In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and ...

The case is reported of a mother and baby with dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis and perinatal ascites, an autosomal dominant condition not previously reported in Britain. Recognition is important ...

The syndrome of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a serious hypercoagulation state that occurs in a variety of disease states, including cancer. Although DIC is often associated with ...

DIC related to cancer is always secondary to a well-defined clinical condition. (See Table 1 for a list of common causes of DIC related to cancer.) This point is important to remember, as ...

1. What is antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)? Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder in which the patient’s immune system makes antibodies (antiphospholipid antibodies [aPL]) ...