ADVANCED diabetic nephropathy is frequently associated with heavy proteinuria, which often develops into the nephrotic syndrome. Proteinuria in such cases is difficult to treat. We noted a reduction in proteinuria when a patient undergoing long-term ...

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A (IgA) deficiency is the most common immune deficiency in human beings, occurring in approximately 1 in 450 blood donors when IgA deficiency is defined as a serum IgA level of less than 1 mg per deciliter.¹ IgA deficiency is associated ...

BRONCHOSPIROMETRIC and radioisotopic studies of regional ventilation in adults have demonstrated that ventilation is preferentially distributed toward dependent lung regions. When the subject is in the lateral decubitus posture, ventilation is ...

DATA analysis is largely a search for patterns —that is, for meaningful relations among the various items observed. Are older persons more susceptible to some disease than younger ones? Does the survival of cancer patients depend on the size of the cancer ...

IN 1974, companion papers in the Journal discussed the improved disease-free survival among patients with osteosarcoma who had received adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery for the primary tumor. One of the papers described a regimen consisting of ...

IN patients with certain blistering skin diseases that are considered to be immunologically mediated, deposits of immunoreactants occur at the microscopical sites of blister formation and are thought to be central to the pathogenesis of the diseases.^{1 2 3} ...

Presentation of Case

First admission. A 64-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of weakness of the legs.

He was well until 10 days before admission, when numbness developed in the right lateral thigh, with lumbar pain. Two days later ...

There are numerous causes and pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in blister formation. A simple, though not all-inclusive, way to classify blistering skin diseases may be to distinguish among genetic (e.g., epidermolysis bullosa), metabolic (e.g., ...

To the Editor: Janier et al. (June 20 issue)¹ described a patient with Kaposi's sarcoma related to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and opportunistic infections, whose tumor underwent spontaneous regression although his clinical status ...

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To the Editor: Patrick Irvine's Sounding Board article, "The Attending at the Funeral" (June 27 issue)* is an excellent extension of current medical thought on death and dying. He reveals quite succinctly that physicians are human and do have an ...

To the Editor: Some of the Journal's readers may, from time to time, be invited to act as thesis examiners for a South African university, or to visit a university or a professional society in South Africa. For those who would wish not to delay the end ...

This is an excellent book and an appropriate tribute to the author of its first edition, which was published 33 years ago. The preface to that edition still applies; this is an atlas that presents, step-by-step, the details of operative technique clearly. ...

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In this book, a master surgeon has analyzed and deciphered the complex terminology of the biomechanics of the hand and presented basic principles in simple, understandable language. It has been written specifically for students, surgeons, and hand ...

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Recently, there has been a marked increase in public awareness of osteoporosis. Yet despite media attention to the disorder, there has been a persistent need for thoughtful public information on its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. These two books ...

Health Policy

Biblical/Medical Ethics: The Christian and the practice of medicine. By Franklin E. Payne, Jr. 267 pp. Milford, Mich., Mott Media, 1985.

The Breaking of Bodies and Minds: Torture, psychiatric abuse, and the health professions. Edited by Eric ...

SPORTS MEDICINE

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine will hold its "Sports Medicine Cruise Seminar" in the Hawaiian Islands, January 25—February 1. The fee is $300.

Contact Ann Bailey, Continuing Medical Education, University of Wisconsin School ...

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