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Verapamil Pharmacodynamics and Disposition in Young and Elderly Hypertensive Patients: Altered Electrocardiographic and Hypotensive Responses

• DARRELL R. ABERNETHY,
• JANICE B. SCHWARTZ,
• ELIZABETH L. TODD,
• ROBERT LUCHI,
• and ELEANOR SNOW

Pressure Sores Among Hospitalized Patients

• RICHARD M. ALLMAN,
• CAROL A. LAPRADE,
• LINDA B. NOEL,
• JOANNE M. WALKER,
• CATHERINE A. MOORER,
• MARGARET R. DEAR,
• and CRAIG R. SMITH

The Effect of Almitrine Bismesylate on Hypoxemia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• RANDALL C. BELL,
• R. CURTIS MULLINS III,
• LEONARD G. WEST,
• ROMEO T. BACHAND,
• and W. G. JOHANSON, Jr.

Positional Effects on Distribution of Ventilation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• CHANG SHIM,
• KWANG J. CHUN,
• M. HENRY WILLIAMS, Jr.,
• and M. DONALD BLAUFOX

Dermatitis in Grocery Workers Associated with High Natural Concentrations of Furanocoumarins in Celery

• SETH F. BERKLEY,
• ALLEN W. HIGHTOWER,
• ROSS C. BEIER,
• DAVID W. FLEMING,
• CHARLES D. BROKOPP,
• G. WAYNE IVIE,
• and CLAIRE V. BROOME

Nonresponsiveness to Hepatitis B Vaccine in Health Care Workers: Results of Revaccination and Genetic Typings

• DONALD E. CRAVEN,
• ZUHEIR L. AWDEH,
• LAUREEN M. KUNCHES,
• EDMOND J. YUNIS,
• JULES L. DIENSTAG,
• BARBARA G. WERNER,
• B. FRANK POLK,
• DAVID R. SNYDMAN,
• RICHARD PLATT,
• CLYDE S. CRUMPACKER,
• GEORGE F. GRADY,
• and CHESTER A. ALPER

Melphalan May Be a More Potent Leukemogen than Cyclophosphamide

• MARK H. GREENE,
• EMILY L. HARRIS,
• DAVID M. GERSHENSON,
• GEORGE D. MALKASIAN, Jr.,
• L. JOSEPH MELTON III,
• ALON J. DEMBO,
• JOHN M. BENNETT,
• WILLIAM C. MOLONEY,
• and JOHN D. BOICE, Jr.

Chronic Hepatitis B in Asymptomatic Homosexual Men with Antibody to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus

• ROBERT P. PERRILLO,
• FREDRIC G. REGENSTEIN,
• and STANFORD T. ROODMAN

Ultrasonography in Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

• BERNARD CAMPILLO,
• JACQUES BERNUAU,
• MARIE-ODILE WITZ,
• JEAN-MARC LORPHELIN,
• CLAUDE DEGOTT,
• BERNARD RUEFF,
• and JEAN-PIERRE BENHAMOU

Mitral Valve Prolapse in Anorexia Nervosa

• DAVID G. MEYERS,
• HELEN STARKE,
• PAUL H. PEARSON,
• and MARLENE K. WILKEN

Repetitive Oral Activated Charcoal and Control of Emesis in Severe Theophylline Toxicity

• YONA AMITAI,
• ALAN C. YEUNG,
• JACK MOYE,
• and FREDERICK H. LOVEJOY, Jr.

Temporal Arteritis in Blacks

• DANIEL C. LOVE,
• JEFFREY RAPKIN,
• G. ROBERT LESSER,
• BARRY M. SHMOOKLER,
• MARTIN P. KOLSKY,
• BILLY JACKSON,
• and WERNER F. BARTH

Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Surgery in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Implications for Capitated Medical Payment

• MICHAEL C. NEVITT,
• EDWARD H. YELIN,
• CURTIS J. HENKE,
• and WALLACE V. EPSTEIN

Confidence Intervals for Reporting Results of Clinical Trials

• RICHARD SIMON

Diagnostic Decision: Indications for Arterial Blood Gas Analysis

• THOMAS A. RAFFIN

Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee

One Hundred Years of American Internal Medicine: A View from the Inside

• PAUL B. BEESON

Home Health Care

• HEALTH AND PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Significance Questing

• KENNETH J. ROTHMAN

Growth-Hormone-Releasing Hormone: A Clinical Update

• MARY LEE VANCE and
• MICHAEL O. THORNER

Aedes albopictus, an Exotic Mosquito Vector in the United States

• THOMAS P. MONATH

The History of American Internal Medicine: A New Series of Articles

• RUSSELL C. MAULITZ

Periodic Updates on Prevention

• CHARLES E. LEWIS

Diagnosis of Left-Sided Regurgitant Murmurs by Transient Arterial Occlusion: A New Maneuver Using Blood Pressure Cuffs

• NICHOLAS J. LEMBO,
• LOUIS J. DELL'ITALIA,
• MICHAEL H. CRAWFORD,
• and ROBERT A. O'ROURKE

Estrogen-Progesterone Therapy for Bleeding Gastrointestinal Telangiectasias in Chronic Renal Failure: An Uncontrolled Trial

