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Abstract: We report five cases of renal artery in-stent restenosis treated with endovascular brachytherapy. This procedure has been previously used extensively for the treatment of coronary artery in-stent restenosis with [...]

• We describe deep venous thrombosis and a circulating anticoagulant in a male adolescent with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The association of deep vein thrombosis with SLE in a pediatric patient has not, to our knowledge, been previously reported. The circulating anticoagulant was characterized as a lupus-type inhibitor. This was demonstrated by an abnormal partial thromboplastin time (PTT), the failure of the PTT to correct with the addition of an equal amount of normal plasma, and a positive tissue thromboplastin inhibitor test. Physicians should be aware that a circulating anticoagulant can be associated with SLE and that there may be a paradoxically increased incidence of thromboembolic phenomena in patients with this abnormality.(Am J Dis Child 1981;135:230-232)

A reply by the author is presented in response to letters from the April 24, 2009 issue regarding his review of "The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland."

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues, including "The Challenge to the South," in the August 4, 1990 issue, and articles on intellectual-property piracy and counterfeiting and on Adam Smith's study of capitalistic economics.