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Use of a Committee Review Process to Improve the Quality of Course Examinations by Wallach, P. M, Crespo, L. M, Holtzman, K. Z, Galbraith, R. M, Swanson, D. B

“…Purpose: In conjunction with curricular changes, a process to develop integrated examinations was implemented. Pre-established guidelines were provided…”
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Case report: Castleman disease in association with POEMS by Adelman, H M, Cacciatore, M L, Pascual, J F, Mike, J M, Alberts, W M, Wallach, P M

“…Castleman disease, or angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, and POEMS (Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal gammopathy, and Skin…”
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D-penicillamine-induced myasthenia gravis: diagnosis obscured by coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Adelman, H M, Winters, P R, Mahan, C S, Wallach, P M

“…D-penicillamine, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Wilson's disease, and cystinuria, can cause myasthenia gravis. Fortunately, the myasthenia…”
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Performance of the Coumatrak system in a large anticoagulation clinic by Foulis, P R, Wallach, P M, Adelman, H M, Sanford, B H, McCain, J, Reed, D, Schlede, C M, Kokseng, C U, Taylor, C D

“…There is a need to monitor anticoagulation accurately, inexpensively, and rapidly. The accuracy and precision of a simple fingerstick method was studied in a…”
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Ewing's sarcoma of the ilium presenting as unilateral sacroiliitis by Adelman, H M, Wallach, P M, Flannery, M T

“…We describe a 24-year-old man who presented with unilateral sacroiliac pain associated with constitutional symptoms. Subsequent biopsy and pathohistologic…”
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Cardiac tamponade due to Nocardia asteroides by Clenney, T L, Hammond, M D, McKeown, P P, Holt, D A, Wallach, P M

“…Pericarditis with hemodynamic compromise is a rare manifestation of infection with Nocardia asteroides. To our knowledge, only six cases have been reported…”
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Palpable purpura: an algorithmic approach by Stevens, G L, Adelman, H M, Wallach, P M

“…Cutaneous vasculitis, secondary to drug reaction, infection or collagen vascular disease, is the most common identifiable cause of palpable purpura. Common…”
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Inability to interpret toxic salicylate levels in patients taking aspirin and diflunisal by Adelman, H M, Wallach, P M, Flannery, M T

“…Diflunisal, a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, is not metabolized to the free salicylate moiety, but yields serum salicylate levels. We describe 2 patients…”
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Dizziness in primary care patients by WARNER, E. A, WALLACH, P. M, ADELMAN, H. M, SAHLIN-HUGHES, K

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Retroperitoneal fibrosis accompanying immune thrombocytopenia by Wallach, P M, Flannery, M T, Adelman, H M, PowSang, J, Saba, H, Altus, P, Espinoza, L R

“…Retroperitoneal fibrosis represents an idiopathic systemic fibrosing syndrome which leads to the development of progressive hydronephrosis and azotemia…”
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Arthralgias following dilation and curettage by Matfin, G, Mahfood, P, Wallach, P M, Adelman, H M

“…A 36-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with right hip pain of one week's duration. An x-ray of the hip was unremarkable. She was diagnosed…”
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Treatment of the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome by Martínez-Osuna, P, Wallach, P M, Seleznick, M J, Levin, R W, Silveira, L H, Jara, L J, Espinoza, L R

“…The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) is a unique entity associated with products that contain L-tryptophan (L-trp). Studies of the underlying etiopathogenic…”
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Paraneoplastic syndromes for the primary care physician by Wallach, P M, Flannery, M T, Stewart, J M

“…To summarize, we have reviewed the major endocrine, hematologic, neurologic, dermatologic, and miscellaneous paraneoplastic syndromes. These entities are of…”
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An elderly woman with recurrent meningitis by Wallach, P M, Altus, P

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Scurvy resembling cutaneous vasculitis by Adelman, H M, Wallach, P M, Gutierrez, F, Kreitzer, S M, Seleznick, M J, Espinoza, C G, Espinoza, L R

“…Various conditions can imitate cutaneous vasculitis. Scurvy is a less appreciated cause of rash that can resemble vasculitis. Three patients were referred to…”
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Cystic Parotid Gland Enlargement in HIV Disease: The Diffuse Infiltrative Lymphocytosis Syndrome by Schrot, Richard J, Adelman, Harold M, Linden, Craig N, Wallach, Paul M

“…A 45-year-old African-American man presented to an outpatient clinic for evaluation of nontender bilateral masses in the temporomandibular region, which had…”
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Discussions about the use of life-sustaining treatments: a literature review of physicians' and patients' attitudes and practices. End of Life Study Group by Layson, R T, Adelman, H M, Wallach, P M, Pfeifer, M P, Johnston, S, McNutt, R A

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Standardized Patients' Perceptions About Their Own Health Care by Wallach, Paul M., Elnick, Michael, Bognar, Bryan, Kovach, Regina, Papadakis, Maxine, Zucker, Susan, Speer, Alice

“…Background: There have been detailed descriptions on standardized patient (SP) programs' effects on students, curricula, and faculty, yet little attention has…”
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Case report: hypothalamic tuberculoma associated with secondary panhypopituitarism by Flannery, M T, Pattani, S, Wallach, P M, Warner, E

“…Tuberculosis of the central nervous system remains quite rare in developed countries, accounting for only 0.53% of cases of tuberculosis in the United States…”
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Case report: recurrent pneumothorax in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis by Adelman, H M, Dupont, E L, Flannery, M T, Wallach, P M

“…Rheumatoid arthritis is a multi-system disease. Pulmonary manifestations and complications include pleural disease, pulmonary infections, pneumonitis and…”
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