Annals of Internal Medicine

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1 September 1997, Vol. 127. No. 5

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Articles

Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors on the Progression of Nondiabetic Renal Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

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Ioannis Giatras, MD; Joseph Lau, MD; and Andrew S. Levey, MD

Topics: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, kidney diseases, kidney failure, chronic

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):337-345. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00001

ACE Gene Polymorphism as a Risk Factor for Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease

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Birgit Agerholm-Larsen, MS; Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen, MD, DMSc; Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, MD; Marie-Louise M. Gronholdt, MD; Gorm Jensen, MD, DMSc; and Borge G. Nordestgaard, MD, DMSc

Topics: ischemia, cerebrovascular disorders, polymorphism, women, ace gene

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):346-355. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00002

Risk Factors for Methotrexate-Induced Lung Injury in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter, Case-Control Study

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Graciela S. Alarcon, MD, MPH; Joel M. Kremer, MD; Maurizio Macaluso, MD, DrPH; Michael E. Weinblatt, MD; Grant W. Cannon, MD; William R. Palmer, MD; E. William St. Clair, MD; John S. Sundy, MD; Ronald W. Alexander, MS; G.J. Walker Smith, MD; and Constantine A. Axiotis, MD

Topics: rheumatoid arthritis, methotrexate, injury of lung

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):356-364. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00003

Blood Transfusion and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Lack of Association

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Johanna Adami, MD, MPH; Olof Nyren, MD; Reinhold Bergstrom, PhD; Anders Ekbom, MD; Joseph K. McLaughlin, PhD; Claes Hogman, MD; Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., MD; and Bengt Glimelius, MD

Topics: blood transfusion, lymphoma, non-hodgkin, transfusion

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):365-371. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00004

Brief Communications

Differences in the Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Endothelial Function in Chinese and White Adults

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Kam S. Woo, MB, BS, MD, FRACP; Jacqui T.C. Robinson, RN; Ping Chook, MPhil, MD; Mark R. Adams, MBBS, FRACP; Gabriel Yip, MB, ChB, MRCP; Z.J. Mai, MD; Chris W.K. Lam, PhD; Keld E. Sorensen, MD; John E. Deanfield, MB, ChB, FRCP; and David S. Celermajer, MB, BS, PhD, FRACP

Topics: smoking, endothelium, smoke, chinese people

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):372-375. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00006

Alcohol Metabolism in Asian-American Men with Genetic Polymorphisms of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase

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Tamara L. Wall, PhD; Charles M. Peterson, MD; Karen P. Peterson, PhD; Mona L. Johnson, BA; Holly R. Thomasson, MD, PhD; Maury Cole, BA; and Cindy L. Ehlers, PhD

Topics: ethanol, acetaldehyde, aldehyde dehydrogenases, polymorphism, asian americans, genotype, aldehyde dehydrogenase, ethanol metabolism ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):376-379. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00007

Reviews

Health Care Software Sourcebook 1997

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Bryan P. Bergeron, MD

Topics: software

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):416. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00023

Updates

Update in Cardiology

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Joseph S. Alpert, MD; and Howard R. Horn, MD

Topics: amiodarone, myocardial infarction, pravastatin, digoxin, amlodipine, coronary artery bypass surgery, coronary arteriosclerosis, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):388-394. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00009

Academia and the Profession

Formulating Questions and Locating Primary Studies for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews

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Carl Counsell, MRCP(UK)

Topics: anticoagulants, lidocaine, ischemia, cancer, exposure, languages, medline, prognostic factors, cochrane collaboration

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):380-387. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00008

Ideas and Opinions

Encouraging Patients To Become More Physically Active: The Physician's Role

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Ross E. Andersen, PhD; Steven N. Blair, PED; Lawrence J. Cheskin, MD; and Susan J. Bartlett, PhD

Topics: physical activity, lack of exercise, exercise, life style, physician's role

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):395-400. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00010

Editorials

Ethnic Variation as a Key to the Biology of Human Disease

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Mark D. Shriver, PhD

Topics: alleles, ethanol, smoking, hypertension, acetaldehyde, aldehyde dehydrogenases, africa, china, dilatation, pathologic, endothelium, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):401-403. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00011

Vaccines for Tuberculosis: The Glass Remains Half Empty

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Jeffrey Glassroth, MD

Topics: glass, tuberculosis, vaccines

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):403-404. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00012

On Being a Patient

Survival

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Mark D. Zimmerman, MD; Kana Appadurai, MBBS, MRCP(UK); James G. Scott, MBBS; Leon B. Jellett, MDBS, FRACP, FRACMA; and Frank H. Garlick, MS, FRCS, FRACS

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(5):405-409. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00013

Letters

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis