwood M. Reichard and Lerner B. Hinshaw. 258 pp., illustrated. New York, Alan R. Liss, 1982. $48.

Advances in Shock Research. Vol. 9. Edited by Sherwood M. Reichard and Robert R. Wolfe. ...

PROGRAMS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA–DAVIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

The School will offer five programs in the coming months: "Rheumatology for the Clinician" (July 31-August 3, in Monterey, Calif.); "Current Concepts in Cardiology" (August 8–12, in Incline ...