Restriction of dietary phenylalanine in early infancy has virtually eliminated phenylketonuria (PKU) as a cause of severe mental retardation. ^{1 , 2} The question of how long the low-phenylalanine diet should continue has not been satisfactorily answered, ...

Oxalate is a major component of two thirds of all kidney stones, and small changes in its urinary concentration critically influence calcium oxalate stone formation.¹ Nephrolithiasis is certainly a multifactorial disease, and oxalate is not the only ...

Improved nutrition, reduced mortality from infectious diseases, and modification of some adverse personal characteristics, such as the cigarette habit, are accepted as having extended human longevity. The importance of adequate physical exercise to ...

The potential for adverse outcomes associated with lupus nephritis and its treatment has prompted a number of controlled trials to refine therapeutic approaches to this disorder.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14} These efforts have been hampered by an ...

Four million Americans served in Indochina during the Vietnam War, and 800,000 were assigned to combat.¹ Higher rates of drug and alcohol abuse,^{2 , 3} depression,^{2 , 4} marital problems,^{2 , 4} aggressive behavior,⁵ arrests and convictions on criminal charges,...

Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal, antiinflammatory agent that is commonly used in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis¹ and osteoarthritis.² Although ibuprofen has a favorable therapeutic risk–benefit ratio,³ a number of potentially serious ...

The use of an artificial heart as a bridge to cardiac transplantation was first reported in 1969, in a patient who could not be weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass.¹ Since then, the intraaortic balloon pump has been used successfully for partial cardiac ...

Presentation of Case

A 40-month-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of respiratory distress.

The child was born of a full-term normal delivery, one year after her mother's tuberculin test had converted to a positive reaction, without known ...

The ingenious epidemiologic analysis of mortality rates among young men who were chosen by the draft lottery, compared with those who were not, that is reported in this issue¹ demonstrates the long-term excessive mortality of men who served in the ...

The United States Supreme Court will shortly decide the fate of the Baby Doe rules. These regulations, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services in January of 1984, after two earlier attempts, require hospitals to post notices stating,

Federal ...

A little more than three years ago, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Dr. William DeVries implanted a Jarvik-7 artificial heart in a 61-year-old patient named Barney Clark. The patient lived 112 days with the device before succumbing to renal ...

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To the Editor: The human T-cell lymphotropic virus, variously called HTLV-III, lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)–related virus, is believed to be the causative agent of AIDS.¹ Recently, antibodies ...

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To the Editor: Recently, we have observed that a number of our university students are taking large doses of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), a phenolic antioxidant food preservative, as treatment for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections. Relying ...

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To the Editor: Men with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism can be virilized by intramuscular administration of a long-acting testosterone ester, such as testosterone enanthate (Delatestryl) or testosterone cypionate (Depo-testosterone). Teaching the patient ...

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It is particularly timely that a monograph devoted to methods in immunohematology be published in 1985, since Professor R.R.A. Coombs' technique for measuring nonagglutinating antibody on the red-cell surface was published exactly 40 years earlier. Given ...

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There is no other single source to compare with this all-inclusive, highly readable, and extensively illustrated fourth edition of Spencer's compendium on lung pathology. Since the 1977 third edition, the work has been updated and expanded to include ...

Here is a work that addresses a clinical condition, "brittle diabetes," that is the bane of the existence of both diabetologists and general practitioners. The definition of the term "brittle" itself is nebulous and arouses considerable controversy. ...

Endoscopy is not solely a diagnostic tool. Despite this fact, most textbooks have been written for the neophyte, either teaching the skills needed to guide the instruments or demonstrating pathologic conditions. Most students of gastroenterology learn by ...

Biomedical Science

Bacteria and Complement. (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Vol. 121.) Edited by Michael Loos. 191 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1985. $49.50.

The Chondrocranium of Cryptoprocta ferox. (Advances in Anatomy, ...

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

The following courses will be sponsored by the School in April: "Ultrasound 1986" (April 1–4); and "Clinical Nuclear Medicine 1986" (April 7–10).

Contact the Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck ...

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Advances in perinatal care have been accompanied by improved survival among infants born in the middle to late second trimester, who were previously considered nonviable. This development has led to the spurious assumption that life can be sustained in ...