PATIENTS with advanced diffuse non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are rarely cured of their disease after conventional chemotherapy fails. However, experience gained in Burkitt's lymphoma has shown that these lymphomas are still sensitive to intensive ...

ALTHOUGH the primary treatment for advanced, high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has become increasingly effective, long-term disease-free survival has occurred in only approximately half the patients with high-grade disease.^{1 2 3 4 5} In addition, despite a ...

SYSTEMICALLY administered glucocorticosteroids, which are potent agents in the treatment of allergic disease, affect the late but not the early phase of the biphasic response to antigen challenge, as shown in numerous studies involving the lungs and skin ...

THE Peutz–Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract and by mucocutaneous melanin pigmentation.^{1 2 3} The hamartomatous polyps were initially thought to have little potential for ...

IT has recently been demonstrated that nonfatal myocardial infarction¹ and sudden cardiac death² are more likely to occur between 6 a.m. and noon than during other times of the day. Since platelets may be involved in the pathogenesis of these conditions, ...

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CONGENITAL adrenal hyperplasia results from an inherited defect in any of the five enzymatic steps required to synthesize Cortisol from cholesterol. A defect in a particular step may be manifested clinically, not only because cortisol ...

ALMOST exactly 100 years ago it was noted that certain types of bacteria sensitized with specific antibody would lyse in fresh normal serum.¹ That observation led to the discovery of the proteins that constitute the complement system. It is now clear that ...

Presentation of Case

A 56-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of a substernal goiter.

He was well until three or four years earlier, when he began to experience intermittent dyspnea during the night, without cough, wheeze, or hemoptysis. ...

IT is generally agreed that patients with intermediate-grade and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas who have a relapse after initial therapy have a grave prognosis. Despite attempts at secondary (often called "salvage") therapy with irradiation or ...

Several lines of evidence point to an important role for platelets in the pathogenesis of sudden death, acute myocardial infarction, and unstable angina.¹ These acute coronary events usually occur on a background of advanced coronary atherosclerosis. ...

Bloomfield — Richard Adolph Bloomfield, M.D., of Newton Centre, died on February 18 at the age of 75.

Dr. Bloomfield graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1938. He was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, ...

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To the Editor: Isolation of HIV from lymphocytes of HIV-infected persons by cocultivation methods has been routinely successful,^{1 , 2} but direct isolation of infectious virus from serum or plasma has met with only limited success.^{3 , 4}

For our studies, ...

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To the Editor: Marshall and Kelch were asked during the discussion that followed their seminar (Dec. 4 issue)¹ about factors in the central nervous system that may contribute to the timing of the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge. Dr. Marshall replied that "...

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The authors have revised and updated the previous edition of this work without adding to its length, yet they have managed to retain the original format. It consists of four sections. Some are a mixture of obstetrics and neonatology; others are one or the ...

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This treatise is valuable because many practicing surgical pathologists are self-taught in this area and have limited experience with childhood neoplasms because they are relatively uncommon. An advantage of this book over other similar works is its ...

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The development and refinement of diagnostic ultrasound has resulted in extensive study of fetal growth and development. This atlas "aims to provide a comprehensive reference for normal sectional anatomy correlated with in utero ultrasound images." ...

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CLINICAL LABORATORIES OF THE THIRD WORLD

An organization entitled "Hands to Clinical Labs of Third World Countries" is seeking volunteer lab workers to help improve the standard of clinical labs in third world nations.

Contact Dr. Mahesh Goel, Care Public ...

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