Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 July 1998, Vol. 129. No. 2

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Articles

Physical Activity and Osteoporotic Fracture Risk in Older Women

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Edward W. Gregg, PhD; Jane A. Cauley, DrPH; Dana G. Seeley, PhD; Kristine E. Ensrud, MD, MPH; and Douglas C. Bauer, MD

Topics: physical activity, fracture, hip fractures, spinal fractures, women, carpal bone fractures, osteoporotic ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):81-88. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00002

Increased Risk for Venous Thrombosis in Carriers of the Prothrombin G→A²⁰²¹⁰ Gene Variant

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Maurizio Margaglione, MD; Vincenzo Brancaccio, MD; Nicola Giuliani, MD; Giovanna D'Andrea, BS; Giuseppe Cappucci, BS; Luigi Iannaccone, BS; Gennaro Vecchione, BS; Elvira Grandone, MD; and Giovanni Di Minno, MD

Topics: venous thrombosis, prothrombin, factor v leiden mutation

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):89-93. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00003

Relation of Interferon Therapy and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

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Yasuharu Imai, MD; Sumio Kawata, MD; Shinji Tamura, MD; Iwao Yabuuchi, MD; Shuzo Noda, MD; Masami Inada, MD; Yuichi Maeda, MD; Yasuhiro Shirai, MD; Takaaki Fukuzaki, MD; Itaru Kaji, MD; Hideki Ishikawa, MD; Yukihiko Matsuda, MD; Masahiro Nishikawa, MD; Kouichi Seki, MD; and Yuji Matsuzawa, MD

Topics: hepatitis c, chronic, carcinoma, hepatocellular, interferons, human leukocyte interferon

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):94-99. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00005

Brief Communications

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Therapy for Unresectable Malignant Thymoma

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Dong M. Shin, MD; Garrett L. Walsh, MD; Ritsuko Komaki, MD; Joe B. Putnam, MD; Jonathan Nesbitt, MD; Jae Y. Ro, MD, PhD; Hyung Ju C. Shin, MD; Keun H. Ki, MD; Amanda Wimberly, RN, BSN; Katherine M.W. Pisters, MD; David Schrump, MD; Mary Ann Gregurich, PhD; James D. Cox, MD; Jack A. Roth, MD; and Waun Ki Hong, MD

Topics: radiation therapy, chemotherapy regimen, ki-67 antigen, neoplasms, thymic carcinoma, chemotherapy, neoadjuvant

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):100-104. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00006

Vaccine-Associated Measles Pneumonitis in an Adult with AIDS

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Jonathan B. Angel, MD; Pramila Walpita, PhD; Robert A. Lerch, PhD; Mohinderjit S. Sidhu, PhD; Malthi Masurekar, PhD; Ronald A. DeLellis, MD; James T. Noble, MD; David R. Syndman, MD; and Stephen A. Udem, MD, PhD

Topics: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, pneumonia, vaccines, measles

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):104-106. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00007

Reviews

Relapsing Polychondritis

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David E. Trentham, MD; and Christine H. Le, MBBS, FRACP

Topics: polychondritis, relapsing, inflammation

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):114-122. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00011

Position Papers

Screening for Thyroid Disease

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Topics: thyroid diseases

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):141-143. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00018

Screening for Thyroid Disease: An Update

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Mark Helfand, MD, MPH; and Craig C. Redfern, DO

Topics: hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroid diseases, thyrotropin, thyroid stimulating hormone measurement, thyroxine, women, subclinical ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):144-158. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00020

Academia and the Profession

Applying World Wide Web Technology to the Study of Patients with Rare Diseases

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Piet C. de Groen, MD; Jon A. Barry, BA, BS; and William J. Schaller, BA

Topics: cholangiocarcinoma, internet, rare diseases

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):107-113. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00009

Ideas and Opinions

Telemedicine: Where It Is and Where It's Going

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Jim Grigsby, PhD; and Jay H. Sanders, MD

Topics: telemedicine

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):123-127. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00012

Mass Media Antismoking Campaigns: A Powerful Tool for Health Promotion

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Michael Siegel, MD, MPH

Topics: smoking, advertising, health promotion, mass media, tobacco, cigarettes

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):128-132. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00013

Editorials

Let's Get Physical

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Irwin H. Rosenberg, MD

Topics: obesity, physical activity, preventive medicine, lack of exercise, exercise, fracture, hip fractures, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):133-134. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00015

Subclinical Thyroid Disease: A Clinician's Perspective

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David S. Cooper, MD

Topics: thyroid diseases, subclinical hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, subclinical

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):135-138. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00016

Health Care and the Next Generation Internet

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Edward H. Shortliffe, MD, PhD

Topics: internet

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):138-140. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00017

Letters

Effect of Estrogen on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1

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Jerome I. Brody, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):160. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00023

Effect of Estrogen on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1

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Patricia J.M. Best, MD; and Amir Lerman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):160. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00024

Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement

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Salvatore Panico, MD, MSc; Rocco Galasso, MD; and Franco Berrino, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):160-161. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00025

Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement

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

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):161. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00026

Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors and Stroke

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John R. Crouse III, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):161. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00027

Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors and Stroke

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Deborah L. Ornstein, MD; and Leo R. Zacharski, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):161-162. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00028

Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors and Stroke

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Heiner C. Bucher, MD, MPH; Lauren E. Griffith, MS; and Gordon H. Guyatt, MD, MSc

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):162. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00029

Troglitazone and Small Low-Density Lipoprotein in Type 2 Diabetes

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Tsutomu Hirano, MD; Gen Yoshino, MD; and Tsutomu Kazumi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):162-163. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00030

Global T-Wave Inversion Associated with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus

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Richard G.S. Spencer, MD, PhD; Todd S. Cox, MD; and Peter W. Kaplan, FRCP

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):163-164. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00031

“Buffalo Humps” Associated with Protease Inhibitors

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John T. Schindler, MD; Katherine M. Spooner, MD; and Catherine F. Decker, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):164. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00032

Bacteria and Safety of the Blood Supply

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Matthew J. Kuehnert, MD; and William R. Jarvis, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):164-165. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00033

Bacteria and Safety of the Blood Supply

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James P. AuBuchon, MD; John D. Birkmeyer, MD; and Michael P. Busch, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):165. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00034

Masking, Blinding, and Peer Review

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Frederic C. McDuffie, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):165. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00035

Masking, Blinding, and Peer Review

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Frank Davidoff, MD, Editor

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):165. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00036

Aortic Aneurysm in Elderly Patients

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Barbara E. Cammer Paris, MD; and Christine Cassel, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):166. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00037

Aortic Aneurysm in Elderly Patients

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Nicholas H. Fiebach, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):166. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00038

Medical Writings

Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age

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Eugene C. Rich, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):167. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00039

Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical, Legal and Patient Perspectives

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Gregg Bassett, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):167-168. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00040

Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation: From Basic to Clinical Applications

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John F. Moran, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):168. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00041

Currents

Cigar Smoking: Risky Business

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Christine Kuehn Kelly

Topics: cigar smoking

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):169. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00042

Mortality Trends Tell Us How We're Doing

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Paul T. Kefalides, MD

Topics: diabetes mellitus, type 2, cancer, mortality

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):170-172. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00043

Death Certificates

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Topics: death certificates

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):172. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00044

Ad Libitum

My Mirror

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Robert A. Green, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(2):159. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00022

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