TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 January 1998 Volume 128 Issue 1	Previous Issue  |  Next Issue

The Clinical Validity of Normal Compression Ultrasonography in Outpatients Suspected of Having Deep Venous Thrombosis

Brian G. Birdwell, Gary E. Raskob, Thomas L. Whitsett, Sherri S. Durica, Philip C. Comp, James N. George, Timothy L. Tytle, and Patrick A. McKee

Clarification of the Risk for Venous Thrombosis Associated with Hereditary Protein S Deficiency by Investigation of a Large Kindred with a Characterized Gene Defect

Rachel E. Simmonds, Helen Ireland, David A. Lane, Bengt Zoller, Pablo Garcia de Frutos, and Bjorn Dahlback

The Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Family Members of Patients with Factor V Leiden Mutation and Venous Thrombosis

Saskia Middeldorp, Cecilia M.A. Henkens, Maria M.W. Koopman, Elisabeth C.M. van Pampus, Karly Hamulyak, Jan van der Meer, Martin H. Prins, and Harry R. Buller

Famciclovir for the Suppression of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Herpes Simplex Virus Reactivation in HIV-Infected Persons: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Timothy Schacker, Hui-lin Hu, David M. Koelle, Judith Zeh, Robin Saltzman, Ron Boon, Mary Shaughnessy, Gail Barnum, and Lawrence Corey

Hydroxyurea-Induced Leg Ulceration in 14 Patients

Patricia J. Best, Mazen S. Daoud, Mark R. Pittelkow, and Robert M. Petitt

Bilateral Sampling of the Internal Jugular Vein To Distinguish between Mechanisms of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Dependent Cushing Syndrome

John L. Doppman, Edward H. Oldfield, and Lynnette K. Nieman

Test-Treatment Strategies for Patients Suspected of Having Lyme Disease: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Graham Nichol, David T. Dennis, Allen C. Steere, Robert Lightfoot, George Wells, Beverley Shea, and Peter Tugwell

Update in Nephrology

Stanley Goldfarb and William L. Henrich

Competing Practice Guidelines: Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis To Make Optimal Decisions

Attilio V. Granata and Alan L. Hillman

Pertussis in Adults

James D. Cherry

Masking, Blinding, and Peer Review: The Blind Leading the Blinded

Frank Davidoff

Wacker Revisited

George N. Braman

Zafirlukast in Asthma

Peter K. Honig, Raymond Anthracite, and John K. Jenkins

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Carlos A. Estrada and James Byrd

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Samy Suissa, Pierre Ernst, and Rodolfo Dennis—RESPONSE

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Transesophageal Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts Compared with Sclerotherapy

Rafael Granados, Juan Cabrera, and Manuel Maynar

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Charles A. Owens

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Arun J. Sanyal—RESPONSE

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Number Needed To Treat and Relative Risk Reduction

Bimal P. Jain

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Henry McQuay and Andrew Moore—RESPONSE

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Management of Refractory Neurocardiogenic Syncope

Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Mark A. Wood, and Hermes A. Kontos

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Hypertriglyceridemia and Atherosclerosis

W.E. Feeman

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Andrew L. Avins

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Henry N. Ginsberg—RESPONSE

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Where's the Bias?

Jack M. Gwaltney

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George Eby

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Leo E. Hollister

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Frank Davidoff—RESPONSE

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Medical Writings 

Phantom Limb: From Medical Knowledge to Folk Wisdom and Back

Joseph Herman

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Medical Writings: Book Notes 

Understanding Medical Research: A Practitioner's Guide

Lou Fintor

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The Internet Workbook for Health Professionals

Mary A. Curran

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Procedures in General Practice

Catherine V. Caldicott

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