NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 358, No. 7.
This summary covers the issue of February 14, 2008. Featured are articles on an association between microdeletion and microduplication at 16p11.2 and autism, B-cell depletion with rituximab in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis, local delivery of paclitaxel to inhibit restenosis during angioplasty of the leg, nasal CPAP or intubation for very preterm infants, a GPR54-activating mutation in a patient with central precocious puberty, and structural genomic variation and personalized medicine; a review article on acute lower respiratory tract infection; a case report of an 18-month-old girl with advanced neck contracture after a burn; and Perspective articles on health economics and the presidential candidates and on the B cell.
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