THE frequency with which an increase in the circulating concentration of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-(OH)₂D) has been observed in patients with idiopathic or absorptive hypercalciuria is a matter of controversy.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} Although it is possible that ...

FAMILIAL colonic polyposis is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the formation of multiple adenomatous polyps in the colon and the eventual development of cancer of the colon in untreated patients.^{1 2 3} Adenocarcinoma of the colon occurs, on ...

THERAPY for the majority of the inherited metabolic diseases is one of the more frustrating endeavors in medicine. Until recently, approaches have been aimed at secondary effects or have been palliative. A major impediment to therapeutic progress has been ...

ALTHOUGH morphologic lesions develop in the glomeruli of all diabetics after a few years of metabolic abnormality,¹ many diabetics never have clinically important renal disease, even after many years of diabetes.^{2 3 4} On the other hand, diabetic ...

THE syndrome of primary hyperaldosteronism due to bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (idiopathic hyperaldosteronism) is characterized by hypertension, hypokalemia, lack of response of plasma renin activity to stimulation, and inability to suppress aldosterone ...

Therapy for Transient Ischemic Attacks

Surgical Therapy

Carotid endarterectomy remains the mainstay of the therapy for TIAs that are caused by carotid stenosis. First introduced in 1954 by Eastcott et al.,¹⁰⁴ the procedure has been associated with a ...

EVALUATION of retroperitoneal lymph nodes for metastatic tumor is commonly performed with computed tomography (CT) in which the radiographic criteria for lymphadenopathy in the retroperitoneum are based on the size and number of nodes. Nodes larger than ...

Presentation of Case

A 39-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of gas in the tissue of the forearm.

Seventeen years earlier the patient sustained a gunshot wound to the left forearm, followed by repeated incision and drainage for ...

Half of the men and 75 per cent of the women in whom calcium oxalate renal stones form excrete more than 4 mg of urinary calcium per kilogram of body weight daily¹ because they have a familial² normocalcemic form of hypercalciuria. Of the remainder, many ...

Cancer of the colon and rectum is a major public-health problem in the United States, with 130,000 new cases and 59,400 deaths expected in 1984. Primary prevention of colorectal cancer depends on identifying the etiologic factors responsible and ...

IN the past, when the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism was suspected in patients who presented with hypertension, hypokalemia, and increased urinary aldosterone production, bilateral adrenocortical hyperplastic tissue was frequently found at surgery and ...

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To the Editor: Categorization of individuals into groups is an epidemiologic exercise often practiced in the study of a disease.

Shortly after the first cases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) had been reported,¹ two "high-risk" groups ...

To the Editor: Stamm et al. report treating 539 patients with one of three regimens: 4.8 million units of aqueous procaine penicillin G with 1 g of probenecid, nine tablets of trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole daily for three days, or 500 mg of tetracycline ...

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The title of this monograph is too modest. One might suspect from the title that it is merely a handbook describing what medication to prescribe at various stages of clinical heart failure. Though such information is clearly presented, the monograph goes ...

Hypertension is the most common problem that internists encounter in ambulatory patients. The intent of these authors is to provide a "how-to" book on hypertension for the internist or primary-care physician. Such a book should be less comprehensive than ...

Cardiac pacing was introduced into clinical cardiology as a therapeutic technique in 1958 with the development of the totally implantable pacemaker. It was promptly recognized as a useful therapeutic adjunct. As a result of the efforts of bioengineers ...

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This new textbook of echocardiography involves an approach distinct from those of other currently available works. Its goal is to define clinical possibilities — i.e., the differential diagnosis suggested by given echocardiographic patterns, both M-mode ...

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