INFECTIONS and neoplasms of the central nervous system are frequent complications of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).¹ Recently, several distinct neurologic syndromes have also been reported. Subacute encephalitis, a progressive dementing ...

HUMAN T-cell leukemia (T-lymphotropic) virus Type III (HTLV-III) is the etiologic agent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the AIDS-related complex.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} In addition to the variety of complications resulting from the underlying ...

AMONG the numerous T-cell defects identified in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS),¹ the failure to generate gamma interferon² seems likely for several reasons to be relevant to the immunopathogenesis of AIDS-related opportunistic ...

CIGARETTE smoking is a major cause of myocardial infarction¹; smokers have been encouraged to quit, and many have done so. Previous studies have suggested that exsmokers eventually have an incidence of myocardial infarction similar to that of people who ...

ALTHOUGH rheumatic heart disease is increasingly rare in developed countries, it remains the most common cardiac disorder in much of the world.¹ Of the cardiac malfunctions that can result from rheumatic disease, mitral stenosis is perhaps the most ...

THE chief goal of affirmative-action programs in medical schools in the United States was to increase the numbers and the proportion of minority physicians. Other objectives were to make more minority physicians available to improve the health care of the ...

DISEASE clustering, the occurrence of cases that are close together in time and space, is often believed to suggest an infectious cause.^{1 , 2} Despite numerous anecdotal reports of cancer clusters, Burkitt's lymphoma is the only human cancer for which ...

Presentation of Case

A 41-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of hypertension and dyspnea.

He was well until 13 years earlier, while he was spending a year in France, when cough, sore throat, hoarseness, and fever developed. An injection of ...

Two timely and important articles in this issue of the Journal deal with infection of the central nervous system by the human T-cell lymphotropic virus Type III (HTLV-III). The article by Ho et al.¹ indicates that acute infection of the central nervous ...

The article by Keith and his colleagues in this issue of the Journal ¹ provides a statistical comparison of data on minority and nonminority physicians who graduated from medical school in 1975. It evaluates specialty choice, practice patterns, and board ...

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To the Editor: A longitudinal study of homosexual and bisexual men with persistent generalized lymphadenopathy was initiated in February 1981. After 30 months, 8 of 42 men (19 per cent) had the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), as previously ...

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To the Editor: Stohl et al. (June 27 issue) contend that the altered T4 phenotype in their three patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) accounted for the impaired helper/inducer-cell function of blood lymphocytes in vitro.¹ However, they ...

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To the Editor: Persistent echovirus encephalitis, uniformly resistant to systemic and intrathecal immunotherapy, is a well-recognized complication in patients with agammaglobulinemia.^{1 , 2} In the February 7 issue of the Journal, intraventricular ...

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If ever the ability of human beings to rise above personal, professional, and national rivalries is questioned in a cynical world, the story of the discovery and introduction of penicillin should soon dispel such doubts. This book is a magnificent ...

Rice, a professor of Russian and contemporary literature at the University of Oregon, has written an impressive, comprehensive, and meticulously researched book on one of the world's great writers. The erudition displayed, the extent of the bibliography, ...

Everyone experiences stress. Do women physicians experience more than their male colleagues? More than their nonmedical counterparts? Clearly not an exact science, the study of stress relies heavily on the subjective experiences of the individual. This ...

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It is surely one of the greater ironies in the history of medicine that the first large, comprehensive system of medical care in the Western Hemisphere — complete with hospitals, physicians working for an annual capitation fee, and health teams of a sort —...

For a generation of scientists, including me, who were raised in the aftermath of the Second World War, eugenics is equated with fascism. The media frequently discuss eugenics in conjunction with men such as Mengele and Eichmann, while the scientists who ...

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The medical care system of the Veterans Administration (VA) is essentially a creature of Congress, an insulated protectorate of the legislative branch that has enjoyed modest growth and an exemption from the health planning strictures that the federal ...