Annals of Internal Medicine

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1 May 1998, Vol. 128. No. 9

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Articles

Postmenopausal Hormone Use and Risk for Colorectal Cancer and Adenoma

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Francine Grodstein, ScD; M. Elena Martinez, PhD; Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD; Edward Giovannucci, MD; Graham A. Colditz, MBBS; Mira Kautzky, MD; Charles Fuchs, MD; and Meir J. Stampfer, MD

Topics: colorectal cancer, hormone, adenoma, women, adenoma of large intestine

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):705-712. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00001

Aspirin Use and Colorectal Cancer: Post-Trial Follow-up Data from the Physicians' Health Study

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Til Sturmer, MD, MPH; Robert J. Glynn, ScD, PhD; I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD; JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH; Julie E. Buring, ScD; and Charles H. Hennekens, MD, DrPH

Topics: aspirin, colorectal cancer

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):713-720. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00003

Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in the Weaning of Patients with Respiratory Failure Due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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Stefano Nava, MD; Nicolino Ambrosino, MD; Enrico Clini, MD; Maurizio Prato, MD; Giacomo Orlando, MD; Michele Vitacca, MD; Paolo Brigada, MD; Claudio Fracchia, MD; and Fiorenzo Rubini, MD

Topics: chronic obstructive airway disease, respiratory insufficiency, weaning, noninvasive ventilation, mechanical ventilation

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):721-728. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00004

Mammography Use Helps To Explain Differences in Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis between Older Black and White Women

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Ellen P. McCarthy, PhD, MPH; Risa B. Burns, MD, MPH; Steven S. Coughlin, PhD; Karen M. Freund, MD, MPH; Janet Rice, PhD; Sandra L. Marwill, MD, MPH; Arlene Ash, PhD; Michael Shwartz, PhD; and Mark A. Moskowitz, MD

Topics: mammography, women, breast cancer

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):729-736. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00005

Brief Communications

Incidence of Idiopathic Deep Venous Thrombosis and Secondary Thromboembolism among Ethnic Groups in California

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Richard H. White, MD; Hong Zhou, PhD; and Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH

Topics: deep vein thrombosis, thromboembolism, ethnic group

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):737-740. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00006

Can Degenerative Aortic Valve Stenosis Be Related to Persistent Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection?

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Jukka Juvonen, MD; Tatu Juvonen, MD; Aino Laurila, MD; Johanna Kuusisto, MD; Eeva Alarakkola, MD; Terttu Sarkioja, MD; Carol A. Bodian, DrPH; Matti I. Kairaluoma, MD; and Pekka Saikku, MD

Topics: aortic valve, aortic valve stenosis, chlamydophila pneumoniae, infection

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):741-744. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00007

Reviews

The Eisenmenger Syndrome in Adults

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Wanpen Vongpatanasin, MD; M. Elizabeth Brickner, MD; L. David Hillis, MD; and Richard A. Lange, MD

Topics: eisenmenger complex

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):745-755. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00008

Medicine and Public Policy

Have We Treated AIDS Too Well? Rationing and the Future of AIDS Exceptionalism

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David J. Casarett, MD, MA; and John D. Lantos, MD

Topics: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):756-759. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00009

A Decision Analysis of Mandatory Compared with Voluntary HIV Testing in Pregnant Women

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Inaam A. Nakchbandi, MD; J. Craig Longenecker, MD, MPH; M. Ann Ricksecker, MPH; Richard A. Latta, MD; Cheryl Healton, DrPH; and David G. Smith, MD

Topics: pregnancy, hiv, zidovudine, prenatal care, women, hiv infection, hiv screen, decision analysis ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):760-767. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00010

Editorials

Heparin Prophylaxis for Medical Patients?

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Frank A. Lederle, MD

Topics: heparin

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):768-770. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00011

Cancer Prevention: Better Late than Never?

