Annals of Internal Medicine

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21 September 1999, Vol. 131. No. 6

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Articles

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Cells in Patients with Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes

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Daniel E. Dunn, MD, PhD; Patcharin Tanawattanacharoen, MD; Piernicola Boccuni, MD; Shoichi Nagakura, MD, PhD; Spencer W. Green, BS; Martha R. Kirby, BA; Mysore S. Anil Kumar, MD; Stephen Rosenfeld, MD; and Neal S. Young, MD

Topics: aplastic anemia, flow cytometry, glycosylphosphatidylinositols, granulocyte, pancytopenia, preleukemia, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):401-408. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00002

Use of Complementary Therapies for Arthritis among Patients of Rheumatologists

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Jaya K. Rao, MD, MHS; Kimberly Mihaliak, BS; Kurt Kroenke, MD; John Bradley, MD; William M. Tierney, MD; and Morris Weinberger, PhD

Topics: arthritis, complementary therapies

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):409-416. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00003

Clinical Utility of a Rapid Whole-Blood D-Dimer Assay in Patients with Cancer Who Present with Suspected Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis

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Agnes Y.Y. Lee, MD, FRCP(C); Jim A. Julian, MMath; Mark N. Levine, MD, FRCP(C); Jeffrey I. Weitz, MD, FRCP(C); Clive Kearon, MB, PhD, FRCP(C); Philip S. Wells, MD, FRCP(C); and Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD, FRCP(C)

Topics: deep vein thrombosis, cancer, whole blood, fibrin d-dimer assay, dimers

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):417-423. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00004

Fire Ant Attacks on Residents in Health Care Facilities: A Report of Two Cases

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Richard D. deShazo, MD; David F. Williams, PhD; and Edward S. Moak, MD

Topics: ants, internship and residency, fire - disasters, fire - physical phenomenon, medical ...

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):424-429. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00005

Brief Communications

Efficacy of Influenza Vaccination in HIV-Infected Persons: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial FREE

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Sybil A. Tasker, MD; John J. Treanor, MD; William B. Paxton, MD, PhD; and Mark R. Wallace, MD

Topics: hiv, influenza, double-blind method, hiv-1, influenza virus vaccine, vaccination, vaccines, rna

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):430-433. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00006

Azithromycin Compared with Penicillin G Benzathine for Treatment of Incubating Syphilis

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Edward W. Hook III, MD; Joan Stephens, RN; and David M. Ennis, MD

Topics: azithromycin, penicillin g benzathine, syphilis

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):434-437. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00007

Updates

Update in Gastroenterology

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Norton J. Greenberger, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):445-452. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00010

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: An Update from the Canadian Apheresis Group

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William F. Clark, MD; Gail A. Rock, PhD, MD; Noel Buskard, MD; Kenneth H. Shumak, MD; Pierre LeBlond, MD; David Anderson, MD; David M. Sutton, MD, Canadian Apheresis Group*

Topics: plasma exchange, apheresis

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):453-462. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00011

Academia and the Profession

Innovative Thinking for the Improvement of Medical Systems

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Paul Plsek, MS

Topics: cognitive science, creativeness, health maintenance organizations, health personnel, judgment, managed care programs, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):438-444. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00009

Ideas and Opinions

The HERS Trial Results: Paradigms Lost?

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David M. Herrington, MD, MHS

Topics: estrogen, glycogen storage disease type vi, coronary heart disease

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):463-466. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00012

Editorials

Clonal Variation, Autoimmunity, and Neoplasia: An Ecology Lesson from Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

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Edward J. Benz Jr., MD

Topics: autoimmunity, ecology, neoplasms, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):467-468. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00013

On Being a Doctor

Learning Medicine through the Closet Door

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J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):470-471. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00014

On Being a Patient

The Pirates

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Campion Quinn, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(6):472-473. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00015

Letters