TABLE OF CONTENTS 15 October 1997 Volume 127 Issue 8 (Part 1)	Previous Issue  |  Next Issue

A Predictive Morphometric Model for the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Clete A. Kushida, Bradley Efron, and Christian Guilleminault

Efficacy of Automatic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy That Uses an Estimated Required Pressure in the Treatment of the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Frederic Series and Isabelle Marc

Use of Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Stroke in Young Women

Stephen M. Schwartz, David S. Siscovick, W.T. Longstreth, Jr., Bruce M. Psaty, R. Kevin Beverly, T.E. Raghunathan, Danyu Lin, and Thomas D. Koepsell

Endoscopic Ultrasonography, Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Guided by Endoscopic Ultrasonography, and Computed Tomography in the Preoperative Staging of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Comparison Study

Frank G. Gress, Thomas J. Savides, Alan Sandler, Kenneth Kesler, Dewey Conces, Oscar Cummings, Praveen Mathur, Steven Ikenberry, Sandy Bilderback, and Robert Hawes

Granulomatous Disease in Common Variable Immunodeficiency

Laura J. Mechanic, Steven Dikman, and Charlotte Cunnigham-Rundles

Peripheral Nerves Regenerated in Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy after Liver Transplantation

Shu-ichi Ikeda, Yo-ichi Takei, Nobuo Yanagisawa, Hidetoshi Matsunami, Yasuhiko Hashikura, Toshihiko Ikegami, and Seiji Kawasaki

HLA-B27-Associated Cardiac Disease

Lennart Bergfeldt

The Generalist/Cardiovascular Specialist: A Proposal for a New Training Track

Valentin Fuster and Ira S. Nash

The Cunning Man

Robertson Davies

Smallpox: The Triumph over the Most Terrible of the Ministers of Death

Nicolau Barquet and Pere Domingo

Tissue Is the Issue: Is Endoscopic Ultrasonography with or without Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy in the Staging of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer an Advance?

Peter White, Jr. and David S. Ettinger

Coming to Grips with Large Databases

Christine Laine

"The Days of Giants"

Henry L. Mencken

The Prison Patient

Matthew D.S. Klein

Transesophageal Echocardiography-Guided Cardioversion: Going for Broke?

Allan L. Klein, R. Daniel Murray, and Richard A. Grimm

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Eric N. Prystowsky—RESPONSE

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Amiodarone and Thyroid Function

M. Luisa Isidro, Rosa Argueso, and Fernando Cordido

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James R. Biddle

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Kishore J. Harjai and Angelo A. Licata—RESPONSE

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Depression and Primary Care

Harold Alan Pincus and Herbert Sacks

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Kurt Kroenke—RESPONSE

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Over-the-Counter Chromium and Renal Failure

Mark F. McCarty

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John N. Hathcock

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H. Jakob Michenfelder, Jennifer Thompson, and Mark Shepherd

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Barry Mennen

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Walter G. Wasser, Said A. Yusuf, and Vivette D. D'Agati—RESPONSE

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Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

Thomas Ashley and Mark Knuth

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Stephen L. Winters

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Michael J. Barry and Christopher M. Coley—RESPONSE

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The Role of Carotid Bruit in Screening for Carotid Stenosis

Thomas Rea

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Tina T. Lee, Paul A. Heidenreich, and Neil A. Solomon—RESPONSE

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A Physician's Hamlet

Peter Gonnella

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John F. Burnum—RESPONSE

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Correction: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

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Correction: Autoimmunity and Aplastic Anemia

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Medical Writings 

Teaching Medicine in the Community: A Guide for Undergraduate Education

Robert E. Gwyther

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Ethnic Minority Health: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography

James Shedlock

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A Measure of My Days: The Journal of a Country Doctor

Warren L. Holleman

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Currents 

Less-Is-More Approach May Work for Detecting Cancer Recurrence

Steven Benowitz

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New Strategies Yield Optimism for Arthritis

Kathryn S. Brown

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Exercise Underutilized in Arthritis Therapy

Cori Vanchieri

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Home Medical Testing Expands, Utility Still Being Explored

Wendy J. Meyeroff

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News Notes

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Ad Libitum 

Charon

Christine Parkhurst

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Two of Them

Jack Coulehan

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