Annals of Internal Medicine

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1 March 1998, Vol. 128. No. 5

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Screening for Hemochromatosis and Iron Deficiency in Employees and Primary Care Patients in Western Germany

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Claus Niederau, MD; Christoph M. Niederau, MD; Stefan Lange, MD; Andrea Littauer, MD; Nabil Abdel-Jalil, MD; Michael Maurer, MD; Dieter Haussinger, MD; and Georg Strohmeyer, MD

Topics: hemochromatosis, germany, iron overload, primary health care, ferritin measurement, iron deficiency, transferrin ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):337-345. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00001

Lack of Cardiac Manifestations among Patients with Previously Treated Lyme Disease

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Oliver Sangha, MD, MPH; Charlotte B. Phillips, RN, MPH; Kirsten E. Fleischmann, MD, MPH; Thomas J. Wang, MD; Anne H. Fossel; Robert Lew, PhD; Matthew H. Liang, MD, MPH; and Nancy A. Shadick, MD, MPH

Topics: lyme disease, heart

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):346-353. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00002

The Consequences of Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment of Lyme Disease: An Observational Study

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M. Carrington Reid, MD, PhD; Robert T. Schoen, MD; Janine Evans, MD; Jennifer C. Rosenberg, BS; and Ralph I. Horwitz, MD

Topics: lyme disease, overdiagnosis

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):354-362. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00003

Defective Expression of Fas Messenger RNA and Fas Receptor on Pulmonary T Cells from Patients with Asthma

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Fabrizio Spinozzi, MD; Marco Fizzotti, MD; Elisabetta Agea, MD; Simonetta Piattoni, BS; Sara Droetto, BS; Anna Russano, BS; Nicolino Forenza, MD; Gabrio Bassotti, MD, PhD; Fausto Grignani, MD; and Alberto Bertotto, MD

Topics: lung, asthma, antigens, cd95, rna, messenger, t-lymphocyte

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):363-369. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00004

Brief Communications

Prevalence of Genetic Hemochromatosis in a Cohort of Italian Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

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Dario Conte, MD; Domenico Manachino, MD; Agostino Colli, MD; Andrea Guala, MD; Giampiero Aimo, MD; Marco Andreoletti, MD; Maura Corsetti, MD; and Mirella Fraquelli, MD

Topics: hemochromatosis, diabetes mellitus, genetics

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):370-373. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00005

Severe Hyperbilirubinemia after Creation of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts: Natural History and Predictors of Outcome

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Smita S. Rouillard, MD; Nathan M. Bass, MD, PhD; John P. Roberts, MD; Catherine A. Doherty, RN; Lauren Gee, MPH; Peter Bacchetti, PhD; and Kenneth A. Somberg, MD

Topics: hyperbilirubinemia, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):374-377. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00006

Reviews

Thyroxine Suppressive Therapy in Patients with Nodular Thyroid Disease

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Hossein Gharib, MD; and Ernest L. Mazzaferri, MD

Topics: biopsy, thyroid diseases, thyroxine

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):386-394. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00008

Updates

Update in Endocrinology

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Janet A. Schlechte, MD; and Robert Kreisberg, MD

Topics: atorvastatin, polycystic ovary syndrome, osteitis deformans, cachexia, ldl cholesterol lipoproteins, triglycerides, diabetes ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):378-385. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00007

Medicine and Public Policy

Ethical Practice in Managed Care: A Dose of Realism

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Mark A. Hall, JD; and Robert A. Berenson, MD

Topics: ethics, ethics, medical, managed care programs, incentives, financial incentives

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):395-402. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00009

Editorials

Medical Treatment of Benign Thyroid Nodules: Have We Defined a Benefit?

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E. Chester Ridgway, MD

Topics: benign thyroid nodule

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):403-405. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00010

Letters

Intensity of Anticoagulation To Prevent Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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Robert G. Hart, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):408. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00012

Intensity of Anticoagulation To Prevent Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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John V.L. Sheffield, MD; and Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):408. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00013

Mycobacterium genavense and Cutaneous Disease in AIDS

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Sandra Fournier; Gilles Pialoux; and Veronique Vincent

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):409. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00014

Dermatologic Disease during Interferon-α Therapy for Chronic Viral Hepatitis

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Georgios N. Dalekos, MD; John Hatzis, MD; and Epameinondas V. Tsianos, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):409-410. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00015

Effect of Previous Corticosteroid Treatment on Temporal Artery Biopsy Results

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Antonio A. Achkar, MD; Gene G. Hunder, MD; and Sherine E. Gabriel, MD, MSc

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):410. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00016

Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule

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Vicente Giner Galvan, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):410. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00017

Medical Writings

On First Looking into Cabot's Differential Diagnosis

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Theodore B. Schwartz, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):411-414. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00018

Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care-A Practical Guide

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David A. Horowitz, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):415. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00019

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine

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David J. Rothman, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):415-416. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00020

Immunopathogenesis of HIV Infection

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Vijay V. Yeldandi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):416. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00021

Ad Libitum

In March

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Walden S. Morton

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(5):406-407. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00011

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