IN VITRO clonal assays for hemopoietic progenitor cells have been increasingly applied to studies of bone-marrow cells from patients with bone-marrow failure. Several groups have reported that lymphocytes from the blood or bone marrow of some patients ...

IT is no longer surprising to learn that cytotoxic drugs used to prolong the lives of patients with cancer may have serious side effects in long-term survivors. Since the study of Reimer et al.¹ in 1977 firmly established the link between acute ...

ISCHEMIC heart disease remains the leading cause of death and disability in the populations of most industrialized countries. Because of the magnitude of this problem, many studies have been performed to evaluate the accuracy of exercise ...

ALTHOUGH frank lead encephalopathy has become uncommon in the United States, large numbers of children still have evidence of increased absorption of lead. In 1981 over 18,000 children were identified by screening programs as having blood lead values ...

METHOTREXATE, the most widely used antimetabolite in cancer chemotherapy, has an essential role in the treatment of such diverse diseases as acute lymphocytic leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, osteosarcoma, choriocarcinoma, head and neck cancer, and ...

PATIENTS with Turner's syndrome are short and lack a pubertal growth spurt.¹ Estrogen has been implicated as one factor that stimulates the normal pubertal growth spurt, yet estrogen in high doses has also been used to inhibit growth.^{2 3 4} This suggests ...

THE insurance system in the United States for protection of physicians and hospitals against financial loss due to malpractice claims almost collapsed in 1975. Many private insurance carriers withdrew from the field, and the remaining companies increased ...

Presentation of Case

A 41-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of spastic tetraparesis.

The patient was the firstborn child of three siblings. She was considered normal at birth but was clumsy during childhood and frequently dropped objects ...

Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone. — Plutarch, Lives

AN increasing number of patients with neoplastic disorders survive for long periods after treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapy, administered alone or in combination with other ...

Some of the many paradoxes about estrogen therapy are addressed by Ross et al. in this issue of the Journal.¹ Their studies consider the optimal dose of ethinyl estradiol to promote growth, and they are relevant to a more general question: Why is the ...

Boss — Eugene George Boss, Jr., M.D., of Springfield, died on September 1. He was 55.

Dr. Boss received his degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1949. He was a member of the American College of Physicians.

Breil — Norman David Breil, ...

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To the Editor: We were disturbed by a recent report (April 21 issue) ¹ that chronicled new Medicaid reimbursement programs aimed at "emphasizing the responsibility of the physician not only to render the service but to husband more carefully the limited ...

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IN a recent issue of the Journal Sandson reviewed the growing burden of financing a medical education at an independent medical school.¹ This burden falls on both the student and the institution and has been precipitated by changes in the federal programs ...

Here is an excellent paperback book presented in a hard cover. NMR imaging is currently one of the most rapidly expanding methods in medicine. Although its potential remains unclear, there is a strong probability that it will take its rightful place among ...

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Until the advent of computed tomography, accurate recognition of the presence and extent of disease in the pancreas was often impossible, except by exploratory laparotomy. The gland could not be visualized radiologically. Evaluation often depended on ...

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Imaging of skeletal trauma has too often been a stepchild of radiologic practice. Films were either "positive" or "negative" but rarely interesting. Orthopedic surgeons were apt to assure anyone willing to listen that they could read the films as well as ...

Neurology and Psychiatry

Interpretation of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery. Vol 1. By James A. Moses, Jr., Charles J. Golden, Rona Ariel, and John L. Gustavson. 294 pp. New York, Grune and Stratton, 1983. $32.50.

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ENDOSCOPY

The Cook County Graduate School of Medicine will present a course entitled "Fiberoptic Esophagogastric Endoscopy" in Chicago on the following dates: November 14–16, February 27–29, April 30-May 2, and August 27–29. The fee is $450.

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