ALTHOUGH most stenoses of coronary and peripheral arteries can now be traversed and dilated by balloon angioplasty, the unpredictable problems of abrupt closure and late re-Stenosis of the dilated segment continue to compromise the overall results of this ...

THE risk of ulcerative colitis has been reported to be decreased among smokers in three case–control studies.^{1 2 3} Harries¹ and Logan³ and their colleagues found the reduction in risk to be nearly 90 percent, and Jick and Walker² noted a reduction of 69 ...

THE introduction of megavoltage radiation therapy and the MOPP regimen (mechlorethamine [Mustargen], vincristine [Oncovin], procarbazine, and prednisone) for Hodgkin's disease^{1 , 2} has resulted in impressive long-term survival among patients in whom such ...

HYPERTENSION complicates at least 10 percent of all pregnancies and is an important cause of both perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality.^{1 2 3} Nevertheless, there is still considerable confusion about the classification, pathogenesis, and ...

MYASTHENIA gravis is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which there is sustained production of an antibody to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at the neuromuscular junction.^{1 2 3} Both intense and long-term immunosuppressive therapy have been of value in ...

ACCORDING to the U.S. Surgeon General, cigarette smoking is "the chief, single avoidable cause of death in our society and the most important public health issue of our time."¹ Estimates of the effects of cigarette smoking on mortality in the United ...

HISTIOCYTOSIS X is the name for a spectrum of rare disorders — Letterer–Siwe disease, Hand–Schüller–Christian disease, and eosinophilic granuloma^{1 2 3} — that have a wide range of clinical manifestations but are all characterized by granuloma formation, ...

Presentation of Case

A 28-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of lesions of the sacrum and ilium.

She was well until three years earlier, when pain and numbness developed in the posterolateral left thigh and leg during the fifth month of ...

More than half a century ago, Mary Walker — a registrar in an obscure outlying London hospital—carried out a nonrandomized, nonblinded, uncontrolled, but highly successful trial of physostigmine in a patient with myasthenia gravis. Hailed in the press as ...

ON February 18, 1987, U.S. Representative Michael Synar (D-Okla.) announced that he was reintroducing federal legislation to ban all forms of advertising and promotion of tobacco. The legislation has the backing of the nation's major voluntary and ...

Nearly a century has passed since Alfred Hand reported a case of "polyuria and tuberculosis,"¹ later considered to be the first case of the Hand-Schül1er–Christian syndrome. Although early investigators considered this syndrome pathologically distinct ...

Adams — Robert Shepard Adams, M.D., formerly of Brookline, died on September 28. He was 62.

Dr. Adams graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1948. He was a member of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Adams was a ...

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Considering the prominent role echocardiography now has in diagnosis, and its frequent appearance in journal literature, it is surprising how relatively few textbooks are available on the subject. The value of these two books is that each contributes to a ...

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Despite ominous predictions about the future of the American family, the authors of this book argue that the family can survive if given proper societal support. Through poignant case histories, reviews of research, and policy analyses, the book ...

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