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Subject Index, Volume Twelve, 1976.

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Subject index for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve.

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 53, No. 1, 1976)

Virginia Dental Journal

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Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 53, No. 6, 1976)

Virginia Dental Journal

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Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 53, No. 5, 1976)

Virginia Dental Journal

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Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 53, No. 4, 1976)

Virginia Dental Journal

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Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 53, No. 2, 1976)

Virginia Dental Journal

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Prostaglandin Synthesis In The Feline Adrenal Cortex, Suzanne Gale Laychock

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Studies were carried out on the feline adrenal gland to ascertain the role of prostaglandins in the mechanism of action of ACTH. Using tritiated arachidonic acid as a prostaglandin (PG) precursor , it was demonstrated by column and thin layer chromatography techniques that isolated trypsinized adrenocortical cells possess an active PG synthetase capable of synthesizing radiolabeled PGE, PGF, and PGA/B-like substances. Concentrations of ACTH (125 - 250 _μU) which stimulate steroidogenesis enhanced the conversion of radiolabeled arachidonic acid to PGE, PGF and the PGA/B products extracted from cortical cells and incubation media.

PG biosynthesis by isolated cortical cells was …

The Effects Of Chronic Anaerobic Infection On Atherosclerosis In Rabbits, Janet Smitheran Bissell

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Arterial disease is virtually a universal entity in man. Some cultures, such as the African Bantus have very little in the way of vascular lesions, while in the United States and other industrialized nations atherosclerosis affects a large segment of the population. With this in mind it is not hard to understand why ischemia, or arteriosclerotic heart disease, is second only to cardiovascular diseases in general as the major cause of death in the United States (4, 42).

Ruffer (112) noted the presence of arterial lesions in Egyptian mummies dating back 3,400 years. The presence of atherosclerotic lesions has also …

Sexual Adjustment After Myocardial Infarction, Brenda Hove Long

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"Cardiovascular diseases claim more American lives than all other causes of death combined,”¹ as stated in the American Heart Association's Heart Facts 1975. In 1972, it was estimated that 1,036,560 individuals died of cardiovascular disease; 683,100 of these were attributable to acute myocardial infarction.² In addition, an estimated 28,420,000 Americans have some type of cardiovascular disease at a cost of $20 billion annually.³ The figures ”bring home" a stalking reality; cardiovascular disease is epidemic in this country, the incidence and ramifications of which make it an ever-present threat to all Americans. The greatest threat is heart attack, …

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 11 No. 1

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Treatment Of Amenorrhea: When Pregnancy Is And Is Not Desired, John A. Board

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We have had three discussions this afternoon concerning amenorrhea, and most of these have dealt with the diagnosis of causative conditions. I am going to discuss the treatment of these women.

Patient Factors Limiting Success Of Cancer Detection, Dean R. Goplerud

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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has established as one of its goals for the next decade the reduction of mortality from breast and pelvic cancer by 50%. Radiation therapy and surgery are the main modalities of treatment for most genital cancers. These modalities have advanced to the level of diminishing returns. Immunotherapy is in its infancy, and chemotherapy is presently used mainly for palliation and for prolongation of life except for a few malignancies, choriocarcinoma being the classic example.

Abstracts Of Papers Presented At The 46th Annual Mcguire Lecture Series

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Abstracts of papers presented at the 46th Annual McGuire Lecture Series, Medical College of Virginia, December 5-6, 1974. Summary includes: Control of Endometrial Cancer by Saul B. Gusberg; and The Diagnosis and Management of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia by Richard T. Upton.

Introduction, Klaus Ranniger

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During my residency at the University of Chicago twenty years ago, I performed the few diagnostic studies employing radioactive isotopes as a "sideline," spending a couple of hours each day in the laboratory. Nuclear Medicine since then has grown into a vast field incorporating in vitro studies, in vivo procedures, and treatment with radioactive isotopes.

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 11 No. 2

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Use Of Bone Scanning And Skeletal Radiography In The Diagnosis Of Bone Metastasis, Jay C. Mall, Paul B. Hoffer

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The radionuclide bone scan is becoming increasingly useful for evaluating a wide variety of bone and joint disorders. However, the commonest application is still the detection of skeletal metastases in the patient with known or suspected neoplastic disease. The role of this examination relative to other well established methods of evaluating these patients, especially the radiographic skeletal survey, is not clear to all physicians. We hope in this communication to define the role of the radionuclide bone scan and to place in perspective the integral relationship between the "scan" and the "survey," the two radiologic modalities which today are the …

Radionuclide Imaging Evaluation Of The Patient With Trauma, Letty G. Lutzker, Leonard M. Freeman

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Trauma is now a major medical problem. Accidental injuries constitute the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and the primary cause of death below the age of 37. The costs of immediate medical and surgical care, prolonged hospitalization, and lost productivity amount to several billions of dollars annually.

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Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1975, Volume Eleven, Number Four.

