Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 December 1997, Vol. 127. No. 12

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Articles

Monitored Isoniazid Prophylaxis for Low-Risk Tuberculin Reactors Older Than 35 Years of Age: A Risk-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

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Shelley R. Salpeter, MD; Gillian D. Sanders, AB; Edwin E. Salpeter, PhD; and Douglas K. Owens, MD, MSc

Topics: isoniazid, tuberculin, tuberculosis

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1051-1061. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00001

Somatostatin or Octreotide Compared with H₂ Antagonists and Placebo in the Management of Acute Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Meta-Analysis

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Thomas F. Imperiale, MD; and Sigurbjorn Birgisson, MD

Topics: hemorrhage, octreotide, somatostatin, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, antagonists

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1062-1071. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00002

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Stage and Health-Related Quality of Life

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Montserrat Ferrer, MD, MPH; Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD; Josep Morera, MD, PhD; Ramon M. Marrades, MD; Ahmad Khalaf, MD; M. Carmen Aguar, MD, PhD; Vicente Plaza, MD, PhD; Luis Prieto, PhD; and Josep M. Anto, MD, PhD

Topics: chronic obstructive airway disease, health-related quality of life

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1072-1079. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00003

Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: A Decision Analysis

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Stephanie J. Lee, MD, MPH; Karen M. Kuntz, ScD; Mary M. Horowitz, MD, MS; Philip B. McGlave, MD; John M. Goldman, DM; Kathleen A. Sobocinski, MS; Janet Hegland, BS; Craig Kollman, PhD; Susan K. Parsons, MD, MRP; Milton C. Weinstein, PhD; Jane C. Weeks, MD, MS; and Joseph H. Antin, MD

Topics: bone marrow transplantation, leukemia, myelocytic, chronic, interferons, tissue donors, transplantation, decision analysis ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1080-1088. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00005

Brief Communications

Treatment of Hyperhomocysteinemia in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

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Andrew G. Bostom, MD, MS; Reginald Y. Gohh, MD; Andrew J. Beaulieu, MD; Marie R. Nadeau, MS; Anne L. Hume, PharmD; Paul F. Jacques, ScD; Jacob Selhub, PhD; and Irwin H. Rosenberg, MD

Topics: homocysteine, renal transplantation, hyperhomocysteinemia, methionine, folic acid, fasting, vitamin b 6, vitamin ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1089-1092. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00006

Personal Use of Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy by Women Physicians in the United States

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Sally E. McNagny, MD, MPH; Nanette Kass Wenger, MD; and Erica Frank, MD, MPH

Topics: hormone replacement therapy, physicians, women, women

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1093-1096. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00007

Position Papers

Guidelines for Laboratory Evaluation in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease

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Topics: lyme disease, guidelines

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1106-1108. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00010

Laboratory Evaluation in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease

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Peter Tugwell, MD; David T. Dennis, MD; Arthur Weinstein, MD; George Wells, PhD; Beverley Shea, BScN; Graham Nichol, MD; Robert Hayward, MD; Robert Lightfoot, MD; Philip Baker, BSc; and Allen C. Steere, MD

Topics: lyme disease, western blotting, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1109-1123. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00011

Ideas and Opinions

Collaborative Management of Chronic Illness

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Michael Von Korff, ScD; Jessie Gruman, PhD; Judith Schaefer, MPH; Susan J. Curry, PhD; and Edward H. Wagner, MD, MPH

Topics: chronic disease

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1097-1102. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00008

Editorials

The Changing Clinical Spectrum of Adrenal Insufficiency

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Robert M. Carey, MD

Topics: addison's disease

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1103-1105. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00009

On Being a Doctor

Chronic Active Adolescence

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Christopher M. Callahan, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1124-1125. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00012

Letters

Hypercoagulable States

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Wendell A. Wilson, MD; and Azzudin E. Gharavi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1128. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00015

Hypercoagulable States

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Susan R. Kahn, MD, MSc

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1128. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00016

Reply: Hypercoagulable States

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Duncan P. Thomas, MD; and Harold R. Roberts, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1128-1129. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00017

Risk Factors for Deep Venous Thrombosis of the Upper Extremities

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Deepti Pandita, MD; Preston Steen, MD; and Anil Potti, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1129. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00018

