Annals of Internal Medicine

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1 March 1996, Vol. 124. No. 5

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Cryptosporidiosis: An Outbreak Associated with Drinking Water Despite State-of-the-Art Water Treatment

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Susan T. Goldstein, MD; Dennis D. Juranek, DVM, MSc; Otto Ravenholt, MD, MPH; Allen W. Hightower, MS; Debra G. Martin, RN; June L. Mesnik, BA; Sean D. Griffiths, BA; Angela J. Bryant, BS; Rick R. Reich, BA; and Barbara L. Herwaldt, MD, MPH

Topics: hiv, cryptosporidiosis, cryptosporidium, disease outbreaks, infection, hiv infection

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):459-468. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00001

Elevated Methylmalonic Acid and Total Homocysteine Levels Show High Prevalence of Vitamin B₁₂ Deficiency after Gastric Surgery

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Anne E. Sumner, MD; Margaret M. Chin, PharmD; Janet L. Abrahm, MD; Gerard T. Berry, MD; Edward J. Gracely, PhD; Robert H. Allen, MD; and Sally P. Stabler, MD

Topics: homocysteine, methylmalonic acid, vitamin b 12 deficiency, vitamin b12, stomach operation

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):469-476. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00002

Cyclophosphamide-Induced Cystitis and Bladder Cancer in Patients with Wegener Granulomatosis

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Cheryl Talar-Williams, MPH, PA-C; Yasmine M. Hijazi, MD; McClellan M. Walther, MD; W. Marston Linehan, MD; Claire W. Hallahan, MS; Irina Lubensky, MD; Gail S. Kerr, MD; Gary S. Hoffman, MD; Anthony S. Fauci, MD; and Michael C. Sneller, MD

Topics: wegener granulomatosis, bladder cancer, cyclophosphamide, hematuria, cystitis

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):477-484. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00003

The Quality of Drug Studies Published in Symposium Proceedings

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Mildred K. Cho, PhD; and Lisa A. Bero, PhD

Topics: peer review, pharmaceutical company, healthcare quality assessment

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):485-489. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00004

Brief Communications

Association between the DRB1*08032 Histocompatibility Antigen and Methimazole-Induced Agranulocytosis in Japanese Patients with Graves Disease

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Hajime Tamai, MD; Tohru Sudo, MD; Akinori Kimura, MD; Toshio Mukuta, MD; Sunao Matsubayashi, MD; Kanji Kuma, MD; Shigenobu Nagataki, MD; and Takehiko Sasazuki, MD

Topics: alleles, methimazole, graves' disease, human leukocyte antigens, histocompatibility antigens, agranulocytosis

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):490-494. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00005

Remission of Polycythemia Vera after Surgical Cure of Acromegaly

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Pascale Grellier, MD; Philippe Chanson, MD; Nicole Casadevall, MD; Sherry Abboud, MD; and Gilbert Schaison, MD

Topics: acromegaly, polycythemia vera

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):495-496. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00006

Position Papers

CLINICAL GUIDELINE, PART 1: Guidelines for Using Serum Cholesterol, High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, and Triglyceride Levels as Screening Tests for Preventing Coronary Heart Disease in Adults

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American College of Physicians*

Topics: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, guidelines, women, coronary heart disease, serum cholesterol ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):515-517. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00012

CLINICAL GUIDELINE, PART 2: Cholesterol Screening in Asymptomatic Adults, Revisited

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Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD; Warren S. Browner, MD, MPH; and Stephen B. Hulley, MD, MPH

Topics: hypercholesterolemia, cholesterol, cholesterol measurement test, mortality, coronary heart disease

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):518-531. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00013

Academia and the Profession

Characteristics of Physicians with Participatory Decision-Making Styles

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Sherrie H. Kaplan, PhD, MPH; Sheldon Greenfield, MD; Barbara Gandek, MS; William H. Rogers, PhD; and John E. Ware Jr., PhD

Topics: decision making

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):497-504. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00007

Ideas and Opinions

Cholesterol Agonistics

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John C. LaRosa, MD

Topics: cholesterol, cholesterol measurement test

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):505-508. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00008

Editorials

Screening for vitamin B₁₂ Deficiency: Caveat Emptor

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Ralph Green, MD

Topics: vitamin b 12 deficiency

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):509-511. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00009

Sisyphus or Pegasus? The Physician Interviewer in the Era of Corporatization of Care

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Mack Lipkin Jr., MD

Topics: physician-patient relations, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, quality of care, diabetes mellitus, type 2, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):511-513. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00010

Evangelists and Snails Redux: The Case of Cholesterol Screening

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Frank Davidoff, MD

Topics: snails, cholesterol measurement test

Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):513-514. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00011

Letters

Recurrence of Venous Thromboembolism after Treatment with Unfractionated Heparin

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Stuart Keith Sutton, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):532. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00014

Recurrence of Venous Thromboembolism after Treatment with Unfractionated Heparin

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Jan Dirk Banga, MD; H.W. de Valk, MD; and H.K. Nieuwenhuis, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):532. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00015

Prevention of Gallstones during Weight Reduction

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Todd Kaye, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):532-533. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00016

Prevention of Gallstones during Weight Reduction

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Nahum Mendez-Sanchez, MD, MSc; Javier Lizardi-Cervera, MD; and Misael Uribe, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):533. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00017

Prevention of Gallstones during Weight Reduction

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Mitchell Shiffman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):533. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00018

Delayed Appearance of Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis after Radiation for Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Gregory C. Kane, MD; Richard N. Edie, MD; and John D. Mannion, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):534-535. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00019

Colonic Ischemia after Verapamil Overdose

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Heriberto Gutierrez, MD; and Michael Jorgensen, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):535. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00020

Principles of Economic Analysis of Health Care Technology

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Jose Antonio Sacristan, MD; Javier Soto, MD; and Jesus M. Hernandez, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):535-536. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00021

Principles of Economic Analysis of Health Care Technology

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Betty C. Jung, RN, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):536. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00022

Principles of Economic Analysis of Health Care Technology

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Robert G. Evans, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):536. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00023

The Literature of Medicine

Reviews and Notes: Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions

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Stanley L. Wiener, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):537. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00024

Reviews and Notes: Ethics: Society's Choices: Social and Ethical Decision Making in Biomedicine

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):537. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00025

Reviews and Notes: Ethics: Priorities in Health Care: Ethics, Economy, Implementation

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John W. Burnside, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):537-538. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00026

Reviews and Notes: Ethics: Ethics in Emergency Medicine

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David L. Jackson, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(5):538. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00027

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