TABLE OF CONTENTS 15 November 1997 Volume 127 Issue 10	Previous Issue  |  Next Issue

Estimates of the Cost-Effectiveness of a Single Course of Interferon-2b in Patients with Histologically Mild Chronic Hepatitis C

William G. Bennett, Yuji Inoue, J. Robert Beck, John B. Wong, Stephen G. Pauker, and Gary L. Davis

Cost-Effectiveness of 6 and 12 Months of Interferon- Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

W. Ray Kim, John J. Poterucha, John E. Hermans, Terry M. Therneau, E. Rolland Dickson, Roger W. Evans, and John B. Gross, Jr.

Long-Term Histologic Improvement and Loss of Detectable Intrahepatic HCV RNA in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C and Sustained Response to Interferon- Therapy

Patrick Marcellin, Nathalie Boyer, Anne Gervais, Michele Martinot, Michele Pouteau, Corinne Castelnau, Afef Kilani, Jorge Areias, Anne Auperin, Jean Pierre Benhamou, Claude Degott, and Serge Erlinger

Association between CCR5 Genotype and the Clinical Course of HIV-1 Infection

Ana-Maria de Roda Husman, Maarten Koot, Marion Cornelissen, Ireneus P.M. Keet, Margreet Brouwer, Silvia M. Broersen, Margreet Bakker, Marijke T.L. Roos, Maria Prins, Frank de Wolf, Roel A. Coutinho, Frank Miedema, Jaap Goudsmit, and Hanneke Schuitemaker

News Notes

GB Virus C Infection in Patients with Type II Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

Rocco Misiani, Giovanni Mantero, Piermario Bellavita, Luigi Mori, Omar Vicari, Donatella Marchesi, and Daniele Primi

A Very Easy Death

Simone de Beauvoir

Factor V Leiden Mutation and the Risks for Thromboembolic Disease: A Clinical Perspective

Daniel T. Price and Paul M. Ridker

The Country Doctor

Franz Kafka

Safety of the Blood Supply in the United States: Opportunities and Controversies

James P. AuBuchon, John D. Birkmeyer, and Michael P. Busch

Historical Changes in the Objectives of the Periodic Health Examination

Paul K.J. Han

Interferon- for Chronic Hepatitis C: Reducing the Uncertainties

Raymond S. Koff

From the Green City

Antoinette Rose

MMWR SUPPLEMENT

Members of the USPHS/IDSA Prevention of Opportunistic Infections Working Group

1997 USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Severe Diabetes Associated with Protease Inhibitor Therapy

Fehmida Visnegarwala, Kurt L. Krause, and Daniel M. Musher

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New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus Associated with Use of Protease Inhibitor

John A. Eastone and Catherine F. Decker

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Health News Reporting

Robert Matz

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Health News Reporting: Reply

Miriam Schuchman and Michael S. Wilkes—RESPONSE

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Medical Writings 

Understanding Cancer: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice

Dante G. Scarpelli

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Bioethics: A Return to Fundamentals

Chris Hackler

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Quarantine! East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892

David R. Hinthorn

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Currents 

Preparing for Thalidomide's Comeback

Cori Vanchieri

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Will Pregnancy Prevention Work?

Cori Vanchieri

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Heart Disease: Women's Unique Risks Demand Attention

Kathryn S. Brown

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Resolution Due in Medical Software Regulation

Howard Wolinsky

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