NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 354, No. 26.
This summary covers the issue of June 29, 2006. Featured are articles on the identification of carriers of mutations in DNA mismatch-repair genes in colon cancer, homocysteine lowering and cognitive performance, N-acetylcysteine and contrast-induced nephropathy in primary angioplasty, the effect of iodine intake on thyroid diseases, and on the new era of medical imaging; a review article on early lyme disease; a case report of a man with staphylococcal bacteremia and renal failure; and Perspective articles on the sale of physicians’ prescribing data and on incidentally discovered masses. |
