Table of Contents

VOL 107 / NO 6 / MAY 15, 2000 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON STROKE

STROKE
Introduction to a four-article symposium
David W. Dodick, MD, FRCPC

PREVENTING ISCHEMIC STROKE
Current approaches to primary and secondary prevention
Timothy J. Ingall, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

CEREBRAL INFARCTION AND TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS
Efficient evaluation is essential to beneficial intervention
Kelly D. Flemming, MD, Robert D. Brown Jr, MD

MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE
What is the role of tPA and antithrombotic agents?
James F. Meschia, MD

CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
Which patients can benefit?
Timothy J. Ingall, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, David W. Dodick, MD, FRCPC, Richard S. Zimmerman, MD

CLINICAL ARTICLES

HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN
Gender-specific statistics and prevention strategies for a population at risk
Jo Ann Rosenfeld, MD

Clinical Genetics Series
GENETIC SCREENING IN PATIENTS OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE
How do you advise prospective parents who want to know specific risks?
Patricia G. Wheeler, MD, Diana W. Bianchi, MD

EXCESSIVE TEARING IN INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD
The role and treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction
Evan A. Ballard, MD

Healthcare Guideline Series
TREATMENT OF LIPID DISORDERS IN ADULTS
Strategies in patients with and without known CAD
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

CONTINUING FEATURES

EDITORIAL
Patient education by proxy?
Roadblocks to communication between patients and physicians
Peter A. Setness, MD

PEARLS IN DERMATOLOGY
Recurrent herpes simplex virus infection
Suppressive, reactive, and preventive antiviral regimens
Pamela M. Guerriere-Kovach, MD, Robert T. Brodell, MD

PATIENT NOTES
Understanding stroke

READER SERVICES

Editorial Board, Staff

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