• MARK H. BRONNER,
• MARION B. PATE,
• JOHN T. CUNNINGHAM,
• and WILLIAM H. MARSH

Accelerated Bone Formation Causing Profound Hypocalcemia in Acute Leukemia

• DAVID P. SCHENKEIN,
• W. CHARLES O'NEILL,
• JAY SHAPIRO,
• and KENNETH B. MILLER

Plasma-Cell Granuloma Producing Calcitriol and Hypercalcemia

• MARY ALICE HELIKSON,
• ANN D. HAVEY,
• JOSEPH E. ZERWEKH,
• NEIL A. BRESLAU,
• and DAVID W. GARDNER

Radiation-Induced Thyroid Carcinoma: Clinical Course and Results of Therapy in 296 Patients

• ARTHUR B. SCHNEIDER,
• WENDY RECANT,
• STEVEN M. PINSKY,
• U. YUN RYO,
• CARLOS BEKERMAN,
• and EILEEN SHORE-FREEDMAN

Scientific and Clinical Problems in Indexes of Functional Disability

• ALVAN R. FEINSTEIN,
• BRUCE R. JOSEPHY,
• and CAROLYN K. WELLS

Atrial Electrocardiography for Diagnosis of Wide QRS Tachycardia

• TED FELDMAN

Measuring Height in Osteoporosis

• R. F. HERNDON

Estrogen Therapy for Bleeding Gastrointestinal Telangiectasias

• DON BRINBERG,
• PETER H. R. GREEN,
• and OSCAR LEBWOHL

Gun Sighting, Visual Field Defects, and a Pituitary Tumor

• IRMA H. ULLRICH and
• MARGARET J. ALBRINK

Pneumococcal Vaccine Efficacy

• MARIA ALOIZOU,
• STEVEN LOMASKY,
• and PHILIP D. LIEF

The Spinal Tap

• A. E. LIVINGSTON

Transient Antibody to Human Immunodeficiency Virus

• C. SONNEX

Hepatitis Hyperimmune Globulin and Exposure to Human Immunodeficiency Virus

• ROBERT P. NELSON, JR.,
• DENNIS K. LEDFORD,
• PHILLIP W. DEVOE,
• and RICHARD F. LOCKEY

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Peru

• GUSTAVO ROJAS,
• EDUARDO GOTUZZO,
• AUGUSTO YI,
• and FREDERICK KOSTER

Kaposi's Sarcoma Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody in a Hemophiliac

• P. M. MANNUCCI,
• P. QUATTRONE,
• and L. MATTURRI

Position Paper on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

• JAMES L. LEVENSON

Amodiaquine and Hepatitis

• B. HIRSCHEL

Markers for Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

• M. HOYOS,
• J. B. SARRIÓN,
• T. PÉREZ-CASTELLANOS,
• M. L. MARTY,
• and J. BERENGUER

Erythromycin and Cyclosporine

• J. M. GRIÑO,
• I. SABATE,
• A. M. CASTELAO,
• M. GUARDIA,
• D. SERON,
• and J. ALSINA

Caffeine and Hypokalemia

• A. P. PASSMORE,
• G. B. KONDOWE,
• and G. D. JOHNSTON

Withholding Therapy and Anti-Cruelty Policies

• FRED ROSNER

The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

• THOMAS MCC. CHESNEY

The Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time

• MICHAEL L. BASHEVKIN and
• ISMAT U. NAWABI

Positive Hemoccult Tests and Colonoscopic Results

• YARON NIV

Failing to Detect Occult Blood

• DAVID M. HOVSEPIAN,
• MARK E. LINSKEY,
• and RICHARD FEDORAK

Changing the Internal Medicine Residency

• GEORGE L. BLACKBURN

Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis After High-Dose Methotrexate

• M. NAVARRO,
• R. PEDRAGOSA,
• A. LAFUERZA,
• D. RUBIO,
• and P. HUGUET

Selective Transport Across the Blood-Brain Barrier

• WILLIAM A. BANKS,
• ABBA J. KASTIN,
• and EDWARD A. MICHALS

Searching the Medical Literature

• R. BRIAN HAYNES

Lifetime Tobacco Use

• R.T. RAVENHOLT

Correction: Author's Name Omitted

• JAMES W. WILLIAMS

How to Keep Up with the Medical Literature: III. Expanding the Number of Journals You Read Regularly

• R. BRIAN HAYNES,
• K. ANN McKIBBON,
• DOROTHY FITZGERALD,
• GORDON H. GUYATT,
• CYNTHIA J. WALKER,
• and DAVID L. SACKETT

A Case of Acute Bloody Diarrhea.

Confusion In An 80-Year-Old: Evaluation and Management of Dementia.

Teaching Clinical Decision Making.

The Fifteen Minute Hour: Applied Psychotherapy for the Primary Care Physician.

Ethical Analysis of Clinical Medicine: A Guide to Self-Evaluation.

Total Parenteral Nutrition: Indications, Utilization, Complications, and Pathophysiological Considerations.

Biopsy Pathology of Bone and Bone Marrow.

Public Concerns, Community Initiatives: The Successful Management of Nursing Home Consumer Information Programs.

Annual Review of Medicine: Selected Topics in the Clinical Sciences.

Useful Procedures in Medical Practice.

Handbook for the Academic Physician.

Resuscitation: Care of the Critically III.

Diseases of the Breast.

Sickle Cell Disease.

Drug Information For the Health Care Provider.

Reproductive Endocrinology: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Clinical Management.

Contemporary Geriatric Medicine.