CORONARY angiography performed during the early hours of acute myocardial infarction usually demonstrates total occlusion of an epicardial coronary artery.¹ In laboratory animals, reperfusion occurring within the first several hours of occlusion has ...

ALCOHOLIC hepatitis represents one of the more serious forms of alcoholic liver injury. Currently there is no specific form of therapy. Two types of drugs that have been reported to be beneficial are androgenic anabolic steroids^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9} and ...

AMONG the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, the histologic subtypes known as diffuse, well-differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma; nodular, poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma; and nodular, mixed lymphocytic–histiocytic lymphoma as defined in the Rappaport ...

THE non-Hodgkin's lymphomas consist of a heterogeneous group of disorders differing in histologic appearance, natural history, and response to therapy.^{1 2 3} At least two major subgroups of patients can be readily identified: those with a nodular ...

RESEARCH classification schemes have been developed by Feinstein,¹ Fletcher and Fletcher,² and Makrides and Richman,³ among others. Our scheme differs from these in three important ways: we do not use the same sets of descriptive categories as other ...

ASERIES of recent studies indicate that the occluded coronary artery can be recanalized in 60 to 85 per cent of cases of acute myocardial infarction if intracoronary streptokinase is infused within six hours of the onset of chest pain.^{1 2 3 4} This rate of ...

TWO major medical advances have made a review of cerebral cysticercosis timely. The first is the increased availability of CAT scanning, which has contributed both to a more accurate diagnosis and to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of ...

Presentation of Case

A 64-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of chills and fever.

He was in a static state of health until four days earlier, when fever, chills, and sweats developed, with general malaise. Two days before admission a dry ...

WE are currently passing through the most drastic socioeconomic transformation in the history of the American medical profession.¹ The traditional relationship with the patient that physicians have always guarded so jealously is now under attack by two ...

The non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are a diverse group of diseases with varying morphologic, chromosomal, immunologic, and clinical characteristics. This diversity has prompted the development of several classification systems over the years, at times adding ...

Over the past decade the efficacy and cost of medical interventions have been subject to increasing scrutiny with quantitative techniques, such as the randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis. Such studies provide invaluable guidance ...

To the Editor: A number of human retroviruses known as human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-III), lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), or immunodeficiency-associated virus (IDAV) have been associated etiologically with the acquired immunodeficiency ...

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To the Editor: The recent paper by Vincken et al. (Aug. 16 issue)¹ claims that the abnormal flow oscillations frequently seen in patients with extrapyramidal disorders result from changes in airflow resistance due to involuntary contractions of upper-...

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To the Editor: Drs. Mustard and Packham (Sept. 6 issue) provide a balanced and comprehensive review of the role of platelets in the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular complications.¹ However, a few additional comments may also be relevant.

We have ...

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To the Editor: The editorial "Stress and the Aching Heart" by Graboys (Aug. 30 issue)¹ made me want to read again the total paragraph from which the quotation from Harvey was taken and to confirm the identity of the translator. In checking the reference, ...

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These authors have written an interesting and informative book on the evolution of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic from 1979 to the present. The book describes the key scientific and medical clues and hypotheses that were developed ...

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Many decisions with major economic consequences are made almost entirely by default. In this book Dr. Fein documents the fact that by failing to spend more resources on treatment and research in alcoholism and alcohol abuse, we are costing ourselves ...

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The preface states that this book has been written "to address the special needs of medical students." Because the emphasis is on clinical gastroenterology, I assume the reference is to senior students studying gastroenterology.

What are the "special ...

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PROGRAMS OF THE COOK COUNTY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

The School will offer ...