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How to use low-molecular weight heparin for outpatient
management of deep vein thrombosis
Outpatient use of low-molecular weight heparins requires
careful planning and patient education. This article features an algorithm used at the
Cleveland Clinic.
S.R. Deitcher, J.W. Olin, and J. Bartholomew
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A 57-year-old woman with pulmonary infiltrates and
eosinophilia
What is the likely cause of this patients symptoms?
A self-test on a clinical case.
A. Lobo and R.A. Dweik
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A common-sense approach to chronic fatigue in primary
care
Chronic fatigue is a mystery. This does not mean that it
is not real, or that physicians cannot help.
D.C. Ang and L.H. Calabrese
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Review of newer contraceptive agents
The latest in oral contraceptives, injectable
progesterone, subdermal progestin implants, progesterone-releasing IUDs, emergency
contraception, and male contraception.
M. Qureshi and M. Attaran
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PIONEERS
IN MEDICINE
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Sones laws of clinical conduct
Remembering one of the fathers of modern cardiology, and
the principles he lived by.
W.L. Proudfit
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Inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor (TNF): New
treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis
The treatment of autoimmune diseases took a big step
forward recently with the release of new drugs that target one of the key cytokines in the
inflammatory process. With an illustration showing how the new drugs block tumor necrosis
factor.
L.W. Moreland
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Listeriosis: Recognizing it, treating it, preventing it
Listeria monocytogenes has become a major pathogen in
foodborne illness. In listerial meningitis, the most common manifestation, the mortality
rate exceeds 20%.
A.J. Taege
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