Oral zinc therapy for Wilson's disease.

abstract：:Two patients presented with abnormalities suggestive of pituitary adenoma; one during pregnancy and one in the postpartum period. However, pathologic examination of the pituitary showed extensive destruction by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate; no tumor was identified. Both patients developed hypopituitarism. We know of...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Asa SL,Bilbao JM,Kovacs K,Josse RG,Kreines K

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The frequency and severity of post-thrombotic sequelae after spontaneous axillary-subclavian venous thrombosis remain poorly known. OBJECTIVE:To determine the late sequelae of conventionally treated spontaneous axillary-subclavian venous thrombosis. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:University departm...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Héron E,Lozinguez O,Emmerich J,Laurian C,Fiessinger JN

更新日期：1999-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) seeks to provide reliable and accurate evidence-based recommendations to primary care clinicians. However, clinicians indicate frustration with the lack of guidance provided by the USPSTF when the evidence is insufficient to make a recommendation. This article describes...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Petitti DB,Teutsch SM,Barton MB,Sawaya GF,Ockene JK,DeWitt T,U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2009-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred forty previously healthy military personnel with nonstreptococcal upper respiratory infections were prospectively studied to define the incidence and clinicopathologic characteristics of possible virus-associated glomerulonephritis. Nine patients without preceding streptococcal infection had erythrocyte ca...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Smith MC,Cooke JH,Zimmerman DM,Bird JJ,Feaster BL,Morrison RE,Reimann BE

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in blood levels of thyroid hormones have been reported when patients taking synthetic L-thyroxine were shifted from one manufactured form of the hormone to another. Because recent formulation changes have rendered these earlier data obsolete, we did a crossover study to determine differences in bioavailabi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hennessey JV,Burman KD,Wartofsky L

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising health care expenditures have led to numerous cost-control proposals. An examination of the ethical questions surrounding the role that physicians play in the control of health care costs suggests that unilateral rationing decisions by individual physicians at the bedside are morally unacceptable. Such decision...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sulmasy DP

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of massive cocaine intoxication on lung water and ascites accumulation and the effect of beta- and alpha-adrenergic blockade on survival in massive cocaine intoxication in the mouse. DESIGN:The effect of massive cocaine intoxication on lung water, ascitic fluid accumulation, and...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Robin ED,Wong RJ,Ptashne KA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of the cause of gastrointestinal symptoms in homosexual men, Campylobacter jejuni was recovered from 10 of 158 men with, and 2 of 75 men without, intestinal symptoms. In addition, a heterogeneous group of Campylobacter-like organisms was identified in 26 symptomatic and 6 asymptomatic homosexual men, but in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Quinn TC,Goodell SE,Fennell C,Wang SP,Schuffler MD,Holmes KK,Stamm WE

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amantadine HCl administration has resulted in accelerated resolution of influenza A illness. Prolonged abnormalities in pulmonary function have been described in uncomplicated influenza A. To study the effect of amantadine on these changes, we evaluated young adults with documented natural influenza A with clear chest...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Little JW,Hall WJ,Douglas RG Jr,Hyde RW,Speers DM

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progress of diabetes care is a subject of public health concern. OBJECTIVE:To assess changes in quality of diabetes care in the United States by using standardized measures. DESIGN:National population-based, serial cross-sectional surveys. SETTING:National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-199...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Saaddine JB,Cadwell B,Gregg EW,Engelgau MM,Vinicor F,Imperatore G,Narayan KM

更新日期：2006-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with renal failure developed N-acetylprocainamide toxicity while receiving procainamide. Treatment consisted of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration in one and hemodialysis followed by continuous arteriovenous hemodiafiltration in the other. The efficacy of these treatments was compared with the effica...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Domoto DT,Brown WW,Bruggensmith P

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data indicate that the lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) is morphologically similar to animal lentiviruses, such as equine infectious anemia and visna viruses. This finding, together with the cross-reactivity of the core proteins of LAV with those of the equine infectious anemia virus and a similarity in g...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Montagnier L

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of cognitive impairment among elderly primary care patients and to compare diagnostic evaluations and use of health services among patients with and those without cognitive impairment. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Academic primary care group practice. PATIENTS:3954 pa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Callahan CM,Hendrie HC,Tierney WM

更新日期：1995-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past quarter century, general internal medicine has emerged as a vital discipline. In the realm of patient care, it is the integrating discipline par excellence. Ironically, as general internists face the challenge of integrating advances of dizzying speed and complexity, and as their clinical practice beco...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Larson EB

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The comparative effectiveness of rheumatoid arthritis therapies is uncertain. PURPOSE:To compare the benefits and harms of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for adults with rheumatoid arthritis. DATA SOURCES:Records limited to the English language and studies of adults were identified by using...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Donahue KE,Gartlehner G,Jonas DE,Lux LJ,Thieda P,Jonas BL,Hansen RA,Morgan LC,Lohr KN

