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Wednesday, May 3, 2006

New England Journal of Medicine Audio Summary for May 4, 2006


From the NEJM:
This summary covers the issue of May 4, 2006. Featured are articles on balloon angioplasty versus nitinol stents, children with elevated bilirubin levels, an antibody-deficiency syndrome due to mutations in the CD19 gene, inherited and somatic CD3ΞΆ mutations in a patient with T-cell deficiency, and the current state of medical education; a review article on thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; a clinical problem-solving article entitled “Ring around the Diagnosis”; and Perspective articles on injury to research volunteers, on compensation for injured research subjects, and on disabled receptor signaling and new primary immunodeficiency disorders.
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