December 2006

Table of contents

editorials

Thalidomide, treat with caution!
R.J. Powell

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The Netherlands Journal of Medicine's hitlist: which 2004
J.P.H. Drenth

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review

SWAB guidelines for antimicrobial therapy of acute infectious diarrhoea
J.C. Bos, C. Schultsz, C.M.J. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, P. Speelman, J.M. Prins

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From Trousseau to angiogenesis: the link between the haemostatic system and cancer
M.R. Nijziel, R. van Oerle, H.F.P. Hillen,

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original article

Application of guidelines on preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in León, Nicaragua
J. van Disseldorp, E.J.M.H. Slingenberg, A. Matute, E. Delgado, E. Hak, I.M. Hoepelman

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The safety of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with asthma
P.S. Mueller, K.M. Schak, R.D. Barnes, K.G. Rasmussen

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case report

Successful treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome-induced pyoderma gangrenosum
E. Koca, A.E. Duman, D. Cetiner, Y. Buyukasik, I.C. Haznedaroglu, A. Uner, B. Demirhan, U. Kerimoglu, I. Barista, M. Calguneri, O.I. Ozcebe

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Thalidomide as treatment for digestive tract angiodysplasias
J. Heidt, A.M.J. Langers, F.J.M. van der Meer, R.E. Brouwer

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photo quiz

Right subclavian vein cannulation?
H.J. Jansen, G.J. Spaargaren, C.P.C. de Jager

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note

The blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome co-existing with celiac disease
J.J. Oosterheert, M.T. Bousema, J. Lagendijk, M.H.H. Kramer

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