To the Editor: In their randomized trial comparing total and subtotal hysterectomy, Thakar et al. (Oct. 24 issue)¹ assessed sexual function with the use of questionnaires and concluded that neither type of surgery had an adverse effect. We believe that ...

To the Editor: The study by Sundar et al. (Nov. 28 issue)¹ regarding oral miltefosine for the treatment of Indian visceral leishmaniasis is very promising. However, the reason for excluding from the study patients with a platelet count below 50,000 per ...

To the Editor: The study by Phu et al. (Sept. 19 issue)¹ demonstrated that peritoneal dialysis is associated with a poorer outcome than hemofiltration in the treatment of infection-associated acute renal failure. We believe that certain factors in ...

To the Editor: In their article on the dispute over the iron-chelating agent deferiprone (Oct. 24 issue),¹ Nathan and Weatherall focus on the ethical implications for the relationships among scientists, their institutions, and industry. Their article ...

To the Editor: I was disappointed to note that, in their discussion of the issues surrounding relationships between academia and the biomedical science and pharmaceutical industries, Moses et al. (Oct. 24 issue)¹ neglected to comment on one of the most ...

To the Editor: We are concerned by Annas's contention (Nov. 28 issue)¹ that “the application of medical criteria to the possible end of removing someone from within the reach of the death penalty on the basis of mental retardation need not be classified ...

To the Editor: Autologous pericardium has been used for angioplasty in pediatric cardiovascular surgery with good results, except in the case of the pulmonary valve.¹ However, we know of no report on the histology of implanted autologous pericardium. We ...

To the Editor: Immunocompromised patients can persistently shed influenza, increasing the potential for resistance to antiviral drugs and for nosocomial transmission.¹,² We report the case of a 23-year-old man with acute lymphocytic leukemia who ...

The idea that excessive exercise or undernutrition can postpone puberty, reduce fertility, or prevent menstruation is now so embedded in the body of medical knowledge that it is hard to believe that Frisch's pioneering studies, beginning in the late 1960s,...

In 1865, an 18-year-old woman named Mollie Fancher began her career as “the Brooklyn Enigma.” For more than a decade after a horsecar accident, Fancher exhibited symptoms that included blindness, trance, memory loss, paralysis, seizures, and clairvoyance —...

The permissiveness of the maternal immune system toward the fetus as an allogeneic “graft” is governed by complex immunologic interactions that ultimately allow successful pregnancy in most cases. Contributing to these processes are fetal and maternal ...