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Robert N. Hoover, MD, ScD

Topics: cancer prevention

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):771-772. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00012

Ethnic Differences in Mammography Use among Older Women: Overcoming the Barriers

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Generosa Grana, MD

Topics: mammography, elderly

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):773-775. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00013

The 6th International Cochrane Colloquium: Baltimore

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Frank Davidoff, MD, Editor

Topics: cochrane collaboration

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):775. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00014

On Being a Doctor

The Gram Stain

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Arthur M. Fournier, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):776. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00015

On Being a Patient

Mother's Day

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Ronald H. Lands, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):777. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00016

Letters

GB Virus C Infection in Patients with Type II Cryoglobulinemia

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Gianguglielmo Zehender, PhD; Massimo Galli, MD; and Giuseppe Monti, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):779. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00018

GB Virus C Infection in Patients with Type II Cryoglobulinemia

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Rocco Misiani, MD; Piermario Bellavita, MD; and Giovanni Mantero, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):779-780. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00019

CCR5 Genotype and the Clinical Course of HIV-1 Infection

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Curtis L. Scribner, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):780. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00020

CCR5 Genotype and the Clinical Course of HIV-1 Infection

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Hanneke Schuitemaker, PhD; and Ana-Maria de Roda Husman, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):780. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00021

Coming to Terms with Large Databases

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Thomas J. Romano, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):780-781. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00022

Coming to Terms with Large Databases

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Christine Laine, MD, Deputy Editor

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):781. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00023

HLA-B27-Associated Cardiac Disease

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Jon A. Arnason, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):781. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00024

HLA-B27-Associated Cardiac Disease

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Lennart Bergfeldt, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):781. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00025

Granulomatous Disease in Common Variable Immunodeficiency

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Jean-Francois Viallard, MD; Jean-Luc Pellegrin, MD; and Jean-Francois Moreau, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):781-782. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00026

Granulomatous Disease in Common Variable Immunodeficiency

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N. Peter Zauber, MD; and Zalman Schrader, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):782. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00027

Granulomatous Disease in Common Variable Immunodeficiency

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Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, MD PhD; Laura J. Mechanic, MD; and Steven Dikman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):782-783. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00028

Numeracy

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Robert D. Blank, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):783. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00029

Numeracy

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Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS; and Steven Woloshin, MD, MS

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):783. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00030

Tacrolimus To Treat Pyoderma Gangrenosum Resistant to Cyclosporine

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Renata D'Inca, MD; Stefano Fagiuoli, MD; and Giacomo Carlo Sturniolo, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):783-784. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00031

Avoidance of Tick-Borne Diseases

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Steven E. Schutzer, MD; Bart K. Holland, PhD; and Tom Brown

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):784. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00032

More on the Most Terrible of the Ministers of Death

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Ronald V. Loge, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):784. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00033

More on the Most Terrible of the Ministers of Death

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Alan P. Zelicoff, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):784-785. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00034

More on the Most Terrible of the Ministers of Death

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Nicolau Barquet, MD; and Pere Domingo, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):785. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00035

A Reluctant Doctor Shopper

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Neal L. Sklaver, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):785. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00036

A Reluctant Doctor Shopper

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Douglas G. MacDonald, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):785-786. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00037

A Reluctant Doctor Shopper

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S.G. Cassiere, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):786. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00038

A Reluctant Doctor Shopper

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Robert Matz, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):786. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00039

A Reluctant Doctor Shopper

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Michael A. LaCombe, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):786. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00040

Federated Council of Internal Medicine's Resource Guide for Residency Education

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Allan D. Tachauer, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):787. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00041

Federated Council of Internal Medicine's Resource Guide for Residency Education

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Jack Ende, MD; Mark A. Kelley, MD; and Harold C. Sox, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):787. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00042

Correction: Troglitazone and Liver Function

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):787. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00043

Correction: Deadline for Destruction of Variola Virus

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):787. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00044

Medical Writings

Stevie Smith: The Caregiver-Poet

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Chris MacKnight, MD, FRCPC

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):788-790. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00045

ACP Library on Disk 2

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Eric A. Pifer, MD; and Chris Dwyer, BA

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):791. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00046

Infectious Diseases

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David M. Hecht, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):791-792. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00047

Textbook of Physical Diagnosis: History and Examination

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Joan M. Bedinghaus

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):792. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00048

Ad Libitum

Two Germans

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Paula Tatarunis, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):712. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00002

My Ambition

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Phillip J. Cozzi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):778. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00017

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