Annals ofClinical Medicine

Volume: 3 - Number: 72 - July 5, 2003

Outstanding

Brachial Artery Elastic Mechanics in Patients With Heart Failure

Biosynthesis of Polyketides in Heterologous Hosts

Beta Blocker Therapy for Chronic Heart Failure

Bipolar Disorder at Prospective Follow-Up of Adults Who Had Prepubertal Major Depressive Disorder

Arterial Hypertension

Blood Pressure and NaCl-Sensitive Hypertension Are Influenced by Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Gene Expression in Transgenic Mice

Blood Pressure Variability and Organ Damage in a General Population Results from the PAMELA Study

Brachial Artery Elastic Mechanics in Patients With Heart Failure

Bradykinin Enhances Sympathetic Neurotransmission in Rat Blood Vessels

Bradykinin Potentiation by Angiotensin-(1-7) and ACE Inhibitors Correlates With ACE C- and N-Domain Blockade

Autoimmunity

Bcl-2 rearrangement in patients with chronic hepatitis C associated with essential mixed cryoglobulinemia type II

Bcl-2–dependent oxidation of pyruvate dehydrogenase-E2, a primary biliary cirrhosis autoantigen, during apoptosis

Clinical Microbiology

Biological Degradation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene

Biology of Giardia lamblia

Biosynthesis of Polyketides in Heterologous Hosts

Bioterrorism: Implications for the Clinical Microbiologist

Borna Disease Virus and Human Disease

Clinical Psychiatric

Bipolar Disorder at Prospective Follow-Up of Adults Who Had Prepubertal Major Depressive Disorder

Diabetes

Be Prepared: Sick Day Management

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Basal, Pulsatile, Entropic, and 24-Hour Rhythmic Features of Secondary Hyperprolactinemia Due to Functional Pituitary Stalk Disconnection Mimic Tumoral (Primary) Hyperprolactinemia

BIM-23244, a Somatostatin Receptor Subtype 2- and 5-Selective Analog with Enhanced Efficacy in Suppressing Growth Hormone (GH) from Octreotide-Resistant Human GH-Secreting Adenomas

Bioavailable Estradiol May Be an Important Determinant of Osteoporosis in Men: The MINOS Study

Biphasic Action of Prolactin in the Regulation of Murine Leydig Tumor Cell Functions

Birth and Death of Bone Cells: Basic Regulatory Mechanisms and Implications for the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Osteoporosis

Blockade of the Growth Hormone (GH) Receptor Unmasks Rapid GH-Releasing Peptide-6-Mediated Tissue-Specific Insulin Resistance

Blood Growth Hormone-Binding Protein Levels in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women: Roles of Body Weight and Estrogen Levels

Blood-Brain Barrier Transport and Brain Metabolism of Glucose during Acute Hyperglycemia in Humans

Blunted Vascular and Renal Effects of Exogenous Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Cushing’s Disease

Family Medicine

Beta Blocker Therapy for Chronic Heart Failure

Beta Blockers and Congestive Heart Failure

Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening

Can a bedside blood test predict death or MI in patients with chest pain?

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Barrett's Esophagus

Bioavailability of the flavanone naringenin and its glycosides in rats

Brief Report:Gastropericardial Fistula after Laparoscopic Surgery for Reflux Disease

Butyrate upregulates stromelysin-1 production by intestinal mesenchymal cells

Geriatric Internal Medicine

Blood Transfusion in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Hematology

Blood and Disaster — Supply and Demand

Image and Radiology

Blood Vessels: Depiction at Phase-Contrast X-ray Imaging without Contrast Agents in the Mouse and Rat-Feasibility Study

Breast Biphasic Compression versus Standard Monophasic Compression in X-ray Mammography

BREAST CANCER. FUNCTIONAL BREAST AND SENTINEL NODE IMAGING

Breast Masses with Peripheral Rim Enhancement on Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MR Images: Correlation of MR Findings with Histologic Features and Expression of Growth Factors

Breast US in Children and Adolescents

Bronchogenic Cyst: Imaging Features with Clinical and Histopathologic Correlation

