LTHOIJGH the association of bleeding teuideuicy with uremia has beeui recognized fon’ at least a century,n the exact (‘ause has miever 1)een clearly defined. Vascular damage has been suggested.2 This study includes assays of many hemostatic factors in twelve patients showing varying degrees of azotelllia with and without hemorrhagic manifestations. An abnormality in platelet function (thrombocy...

As human beings we are endowed with gregarious tendencies. Like most other primates we need to live in groups. Since we are also endowed with the capacity to communicate in sophisticated ways, particularly through language, we create cultural milieus. Cultural milieus prescribe and proscribe behavior, that is, what people should do and should not do given their social surroundings and circumsta...

There has recently come under my observation the rather unusual case of a girl who exhibits kleptomaniac tendencies only during her menstruation periods. A diagnosis of kleptomania seems to be fully justified, although the author is not unmindful of the fact that genuine cases of this disorder are exceedingly rare, and that kleptomania is not only subject to wide variation in definition, but is...