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite some impressive recent gains, improving the glaring deficiencies in health care quality is proving to be very hard. Improvement is local, rather than system-wide, and is sustained with difficulty, rather than becoming an intrinsic feature of care. My right knee will probably need to be replaced soon. This has ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Berwick DM

更新日期：2005-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional echocardiograms were done during rest and after exercise in 95 patients who subsequently had coronary arteriography. Prior myocardial infarction was present in 36 patients, 35 of whom had wall motion abnormalities. There was no evidence of prior infarction in 59 patients, 44 of whom had coronary diseas...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Armstrong WF,O'Donnell J,Dillon JC,McHenry PL,Morris SN,Feigenbaum H

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Questionnaire II of the National Study of Internal Medicine Manpower was directed to all of the 1502 subspecialty training programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. The overall response rate was 86%. For the years 1972-1973 through 1976-1977 the number of fellows in subspecialty training grew at an average rate o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tarlov AR,Weil PA,Schleiter MK

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relation of obesity and weight loss to the formation of gallstones according to pertinent clinical and research issues. DATA SOURCES AND EXTRACTION:Original reports obtained through a MEDLINE search from 1966 to 1992 on gallstones plus obesity or reducing diets, supplemented by a manual search...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Everhart JE

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Residual renal function is an important determinant of mortality and morbidity in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis. However, few studies have evaluated therapeutic approaches for preserving residual renal function after the initiation of dialysis. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the angiotensin-...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Li PK,Chow KM,Wong TY,Leung CB,Szeto CC

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The established International Prognostic Index for lymphomas has not included patients with systemic AIDS-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma. OBJECTIVE:To establish the most appropriate prognostic index for use in patients with systemic AIDS-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma. DESIGN:A prospective study involving univ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bower M,Gazzard B,Mandalia S,Newsom-Davis T,Thirlwell C,Dhillon T,Young AM,Powles T,Gaya A,Nelson M,Stebbing J

更新日期：2005-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred ninety-eight patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia received marrow transplants after intensive chemotherapy and total body irradiation. Multivariate analysis showed disease status at time of transplantation to be the most powerful predictor of survival. The probability of long-term survival for alloge...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Thomas ED,Clift RA,Fefer A,Appelbaum FR,Beatty P,Bensinger WI,Buckner CD,Cheever MA,Deeg HJ,Doney K

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the cholesterol-rich very low density (VLD) lipoproteins of subjects with type III hyperlipoproteinemia are distinctively enriched in apolipoprotein E, a radial immunodiffusion assay for apolipoprotein E in whole plasma was developed. Its diagnostic usefulness was tested in randomly selected (n = 174) and hype...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kushwaha RS,Hazzard WR,Wahl PW,Hoover JJ

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prediction of perioperative cardiac complications is important in the medical management of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Several indices have been developed to aid prediction, but their performance has not been systematically compared. OBJECTIVE:To compare four existing methods for predicting per...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gilbert K,Larocque BJ,Patrick LT

更新日期：2000-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1984, both the United Kingdom and the United States received recommendations from panels of experts specifically convened to consider the merits of Depo-Provera (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate [DMPA]) as a long-term contraceptive agent. This study compares the final reports written by these panels. We explore wh...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Richard BW,Lasagna L

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Federated Council for Internal Medicine (FCIM) comprises the American Board of Internal Medicine, American College of Physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine, Association of Professors of Medicine, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, and the Society of General Internal Medicine. The Co...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of the Epstein-Barr virus and two human malignancies, Burkitt's lumphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, is reviewed. Seroepidemiologic, virologic, and immunologic evidence is summarized, and several hypotheses regarding a possible etiologic role for the Epstein-Barr virus in these tumors are presented. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ziegler JL,Magrath IT,Gerber P,Levine PH

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 476 patients with multiple myeloma treated during a 9-year period, 11 developed acute myelogenous leukemia or sideroblastic anemia. In all, the myeloma was in remission from chemotherapy with melphalan-prednisone combinations that had been continued for a median duration of 3 years. The incidence of acute leukemia ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gonzalez F,Trujillo JM,Alexanian R

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To reduce health care costs, some third-party payers have enlisted primary care physicians as gatekeepers to medical care. In gatekeeper systems, primary care physicians must approve all care provided to their patients. This approval is a condition of payment for the service, with the usual exception of true emergenci...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Eisenberg JM

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies suggest that vitamin D supplementation may reduce cancer and fracture risks. PURPOSE:To examine the benefits and harms of vitamin D with or without calcium supplementation on clinical outcomes of cancer and fractures in adults. DATA SOURCES:English-language studies identified from MEDLINE and the C...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chung M,Lee J,Terasawa T,Lau J,Trikalinos TA

更新日期：2011-12-20 00:00:00