Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 April 1998, Vol. 128. No. 8

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Articles

Biological and Virologic Characteristics of Primary HIV Infection

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Timothy W. Schacker, MD; James P. Hughes, PhD; Theresa Shea, PAC; Robert W. Coombs, MD, PhD; and Lawrence Corey, MD

Topics: cd4 count determination procedure, hiv-1, plasma, rna, hiv infection, primary, anti-retroviral agents, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):613-620. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00001

The Accuracy of Substituted Judgments in Patients with Terminal Diagnoses

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Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD; Peter B. Terry, MD, MA; Carol S. Weisman, PhD; Deborah J. Miller, RN, PhD; Rebecca Y. Stallings, MHS; Margaret A. Vettese, RN, PhD; and Karen B. Haller, RN, PhD

Topics: coma, judgment

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):621-629. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00002

Transesophageal Echocardiography To Assess Embolic Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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Claudia Stollberger, MD; Pavel Chnupa, MD; Gerhard Kronik, MD; Michael Brainin, MD; Josef Finsterer, MD; Barbara Schneider, PhD; and Jorg Slany, MD

Topics: atrial fibrillation, transesophageal echocardiography, left atrium, left auricular appendage, cerebrovascular accident, ischemic ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):630-638. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00004

Transesophageal Echocardiographic Correlates of Thromboembolism in High-Risk Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

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Topics: aorta, atrial fibrillation, warfarin, ischemia, transesophageal echocardiography, thromboembolism, left auricular appendage, nonvalvular ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):639-647. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00005

Brief Communications

Histologic and Cytokine Response to Immunosuppression in Giant-Cell Myocarditis

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Nat T. Levy, MD; Lyle J. Olson, MD; Cornelia Weyand, MD, PhD; Alexander Brack, MD; Henry D. Tazelaar, MD; William D. Edwards, MD; and Stephen C. Hammill, MD

Topics: cytokine, giant cell myocarditis, therapeutic immunosuppression, natural immunosuppression

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):648-650. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00007

Anna Karenina

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Leo Tolstoy

Topics: women

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):656. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00008

Reviews

The Clinical Behavior of Localized and Multicentric Castleman Disease

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Juan Herrada, MD; Fernando Cabanillas, MD; Lawrence Rice, MD; John Manning, MD; and William Pugh, MD

Topics: angiolymphoid hyperplasia

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):657-662. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00010

Noninvasive Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis

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Clive Kearon, MB, PhD; Jim A. Julian; M Math; Toni E. Newman, BA; and Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD

Topics: deep vein thrombosis, ultrasonography, plethysmography, impedance

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):663-677. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00011

Academia and the Profession

Developing and Testing Changes in Delivery of Care

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Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP

Topics: delivery of health care, prostate-specific antigen

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):651-656. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00009

Medicine and Public Policy

Understanding the Fraud and Abuse Laws: Guidance for Internists

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Topics: patient referral, fraud, hospitals, medicare

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):678-684. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00012

Editorials

Transesophageal Echocardiography and Atrial Fibrillation: Added Value or Expensive Toy?

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Warren J. Manning, MD; and Pamela S. Douglas, MD

Topics: atrial fibrillation, transesophageal echocardiography, thromboembolism

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):685-687. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00013

Cutting Waste and Keeping Faith

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M. Gregg Bloche, MD, JD

Topics: self-mutilation by cutting

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):688-689. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00014

On Being a Doctor

Brignole

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Anne P. Rogal, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):691-692. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00016

Letters

Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management

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Robert Schiff, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):693. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00017

Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management

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Steven L. Cohn, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):693-694. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00018

Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management

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Valerie A. Palda, MD; and Allan S. Detsky, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):694. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00019

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Nondiabetic Renal Disease

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Romulo E. Colindres, MD; and Abhijik V. Kshirsagar, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):694. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00020

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Nondiabetic Renal Disease

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

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):694-695. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00021

Hepatitis C and B-Cell Lymphoma

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Ashwin Kashyap, MD; Auayporn Nademanee, MD; and Arturo Molina, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):695. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00022

Hepatitis C and B-Cell Lymphoma

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Eli Zuckerman, MD; Tsila Zuckerman, MD; and Alexandra M. Levine, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):695. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00023

Social Class and Recovery from Myocardial Infarction

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L. Julian Haywood, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):695-696. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00024

Social Class and Recovery from Myocardial Infarction

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Jeannette R. Ickovics, PhD; Catherine M. Viscoli, PhD; and Ralph I. Horwitz, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):696. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00025

Botulinum Toxin in Long-Term Therapy for Achalasia

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Vito Annese, MD; Vittorio D'Onofrio, MD; and Angelo Andriulli, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):696. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00026

Aspirin in the Management of Recurrent Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

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Istvan Karadi, MD, PhD; Sarolta Karpati, DSc; and Laszlo Romics, DSc

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):696-697. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00027

Quantitative Assessment of Hepatitis B Virus DNA during a 24-Week Course of Lamivudine Therapy

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Pieter Honkoop, MD; Robert A. de Man, MD, PhD; and Hubert G.M. Niesters, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):697. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00028

Medicine: A Caring Profession?

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Marjorie S. Sirridge, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):697-698. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00029

Medicine: A Caring Profession?

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Michael A. LaCombe, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):698. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00030

Time

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Jerome S. Reich, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):698. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00031

Time

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Edward J. Volpintesta, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):698. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00032

Time

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Frank Davidoff, MD, Editor

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):698. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00033

Notice: Overlapping Publication

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):698. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00034

Medical Writings

Sacred Space: Stories from a Life in Medicine

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Herbert M. Swick, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):699. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00035

Geriatric Medicine

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Isaac Kleinman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):699-700. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00036

Saunders Infection Control Reference Service

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Paul O'Keefe, MD; and Sandra M. Blake VonBehren, RN, MS

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):700. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00037

Currents

A Registry for Clinical Trials

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Susan Chollar

Topics: hiv, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, cancer, drug industry, patient advocacy, united states food ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):701-702. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00038

Epilepsy Treatment Enters a New Era

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Tom Reynolds

Topics: epilepsy, seizures

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):702-703. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00039

Women's Issues in Epilepsy

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Topics: epilepsy

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):703. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00040

News Notes

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Topics: epilepsy, seizures, cerebrovascular accident, genetics

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):704. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00041

Ad Libitum

Elegy for a Lost Toe

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Judy Neri, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):629. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00003

Light and Air

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George N. Braman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):647. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00006

The Shoe

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Jack Coulehan, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(8):690. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00015

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