RECENT studies have served to resolve some fundamental issues in the prognosis of unprovoked seizures after febrile convulsions.^{1 , 2} The risk of such seizures after febrile convulsions is 2 to 4 percent, depending on the length of follow-up.^{1 2 3 4 5 6} ...

PATIENTS with hematologic disorders and total or partial deletion of a chromosome 7 have functionally defective blood neutrophils.^{1 , 2} However, the presence of the chromosomal abnormality in the granulocytic lineage cannot be cytogenetically ...

MANY patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) can be treated successfully with danazol,¹ a synthetic analogue of androgenic steroids and progesterone, and with vinblastine.² However, the mechanism of action of these drugs in ITP is ...

THE role of calcium in essential hypertension is currently the subject of intense controversy.^{1 , 2} The concentration of intracellular free (cytosolic) calcium in vascular smooth-muscle cells determines the degree of tension³ and is the trigger for ...

THE use of diethylstilbestrol by pregnant women increases the risk of clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix in their daughters.^{1 , 2} In 1971 the Registry for Research on Hormonal Transplacental Carcinogenesis of the University of Chicago was ...

CURRENTLY, screening of blood donors does not entirely eliminate the possibility of transfusion-transmitted infections. Tests for non-A, non-B hepatitis are nonspecific,¹ and the test for antibody to the virus that causes the acquired immunodeficiency ...

PRIMARY biliary cirrhosis, a chronic, progressive, and often fatal cholestatic liver disease, is characterized by the destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts, portal inflammation and scarring, and the eventual development of cirrhosis and liver failure. ...

Presentation of Case

A 74-year-old man was admitted to the hospital after emesis and respiratory arrest.

The patient had not sought medical attention for more than one year until the evening of admission, when he went to a nearby facility because of ...

Transfusion medicine has entered a new phase marked by renewed consideration of the risks of disease transmitted by transfusion. Public concern about the safety of transfusion was aroused by the discovery that the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ...

To be sick and poor has always been double punishment. A series of programs initiated in the mid-1960s by legislators, physicians, and taxpayers have reduced the medical aspects of that burden in the United States, resulting in improvements in the health ...

To the Editor: Azidothymidine has recently been made available through the National Institutes of Health to patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who have recently recovered from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. At present, the ...

To the Editor: Several cases of hemodialysis-related porphyria cutanea tarda have been described^{1 , 2} in which insufficient removal of porphyrins through the hemodialysis membrane led to markedly increased levels of plasma porphyrins, with severe and ...

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Despite widespread agreement that behavior depends on both heredity and experience, the behavioral-science literature has often presented polarized opinions that either nature or nurture is dominant. During recent years, steady improvement in genetic-...

A 47-year-old man with adult-onset diabetes mellitus enters a medical clinic for treatment and leaves with the following prescription: "Prepare a Daily Food Record, starting with yesterday's meals, and continue for at least 5 days." On his second visit ...

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ETHICS AND MEDICINE

A conference entitled "Exploring Ethical Issues in Critical Care Medicine" will be held in New York on March 13.

Contact CME Conference Planning Office, Rm. C-180, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Ctr., 1275 York Ave., New York, NY ...

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a lethal multisystem disease that has become a major public health problem since its recognition in 1981.^{1 2 3} AIDS is caused by the third known human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-III),⁴ which can replicate ...