Lancet
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4 patients with atypical pneumonia and a history of exposure to wild rabbits were found to have antibodies to Coxiella burnetii but not to the other organisms also commonly associated with atypical pneumonia. 10 (45%) of 22 snowshoe hares caught in the area where 1 of the patients snared his rabbits had antibodies to Coxiella burnetii. Q fever ought to be included in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia acquired following exposure to wild rabbits.
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Cognitive-behavioural treatment for benzodiazepine dependence.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement.
In clinical measurement comparison of a new measurement technique with an established one is often needed to see whether they agree sufficiently for the new to replace the old. Such investigations are often analysed inappropriately, notably by using correlation coefficients. The use of correlation is misleading. An alternative approach, based on graphical techniques and simple calculations, is described, together with the relation between this analysis and the assessment of repeatability.
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Case Reports
Long-term skin allograft survival after short-term cyclosporin treatment in a patient with massive burns.
In a child with extensive burns, cyclosporin was given to extend the survival of cadaveric skin allografts obtained from numerous unmatched donors. No evidence of graft rejection was seen, either during treatment or in the 2 years after cyclosporin was withdrawn.