NEJM Audio Summary: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 355, No. 13.

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DATE : Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:18:14 -0500
Entered in Database : 2006-09-27 15:18:14
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This summary covers the issue of September 28, 2006. Featured are articles on sentinel-node biopsy or nodal observation in melanoma, an international trial of the Edmonton protocol for islet transplantation, transmission of human herpesvirus 8 by blood transfusion, hunger strikes at Guantanamo, and a key role for a viral lytic gene in Kaposi's sarcoma; review articles on American medical education 100 years after the Flexner report and on the tuberous sclerosis complex; a case report of a man with dyspnea, fever, and lymphadenopathy; and Perspective articles on corporate payoffs and the future of Plavix, on crisis in the emergency department, and on the continuing risk of transfusion-transmitted infections.