Can Noninvasive Imaging Accurately Depict Intracranial Aneurysms? A Systematic Review

Immunoinfectology

Bacterial Lipoprotein-Based Vaccines Induce Tumor Necrosis Factor-Dependent Type 1 Protective Immunity against Leishmania major

Bactericidal Activity in Whole Blood as a Potential Surrogate Marker of Immunity after Vaccination against Tuberculosis

Bacteriophage Therapy Rescues Mice Bacteremic from a Clinical Isolate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

Bacteroides ovatus as the Predominant Commensal Intestinal Microbe Causing a Systemic Antibody Response in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Biological Characterization of Lipopolysaccharide from Treponema pectinovorum

Infectology

Burden of Interpandemic Influenza in Children Younger than 5 Years: A 25-Year Prospective Study

Campylobacter DNA Is Present in Circulating Myelomonocytic Cells of Healthy Persons and in Persons with Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Internal Medicine

Botulinum Toxin A for Axillary Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating)

Brown adipose tissue-especific insulin receptor knockout shows diabetic phenotype without insulin resistance

Caffeine Intake and the Risk of First-Trimester Spontaneous Abortion

Investigation

Biotin dependency due to a defect in biotin transport

Blockade of TGF-ß inhibits mammary tumor cell viability, migration, and metastases

Medical Bioethical

Bad blood? Survey of public's views on unlinked anonymous testing of blood for HIV and other diseases

Ban on human reproductive cloning demanded

Beware online therapy, counselling association warns

Beyond Helsinki: a vision for global health ethics

Bill gives government power to breach patient confidentiality

Bioethical aspects of the recent changes in the policy of refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses

BMA campaigns for "presumed consent" to organ donation

BMA opens door on human reproductive cloning

BMA wants presumed consent for organ donors

BMA's patient confidentiality rules are deemed unlawful

Bournewood: an indefensible gap in mental health law

Bristol parents protest over removal of hearts

Bush's initiative could help groups that promote faith healing

calls for closer monitoring of commercial interests

Campaigners for breast feeding claim partial victory

Can children and young people consent to be tested for adult onset genetic disorders? • Commentary: Weighing burdens and benefits rather than competence

Medical Physiology

C5a anaphylatoxin is a major regulator of activating versus inhibitory FcRs in immune complex–induced lung disease

Calcitonin and bone formation: a knockout full of surprises

Calcium and Cardiac Rhythms: Physiological and Pathophysiological

Nephrology

Basolateral localization of organic cation transporter 2 in intact renal proximal tubules

beta-Adrenergic agonists stimulate Mg2+ uptake in mouse distal convoluted tubule cells

Brief Report:Antenatal Membranous Glomerulonephritis Due to Anti–Neutral Endopeptidase Antibodies

Calcium Metabolism and Skeletal Problems after Transplantation

Nutrition

Biotin: the forgotten vitamin

Body composition in adolescents with anorexia nervosa

Body weight, body composition, and energy metabolism in lean and obese Zucker rats fed soybean oil or butter

Can the degree of concordance with recommendations for a cancer prevention diet and lifestyle be assessed from existing survey information data?

Oncology

Breast Cancer after Prophylactic Bilateral Mastectomy in Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation

Breast Density and the Risk of Breast Cancer

Pathology

BRD4 Bromo domain Gene Rearrangement in Aggressive Carcinoma with Translocation t(15;19)

Pneumonology

Bilevel Nasal Positive Airway Pressure and Ballooning of the Stomach

Body Composition Analysis and Changes in Airways Function in Obese Adults After Hypocaloric Diet

Bupropion for Smoking Cessation : Predictors of Successful Outcome

Rheumatology

Body mass indices in patients with disabling hip osteoarthritis

Virology and HIV/Aids

Brief Report:Development of Kaposi's Sarcoma in a Surgical Wound

Brief Report:HTLV-II–Associated Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma in a Patient with HIV-1 Infection

Brief Report:Nephropathy and Establishment of a Renal Reservoir of HIV Type 1 during Primary Infection