Practical Office Therapy Of Hypertension, A. Jarrell Paper

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Because of the sheer number of patients and because of their location, the community practitioner is in a position to deal with the vast majority of problems that occur in hypertension. The trend in hypertension therapy is toward individualizing the work-up of the hypertensive patient, which with many patients can be very simple. When emphasizing aspects of practical office care of the hypertensive, one of the first questions that comes to mind is: what exactly is the blood pressure? There is not any one universally accepted definition of hypertension. Until such a one is adopted, we have put together a …

Asthma In Adults, James P. Baker

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Asthma, or acute reversible obstructive airways disease (ROAD), is a major respiratory disease affecting approximately eight million people in the United States. The disease is characterized by attacks of wheezing dyspnea with coughing and sputum production. Although most adult patients who have the disease demonstrate either bronchospastic episodes during childhood or will have repeated episodes of respiratory infection, upper and lower or both during early years, some patients do begin only in later life, that is, adult onset asthma. All of these patients usually have no symptoms or signs during interval periods, but with proper stimuli will demonstrate airways obstruction.

Sprains And Strains, Robert W. Waddel

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The management of sprains and strains is not difficult. A history of the mechanism of injury is invaluable in determining what structures might have been injured. Careful examination with particular attention being paid to abnormal motion is essential. Stress x-rays should always be made if there is a question as to whether or not the injury is severe enough to be classified as a third-degree injury. Once the injury has been graded, management presents no particular problem.

Table Of Contents, Volume Eleven, 1975.

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Diagnostic Use Of Radionuclides In Diseases Of The Thyroid, Alton R. Sharpe Jr.

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Since the introduction of radionuclides into clinical medicine, a number of specific tests have been designed to test thyroid function and to diagnose disease of the thyroid gland. These studies can be broadly grouped into in vivo and in vitro studies. Using 131I and 125I , tests have been designed to measure thyroid function at the hypothalamic, pituitary, or thyroid level and at the peripheral level by radioimmunoassay or radioassay of circulating thyroid hormones. The following schema of testing may be used to assess thyroid function.

Introduction, Fitzhugh Mayo

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Since the awakening of the public and the medical educational establishment to the growing deficit of appropriately trained physicians to deliver primary care in the community, attention is now turned to the provision of educational programs appropriate for such physicians at the graduate and continuing educational levels. In the past, the inability to measure outcomes of patient care systems (that is, to use the scientific method in community settings) has hampered the union of the educational system with that of patient care. Many studies now are showing that outcomes are profoundly affected by communication and compliance between physician and patient. …

The Endocrinologic Evaluation Of Amenorrhea, Charles B. Hammond, R. Herbert Wiebe, Lee Tyrey, David Schomberg

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The purpose of this paper is to review the endocrinologic evaluation of 58 patients who presented to our institution this past year with a chief complaint of absent or irregular menses. The primary goal for presenting these patients is to review the results of several newer studies as well as older and more classical studies which are useful in the differential diagnosis of amenorrhea. Such newer studies not only take advantage of the more current knowledge of the ovulatory process but also utilize recently developed and highly sensitive techniques of hormonal assay. It is hoped that this will provide the …

Interpretation Of Cerebral Dynamic Perfusion Studies, Frank H. Deland

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As stated earlier, increased, decreased, or no change in perfusion does contribute to the differential evidence in the diagnosis of cerebral lesions. For example, a 40-year-old man developed right-sided symptoms over a period of several months. The static images revealed an area of increased activity of the left cerebral hemisphere, limited to the cortex, and correlated with the configuration of the rolandic branch of the left-middle cerebral artery. From the static images the lesions was interpreted as a possible arteriovenous malformation, or as a lesser possibility, a progressive stroke. The dynamic study demonstrated early concentration of radioactivity in the correct …

Introduction, Leo J. Dunn

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Few areas in medicine can equal the rapid proliferation of information that has occurred and continues to occur in the area of human reproduction. The progress in our understanding of the underlying mechanisms which control the human female reproductive system has led to an ever-increasing refinement in the definition of pathologic states and the development of specific, effective therapeutic agents for some of these. It is clear that not all is yet known and that there is need for repetitive reassessment of our knowledge in order to keep abreast of these rapid discoveries. Pregnancy, once achieved, is subject to yet …

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Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1975, Volume Eleven, Number Three.

Evaluation Of Thyroid Nodules-Hot And Cold, Melvin J. Fratkin

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Thyroid nodules occur frequently, are more common in women, and the incidence increases with age for both sexes. Clinically normal thyroid glands commonly contain nodules in autopsy series. In 20- to 50-year-old females, as high as 50% of the thyroid glands are nodular, whereas in males the incidence approaches 30%. When the prevalence of clinically palpable thyroid nodules was the objective of the Framingham population researchers, Vander et al detected nodules in 6.4% of females and 1.5% of males aged 30-50 years. Even with diligent, thorough examination of the neck, only about one tenth of pathologically nodular thyroid glands can …

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Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1975, Volume Eleven, Number Two.