DURING the sequential activation of the complement components of the alternative pathway by a variety of surfaces, such as new cuprophane membranes or yeast-cell walls, peptides are split from the third (C3) and fifth (C5) components of complement. These ...

A PRIMARY defense mechanism of the respiratory tract involves the coordinated functioning of ciliated and secretory cells, which entrap and clear the conducting airways of excess secretions, foreign particulates, and cellular debris.^{1 , 2} Electron ...

SECONDARY hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic renal failure often results in hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, osteitis fibrosa, and metastatic calcifications.¹ Removal of hyperplastic parathyroid gland tissue is frequently helpful,² although ...

Adjuvant Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy

It is widely recognized that there is a group of patients for whom no treatment is indicated beyond total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.^{28, 109 110 111 112 113} Some investigators would restrict ...

THE acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) may be caused by a human T-cell lymphotropic retrovirus, termed "lymphadenopathy-associated virus" (LAV) by Institut Pasteur scientists in France^{1 , 2} and "human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III" (HTLV-III) ...

INFECTIOUS agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa are the most frequent causes of acute illnesses. However, only a small proportion of the microorganisms associated with human beings give rise to pathologic changes. To produce disease, many ...

Presentation of Case

A 2 1/2-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with a question of sepsis.

She was well until five days earlier, when cough and rhinorrhea developed, accompanied by irritability but without fever. A decongestant–antitussive ...

Why does one virus produce neurologic disease, another liver disease, and still another the common cold? The answer to this and other questions is coming from both classic studies on viral pathogenesis and the new tools of molecular biology.¹ The ...

To the Editor: The description of several patients in whom Parkinson's disease developed after use of the illicit narcotic l-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), a byproduct of meperidine synthesis, raises the possibility that Parkinson's ...

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Stanley Cobb (1887–1968) had a key role in the development of neurology, psychiatry, and the basic neuroscienccs. His career was spent at the Harvard Medical School from 1919 to 1954, a period that was critical for the future of each of these disciplines.

In his preface the editor states that this book "is not intended to serve as a basic textbook of neurology," but that its purpose is "to provide the best available information needed by the physician to deliver primary care to the neurologic patient" and "...

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Unlike electroencephalography, electromyography does not involve performance of a standardized test by a technician. An electroencephalographic record is a hard copy that can be given to a patient and is available for review by other consultants. Although ...

A group of neurologists, clinical neurophysiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and a urologist have contributed these essays on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Their goals are to review the diagnostic laboratory procedures that have become ...

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Before opening this book, one could legitimately question the need for a color atlas of geriatrics. True, many topics in geriatrics are too frequently omitted from traditional textbooks — falls, hypothermia, urinary and fecal incontinence, osteoporosis in ...

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During 1984 several important developments advanced our understanding of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A retrovirus known as human T-cell leukemia (lymphotropic) virus type III (HTLV-III),¹ also called lymphadenopathy-associated virus, ...

The inevitable day of reckoning stemming from the federal government's 1981 decision to cut its revenue base sharply through tax reduction but continue spending at much higher levels has arrived. Faced with annual budget deficits of $225 billion or more ...