THE marked changes in serum and urinary hormone levels that occur during human pregnancy are thought to disappear within days or weeks after delivery, returning to the prepregnancy state. It is possible, however, that some hormonal changes may persist ...

STROKE is the third leading cause of death in the United States and a principal cause of disability in middle-aged and elderly people.^{1 , 2} High blood pressure is the most important known risk factor for stroke.^{1 2 3 4} Clinical, experimental, and ...

HERPES simplex virus (HSV) infection is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in neonates.¹ Most neonates in whom an HSV infection develops have acquired the virus from the maternal genital tract during delivery. Infants born by vaginal ...

RECENT evidence demonstrates that the hemoglobin S gene arose on multiple chromosomes and that it appeared on at least three occasions in geographically segregated regions of Africa.^{1 , 2} Genetically defined forms of sickle cell anemia have been ...

EXCELLENT clinical judgment requires optimal decision making. Many of the decisions that physicians make in their practices involve little uncertainty and little risk: these rote or routine choices need no special contemplation because they are "tried and ...

ERYTHROCYTE enzymopathies are well-recognized causes of hemolytic anemia in newborn infants, but have rarely been implicated etiologically in hydrops fetalis or immediate neonatal death. Death occurred within a few hours of birth in only 4 of 260 cases ...

Presentation of Case

A 48-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of intermittent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.

She was well until four years earlier, when she began to experience bouts of midepigastric "tightening" followed by nausea, ...

Prolactin, a peptide hormone with a molecular weight of about 23,000, is secreted by the lactotropic cells of the pituitary gland. The best-known physiologic function of the hormone relates to lactation. The plasma level of prolactin rises during ...

The Medical Progress article by Pauker and Kassirer in this issue describes advances in applying the principles of decision analysis to patient care.¹ Some problems remain and deserve comment.

Decision analysis is a logically consistent approach to a ...

To the Editor: Case reports have suggested that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be transmitted from mother to off-spring by different routes, including transplacental passage, intra-partum exposure to infected maternal blood, or postnatal ...

To the Editor: The prevalence of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among children in the United States has risen dramatically over the past two years.¹ In addition to patients whose disease meets the diagnostic criteria of the Centers for ...

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To the Editor: The report of Rosenberg and associates (Dec. 5, 1985, issue)¹ describing their experience with adoptive immunotherapy of advanced cancer is certainly of scientific interest. The presentation of this study by the public media, however, has ...

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To the Editor: In the childhood-onset dystonia described by Hornykiewicz et al.,¹ the most striking biochemical change was a marked reduction in the concentration of norepinephrine in the lateral and posterior hypothalamus and mamillary body in both ...

To the Editor: The gold standard for assessing therapeutic effectiveness is the blinded clinical trial in which a presumably active agent is compared with a placebo. Blinded study designs serve to prevent the subjective opinions of patients or ...

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In order to interpret radiologic examinations correctly, it is essential to recognize and differentiate the abnormal from a variation of the normal. Such information has long been available for plain-film radiography in familiar books such as those by ...

This is an extensive atlas that illustrates the author's ample experience in the radiologic aspects of joint diseases. The book is divided into 10 chapters. After an introduction, the author deals in a systematic fashion with the use of radiographic ...

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Biomedical Science

Advances in Cancer Research. Vol. 47. Edited by George Klein and Sidney Weinhouse. 340 pp., illustrated. Orlando, Fla., Academic Press, 1986. $59.

Applications of Fluorescence in the Biomedical Sciences. Edited by D. Lansing Taylor, ...

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

The College will offer the following courses: "21st Comprehensive Review Course in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation" (March 2–12); "Drug Testing: Medical, Legal and Analytical Aspects" (March 6); and "5th Annual Chronic Pain ...