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- Hand, foot, and mouth disease: Identifying and managing an acute viral syndrome
This is typically a benign childhood infection—except when it isn’t so benign or when it occurs in an adult.
- Erythema and atrophy on the tongue
Oral abnormalities can result from nutritional deficiencies and a host of other conditions.
- Advances in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease—2014 and beyond
An overview of its pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, complications, and future possible treatment.
- Stress testing (July 2014)
A reader comments on stress testing in asymptomatic patients at low risk (July 2014).
- In Reply: Stress testing (July 2014)
A reader comments on stress testing in asymptomatic patients at low risk (July 2014).
- The protein-sparing modified fast for obese patients with type 2 diabetes: What to expect
Committed patients can lose weight and control their diabetes, but they need encouragement and close supervision.
- Polycystic kidney disease: Molecular understanding dictating management
It was the early 1980s, I was a resident in the emergency room, and the patient had fever, flank pain, hypotension, and a normal urinalysis.
- ‘Allergic to the sun’
A homeless man presents with burning pain and lesions in his arm for the past 2 to 3 days.
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy apical variant
When a professional soccer player required ankle surgery, his electrocardiogram showed several abnormalities.
- New-onset epilepsy in the elderly: Challenges for the internist
New-onset epilepsy in the elderly requires navigating difficult diagnostic and treatment challenges.