Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 June 1991, Vol. 114. No. 12

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Articles

Influence of Methotrexate and Azathioprine on Radiologic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study

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Maurice E. C. Jeurissen, MD; Agnes M. Th. Boerbooms, MD, PhD; Levinus B. A. van de Putte, MD, PhD; Wim H. Doesburg, MSc; and Albert M. Lemmens, MD, PhD

Topics: rheumatoid arthritis, azathioprine, double-blind method, methotrexate, radiology specialty

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):999-1004. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-999

Serologic Response to Treatment of Infectious Syphilis

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Barbara Romanowski, MD; Ruth Sutherland, DPH, RN; Gordon H. Fick, PhD; Debbie Mooney, BSc; and Edgar J. Love, MD, PhD

Topics: syphilis

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1005-1009. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1005

Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus and Liver Disease in Volunteer Blood Donors

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Alfredo Alberti, MD; Liliana Chemello, MD; Daniela Cavalletto, MD; Alessandro Tagger, MD; Alessandro Dal Canton, MD; Nicola Bizzaro, MD; Giuseppe Tagariello, MD; and Arturo Ruol, MD

Topics: liver diseases, blood donor, hepatitis c antibodies

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1010-1012. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1010

Unexplained Syncope Evaluated by Electrophysiologic Studies and Head-up Tilt Testing

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Jasbir S. Sra, MD; Alfred J. Anderson, MS; Shabbir H. Sheikh, MD; Boaz Avitall, MD, PhD; Patrick J. Tchou, MD; Paul J. Troup, MD; Carol J. Gilbert, RN; Masood Akhtar, MD; and Mohammad R. Jazayeri, MD

Topics: syncope

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1013-1019. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1013

Fingerstick Glucose Determination in Shock

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Suzanne H. Atkin, MD; Amita Dasmahapatra, MD; Michael A. Jaker, MD; Mitchell I. Chorost, BS; and Suman Reddy, BS

Topics: glucose, shock

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1020-1024. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1020

Reviews

Central Nervous System Reactions to Histamine-2 Receptor Blockers

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Thomas G. Cantú, PharmD; and Joan S. Korek, PharmD

Topics: central nervous system, histamine

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1027-1034. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1027

Bypass Surgery for Chronic Stable Angina: Predictors of Survival Benefit and Strategy for Patient Selection

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Obi N. Nwasokwa, MD, PhD; Jerome H. Koss, MD; Gary H. Friedman, MD; Andrew M. Grunwald, MD; and Monty M. Bodenheimer, MD

Topics: angina, stable, bypass

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1035-1049. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1035

Medicine and Public Policy

Qui Tam: Suing Physicians Who Make False Claims

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David C. Hsia, JD, MD, MPH

Topics: fraud, government, malpractice, medicaid, medicare, united states dept. of health and human ...

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1050-1053. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1050

Editorials

Serologic Testing after Therapy for Syphilis: Is There a Test for Cure?

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Sheila A. Lukehart, PhD

Topics: syphilis

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1057-1058. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1057

Autotransplantation in Lymphoma: Better Therapy or Healthier Patients?

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Antonella Surbone, MD; James O. Armitage, MD; and Robert Peter Gale, MD, PhD

Topics: lymphoma, transplantation, autologous

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1059-1060. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1059

On Being a Doctor

On Bad Doctors

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Michael A. LaCombe, MD

Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1054-1056. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1054

Ad Libitum

Avi's Story

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Joseph Herman, MD

Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1061. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1061

Book Notes

Curing Health Care: New Strategies for Quality Improvement

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Topics: quality improvement

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1067. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1067_1

The New Medicine and the Old Ethics

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Topics: ethics

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1067. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1067_2

Euthanasia: Toward an Ethical Social Policy

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Topics: ethics, euthanasia

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1067-1068. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1067_3

Bedside Manners: A Comprehensive Approach for Establishing and Maintaining Effective Relationships with Patients

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Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1068. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1068_1

Medical Statistics on Microcomputers

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Topics: microcomputers

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1068. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1068_2

Preventing and Controlling Drug Abuse

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Topics: drug abuse

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1068. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1068_3

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

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Topics: guillain-barre syndrome

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1069. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1069_1

Mediastinal Surgery

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Topics: procedure on mediastinum

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1069. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1069_2

Assessing Pediatric Practice: A Critical Study

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Topics: pediatrics

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1069. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1069_3

Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Topics: myocardial infarction, acute

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1069. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1069_4

Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside

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Topics: cardiac electrophysiology

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1069-1070. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1069_5

Cardiovascular Pharmacology

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Topics: cardiovascular system, pharmacology

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1070. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1070_1

Innovations in Health Care Delivery: Insights for Organizational Theory

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Topics: delivery of health care

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1070. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1070_2

Healthcare Standards 1991

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Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1070. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1070_3

Letters

Community Hospitals and Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools

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Abraham Verghese, MD

Topics: hospitals, community, schools, medical

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1062-1063. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1062

Hypertensive Effect of Erythropoietin

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Julio Pascual, MD; José L. Teruel, MD; and Joaquín Ortuño, MD

Topics: erythropoietin

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1063. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1063_1

Coxsackie Thyroiditis

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P. Brouqui, MD; D. Raoult, MD, PhD; and B. Conte-Devolx, MD

Topics: thyroiditis

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1063-1064. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1063_2

Serodiagnosis of Lyme Disease

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Jeffrey M. Jones, MD, PhD

Topics: lyme disease

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1064. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1064_1

Leishmania in Bronchoalveolar Lavage

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Eric Rosenthal, MD; Pierre Marty, MD; Alain Pesce, MD; and Hôpital de Cimiez

Topics: bronchial lavage, genus: leishmania

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1064-1065. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1064_2

All Niacin Is Not the Same

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Philip H. Frost, MD

Topics: niacin

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1065. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1065_1

Training in Heart Auscultation

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Antonio Guijarro Morales, MD

Topics: heart auscultation

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1065-1066. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1065_2

Students' Attitudes about AIDS

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Reuben Granich; and Jonathan Mermin

Topics: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, attitude

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1066. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1066

Brief Reports

Transfusion-associated Graft-versus-Host Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient

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Stephen M. Capon, MD; William D. DePond, MD; Dolly B. Tyan, MA; Samuel H. Pepkowitz, MD; Hiroo Toyoda, PhD; Arnold C. Cinman, MD; Paul C. Azer, MD; and Dennis Goldfinger, MD

Topics: graft-versus-host disease, transfusion

Ann Intern Med. 1991;114(12):1025-1026. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-12-1025

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