The principal recognized infectious causes of cervicitis are the sexually transmitted pathogens Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and herpes simplex virus.¹ Whereas urethritis in men is readily recognized and treated, cervicitis (the usual ...

FOR years clinicians have been aware of the variation in clinical severity associated with the different sickle syndromes (sickle-cell anemia, hemoglobin SC disease, Sβ⁺ thalassemia, and Sβ⁰ thalassemia) and have suspected that there is also a difference ...

CORTICOTROPIN-releasing factor is a hypophyseotropic hormone that stimulates secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the anterior pituitary gland.¹ This factor has recently been isolated from ovine hypothalamic extracts,^{2 , 3} characterized as ...

NEOPLASTIC disorders are generally believed to arise from single cells. Data on the development of neoplasia indicate that genetic alterations in these progenitor cells permit the uncontrolled proliferation of progeny cells that make up the resulting ...

MOST ischemic cerebral vascular disease results from arterial narrowing or occlusion. The pathologic process may involve vessels of any size and may be intrinsic to the vessel, as in atherosclerosis, lipohyalinosis, inflammation, or dissection, or it may ...

WE performed 15 upper-thoracic sympathectomies, 4 of which were bilateral, by percutaneous radiofrequency destruction of the appropriate sympathetic ganglia.¹ Good to excellent results were achieved in 18 of the 19 limbs in patients, who were 14 to 71 ...

THE syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) has been noted in association with a variety of neurologic disorders,^{1 2 3} but its occurrence as a transient complication of pituitary surgery performed by the transsphenoidal approach ...

Presentation of Case

A 50-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of bilateral pleural effusions and pedal edema.

He was well until 9 1/2 years earlier, when cervical lymphadenopathy developed, with the superior-venacava syndrome. Microscopical ...

In 1977 the Journal published a review by Haussler and McCain of the basic and clinical concepts related to vitamin D metabolism and action.¹ Stimulated by previous advances in our understanding of vitamin D metabolism and action, clinicians were at that ...

Uncertainty presents a commonly acknowledged threat to the doctor–patient alliance¹; anxious patients seeking doctors also seek the reassurance of medical certainty. Hut anxiety about undiscovered causes and undetermined outcomes sets doctor and patient ...

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To the Editor: The report by Levy and Waisbren on the effects of untreated maternal hyperphenylalaninemia on the fetus (Nov. 24, 1983, issue)¹ represents a major attempt to delineate this problem in a population identified by routine screening, As such, ...

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To the Editor: In May 1983 we presented our five years' experience with DNA analysis for prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies.¹ At that time we reported on 95 cases, 78 of which had been subsequently studied. In all these 78 cases the prenatal ...

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To the Editor: An occupational paralysis of the muscles supplied by the deep palmar branch of the ulnar nerve was first described in 1896 under the title "A Peculiar Form of Progressive Muscular Atrophy in Gold Polishers."¹ The neuropathic origin was ...

To the Editor: Dr. Mosher asks why studies showing the efficacy of alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization have failed to result widespread use of such alternatives, and offers some reasons Dec. 22 issue).* Some reasons that he does not discuss are ...

To the Editor: Ubell's Special Report (Dec. 8 issue)¹ gives an accurate and optimistic picture of Cuba's achievements in health care during the past 25 years. As a Cuban-American physician trained in the United States, I have visited Cuba several times ...

To the Editor: Dr. Woolley claims that the experience of developing the 11-page informed-consent document that was presented to Barney Clark by his surgeon, Dr. William DeVries, "stands as a test of the part that institutional review boards can play in ...

Addressed chiefly to those who suffer from bulimia, this book as also an interesting and highly readable review of the subject for physicians. It provides definitions of bulimia and binging, reviews the history of the description of bulimia, discusses its ...

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"As clinicians we sometimes fail to recognize how social attitudes, often based on fear and misunderstanding, can alter the public's perception of addiction.... A fundamental problem has been the failure to distinguish between the social use of drugs and ...

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Here are two books with similar titles but very different content and focuses. Both suffer from being symposium-generated books. They are not at all comprehensive nor are they fully up to date. A majority of the references and the symposia date from ...

Far be it from anyone to write a textbook alone! Once upon a time, hypnosis (clinical or otherwise) was best discussed by a single author. Here the matter is presented in a multidisciplinary approach.

In the foreword, the authors suggest that hypnosis has ...

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PROGRAMS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

The University will offer the following courses in the coming months: "Advanced Cardiac Life Support" (Aug. 2, 6, and 18); "Pediatric Advanced Life Support" (Aug. 24 and 25, and Sept. 21 and 22); Conference of the Iowa–...

The Problem

Some: controversies have a staying power because they spring from unavoidable moral and conceptual puzzles. The debates concerning transplantation are a good example. To begin with, they are not a single controversy. Rather, they are examples ...

These guidelines are in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals." (The complete document is available in the June 12, 1982, issue of the British Medical Journal and the june 1982 issue of the Annals of ...