Reply: Risk Factors for Deep Venous Thrombosis of the Upper Extremities

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Ida Martinelli, MD; Marco Cattaneo, MD; and Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1129. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00019

Meningitis and Skin Reaction after Intravenous Immune Globulin Therapy

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E. Peter Gabor, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1130. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00020

Meningitis and Skin Reaction after Intravenous Immune Globulin Therapy

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Benoit Catteau; Emmanuel Delaporte; and Frederic Piette

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1130. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00021

Reply: Meningitis and Skin Reaction after Intravenous Immune Globulin Therapy

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Marinos C. Dalakas, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1130. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00022

Weekly Fluconazole for Preventing Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV Infection

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Guy Baily, MB, MRCP

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1131. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00023

Reply: Weekly Fluconazole for Preventing Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV Infection

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Paula Schuman, MD, MPH; and Jack D. Sobel, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1131. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00024

Depression, Smoking, and Health Status

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Stephen J. Jay, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1131. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00025

Reply: Depression, Smoking, and Health Status

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Kenneth E. Covinsky, MD, MPH; and C. Seth Landefeld, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1131-1132. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00026

Rethinking Somatization

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Donald M. Loveman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1132. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00027

Rethinking Somatization

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Daniel J. Wallace, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1132. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00028

Rethinking Somatization

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Jaywant J.P. Patil, MD, BS, FRCP(C)

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1132-1133. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00029

Rethinking Somatization

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Patrick G. O'Malley, MD; and Kurt Kroenke, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1133. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00030

Reply: Rethinking Somatization

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Ian R. McWhinney, MD; Ronald M. Epstein, MD; and Tom R. Freeman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1133-1134. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00031

Medicinal Uses of Marijuana

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Richard Bayer, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1134. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00032

Medicinal Uses of Marijuana

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Thomas J. O'Connell, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1134. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00033

Medicinal Uses of Marijuana

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Janet D. Lapey, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1134-1135. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00034

Reply: Medicinal Uses of Marijuana

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Eric A. Voth, MD; and Richard H. Schwartz, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1135. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00035

Intractable Hiccups and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

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M. Ammar Hatahet, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1135. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00036

Reply: Intractable Hiccups and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

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Ronald J. Brzana, MD; and Kenneth L. Koch, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1135. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00037

Recurrent Severe Acute Hepatitis and Omeprazole

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Juan F. Navarro, MD; Eduardo Gallego, MD; and Juan Aviles, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1135-1136. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00038

Long, Benign Course of Hepatitis G Virus Infection

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Vito Di Marco, MD; Celestino Bonura; and Rosa Di Stefano

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1136-1137. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00039

Lemon-Yellow Nails and Long-Term Phenazopyridine Use

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Guy Amit, MD; and Amir Halkin, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1137. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00040

The Man with Stars Inside

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Joseph C. Koval, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1137. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00041

The Man with Stars Inside

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Paul Rousseau, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1137-1138. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00042

Reply: The Man with Stars Inside

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Jack Coulehan, MD, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1138. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00043

Correction: Missing Table

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1138. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00044

Correction: Rates of Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism in Pregnancy

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1138. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00045

Medical Writings

Introduction to Clinical Skills: A Patient-Centered Textbook

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Isaac Kleinman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1139. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00046

Exercise and Heart Failure

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Marc A. Silver, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1139-1140. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00047

Drug Eruption Reference Manual 1997

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Steven Goldberg, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1140. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00048

Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles

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Richard J. Mahler, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1140. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00049

Currents

Connecting Peptide, Correcting Peptide?

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Michelle Hoffman

Topics: peptides, c-peptide

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1147-1148. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00050

Winning Health Victories with Community Commitment

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Nancy Volkers

Topics: health promotion, violence, world health organization, economics, women, medical residencies, money

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1148-1149. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00051

Telemedicine Gets a Chance To Prove Itself

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Marilynn Larkin

Topics: telemedicine

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1149-1150. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00052

News Notes

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Topics: cerebrovascular accident, ischemic stroke, domestic violence, health personnel, hand, genetic screening

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1150. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00053

Ad Libitum

Sisyphus Unbound

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Lloyd Rucker, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1079. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00004

In the Kingdom of War

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Fredric L. Coe, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1126-1127. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00013

Facing Sunsets

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Farley Verner, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1127. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00014

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