November 2004

Table of contents

editorials

Insulin pump therapy, should we consider it more often?
B.E. de Galan

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Competency-based training for internal medicine
J.C.C. Borleffs, Th.J. ten Cate

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review

Cyclophosphamide-induced gonadal toxicity: a treatment dilemma in patients with lupus nephritis?
J.F.M. Wetzels

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Ischaemic preconditioning: from molecular characterisation to clinical application - part I
N.P. Riksen, P. Smits, G.A. Rongen

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Sickle cell disease; a general overview
J.B. Schnog, A.J. Duits, F.A.J. Muskiet, H. ten Cate, R.A. Rojer, D.P.M. Brandjes

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original article

Hypertension management in primary care: standard care and attitude towards a disease management model
M.W.M. Wassenberg, J.M. Willemsen, C.A. Gaillard, B. Braam

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Quality of life and metabolic control in patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 treated by continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion or multiple daily insulin injections
Hoogma R.P.L.M., A.J.M. Spijker, M. van Doorn-Scheele, T.T. van Doorn, R.J.P. Michels, R.G. van Doorn, M. Levi, J.B.L. Hoekstra

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photo quiz

A 48-year-old woman with abdominal pain and fever
B.J.T. Haarhuis, A.M.M. Kotsopoulos, F.J. Vos

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case report

A. Bilici, B. Karadag, D. Suna Erdincler, S. Cetinkaya, G. Ogut, V. Tezcan, T. Beger

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Pituitary apoplexy presenting during pregnancy
L.J.M. de Heide, K.M. van Tol, B. Doorenbos

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special report

The structure of medical competence and results of an OSCE
J.C.G. Jacobs, E. Denessen, C.T. Postma

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