TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 September 1998 Volume 129 Issue 5	Previous Issue  |  Next Issue

Limitations of the 1990 American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria in the Diagnosis of Vasculitis

Jaya K. Rao, Nancy B. Allen, and Theodore Pincus

Ethnic and Sex Bias in Primary Care Screening Tests for Alcohol Use Disorders

Jeffrey R. Steinbauer, Scott B. Cantor, Charles E. Holzer III, and Robert J. Volk

Can Inexpensive Signs Encourage the Use of Stairs? Results from a Community Intervention

Ross E. Andersen, Shawn C. Franckowiak, Julia Snyder, Susan J. Bartlett, and Kevin R. Fontaine

Interferon- Treatment of Four Patients with the Churg-Strauss Syndrome

Efstratios Tatsis, Armin Schnabel, and Wolfgang L. Gross

Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Impaired Oxygenation in Cirrhotic Patients before and after Liver Transplantation

Giovanni Rolla, Luisa Brussino, Paola Colagrande, Ermanno Scappaticci, Mara Morello, Serena Bergerone, Antonio Ottobrelli, Elisabetta Cerutti, Salvatore Polizzi, and Caterina Bucca

Cardiovascular Risks to Young Persons on the Athletic Field

Barry J. Maron

Update in Geriatrics

William J. Hall

The Antiplatelet Effects of Ticlopidine and Clopidogrel

Peter J. Sharis, Christopher P. Cannon, and Joseph Loscalzo

Social Conditions and Self-Management Are More Powerful Determinants of Health Than Access to Care

Theodore Pincus, Robert Esther, Darren A. DeWalt, and Leigh F. Callahan

Access to Care Is the Centerpiece in the Elimination of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health

Dennis P. Andrulis

The Use and Misuse of Classification and Diagnostic Criteria for Complex Diseases

Gene G. Hunder

Medical Care and Health Improvement: The Critical Link

Julio Frenk

Guidelines for the Clinical Diagnosis of Lyme Disease

Kenneth B. Liegner and Janice Kochevar

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Mark E. McCaulley

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Angelina A.M. Blaauw and Sief van der Linden

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Peter Tugwell, Allen Steere, and Arthur Weinstein—RESPONSE

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Jugular Vein Sampling in Cushing Disease

Leonard Thaler

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John L. Doppman, Lynnette Nieman, and Edward Oldfield—RESPONSE

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Treating Familial Mediterranean Fever with Prazosin Hydrochloride

Hideki Kataoka, Hiromichi Kumagai, and Hiroyuki Hanai

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Increased Synovial Interleukin-8 and Interleukin-6 Levels in Pseudogout Associated with Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor

Shinji Teramoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto, and Yasuyoshi Ouchi

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Correction: Incorrect Dosages

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Correction: Misaligned Table

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Medical Writings 

The Medical Education of William Brooks Bigler (1863)

Suzanne M. Shultz

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Medical Writings: Book Notes 

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Pat LePore

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An Atlas of Diabetes Mellitus

Nicholas P. Sauter

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Women's Mental Health Services: A Public Health Perspective

Cynthia Breaux

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Ad Libitum 

Empty Soup

Jack Coulehan

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