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- A medical center is not a hospital: More letters (September 2008)
Comments on Dr. Thomas Lansdale’s provocative essay in the September 2008 issue.
- Parkinson disease: Not just a movement disorder
Nonmotor symptoms—sensory, autonomic, and behavioral—are common and important to recognize, as they can lead to even more serious complications and impair quality of life.
- Hepatitis B virus infection: Understanding its epidemiology, course, and diagnosis
Internists should be aware of the natural history of hepatitis B virus infection, a vital prerequisite to assessing disease severity and determining the need for antiviral therapy.
- Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw: Innocent association or significant risk?
A cause-and-effect relationship has not been established, and most of the reported cases have been in patients with cancer who were receiving much higher doses than those used in osteoporosis or Paget disease of the bone.