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  Clinical Essentials
  1. Cardiovascular Medicine
  2. Dermatology
  3. Endocrinology
  4. Gastroenterology
  5. Hematology
  6. Immunology/Allergy
  7. Infectious Disease
   8. Interdisciplinary Medicine
   
  9. Metabolism
  10. Nephrology
  11. Neurology
  12. Oncology
  13. Psychiatry
  14. Respiratory Medicine
  15. Rheumatology
  16. Women's Health


Clinical Essentials
David C. Dale, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington Medical Center School of Medicine


  1. ON BEING A PHYSICIAN
    David C. Dale, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine, and Daniel D. Federman, M.D., M.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School
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  2. CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN MEDICINE
    Christine K. Cassel, M.D., M.A.C.P., American Board of Internal Medicine, and University of Pennsylvania, Ruth Purtilo, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions
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  3. REDUCING RISK OF INJURY AND DISEASE
    Harold C. Sox, Jr., M.D., M.A.C.P., Annals of Internal Medicine
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  4. DIET AND EXERCISE
    Harvey B. Simon, M.D., F.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts General Hospital
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  5. ADULT PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE
    Mark Helfand, M.D., Oregon Health and Science University
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  6. OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
    Mark R. Cullen, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, and Linda Rosenstock, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health
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  7. HEALTH ADVICE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS
    Peter F. Weller, M.D., F.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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  8. QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF CLINICAL DECISION MAKING
    Brian Haynes, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.P., McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, and Harold C. Sox, Jr., M.D., M.A.C.P., Annals of Internal Medicine
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  9. PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
    Cynthia Pan, M.D., Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
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  10. SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
    Maria Torroella Carney, M.D., Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and Jennifer Rhodes-Kropf, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
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  11. MANAGEMENT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES IN TERMINAL ILLNESS
    Jennifer Rhodes-Kropf, M.D., Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and Ned H. Cassem, M.D., F.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
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  12. COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
    Bimal H. Ashar, M.D., F.A.C.P., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Michael E. Vaezi, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. (Epi.), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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  13. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
    Stephen D. Persell, M.D., M.P.H., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, David W. Baker, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Kevin B. Weiss, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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1. Cardiovascular Medicine
Raymond J. Gibbons, M.D., The Mayo Clinic


  1. APPROACH TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENT
    Catherine M. Otto, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, and David M. Shavelle, M.D., Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
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  2. HEART FAILURE
    Mariell Jessup, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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  3. HYPERTENSION
    Gary L. Schwartz, M.D., F.A.C.P., Mayo Medical School and Mayo Clinic, and Sheldon G. Sheps, M.D., F.A.C.P., Mayo Medical School and Mayo Clinic
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  4. ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
    Anthony Aizer, M.D., New York University School of Medicine, and Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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  5. SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
    Melvin M. Scheinman, M.D., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, and Sirisha Sundara, M.D., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
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  6. VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
    Jonathan J. Langberg, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine and Emory University Hospital, and David B. DeLurgio, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine and Emory Crawford Long Hospital
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  7. PACEMAKER THERAPY
    Nazem W. Akoum, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Utah School of Medicine, Jonathan Lowy, M.D., St. Joseph’s Hospital/North Cascade Cardiology, Bellingham, Washington, and Roger A. Freedman, M.D., University of Utah School of Medicine
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  8. ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
    Peter B. Berger, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, and James L. Orford, M.B., Ch.B., M.P.H., Mayday University Hospital, London
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  9. CHRONIC STABLE ANGINA
    Paul R. Sutton, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine, and Stephan D. Fihn, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  10. UNSTABLE ANGINA AND NON–ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
    Joel Kupersmith, M.D., F.A.C.P., Vetern Affairs, Washington DC, and Amish Raval, M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine
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  11. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
    Ronan J. Curtin, M.D., M.Sc., Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Brian P. Griffin, M.D., The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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  12. DISEASES OF THE AORTA
    Kim A. Eagle, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Michigan Health System, and William F. Armstrong, M.D., University of Michigan Medical School and University of Michigan Healthcare System
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  13. DISEASES OF THE PERICARDIUM, CARDIAC TUMORS, AND CARDIAC TRAUMA
    E. William Hancock, M.D., F.A.C.P., Stanford University School of Medicine
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  14. CARDIOMYOPATHIES
    [See Chapter II.]


  15. CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
    Heather L. Bartlett, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program, University of Iowa, Larry T. Mahoney, M.D., University of Iowa College of Medicine, and David J. Skorton, M.D., University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
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  16. PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
    Mark A. Creager, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
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  17. CARDIAC TUMORS
    [See Chapter XIII.]


  18. VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM
    Jack Hirsch, M.D., F.A.C.P., McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, and Clive Kearon, M.B., Ph.D., McMaster University and Henderson General Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences
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2. Dermatology
Mark Lebwohl, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine


  1. CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES
    Mark Lebwohl, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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  2. PAPULOSQUAMOUS DISORDERS
    Elizabeth A. Abel, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
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  3. PSORIASIS
    Elizabeth A. Abel, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, and Mark Lebwohl, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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  4. ECZEMATOUS DISORDERS, ATOPIC DERMATITIS, AND ICHTHYOSES
    Seth R. Stevens, M.D.,Director, Global Medical Affairs, Amgen, Inc., Kevin D. Cooper, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Kefei Kang, M.D., Associate Professor of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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  5. CONTACT DERMATITIS AND RELATED DISORDERS
    James S. Taylor, M.D., The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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  6. CUTANEOUS ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
    Neil H. Shear, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, Sandra Knowles, B.Sc.Pharm., Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, and Lori Shapiro, M.D., University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre
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  7. FUNGAL, BACTERIAL, AND VIRAL INFECTIONS OF THE SKIN
    Jan V. Hirschmann, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine and Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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  8. PARASITIC INFESTATIONS
    Elizabeth A. Abel, M.D, Stanford University School of Medicine
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  9. VESICULOBULLOUS DISEASES
    Elizabeth A. Abel, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, and Jean-Claude Bystryn, M.D., New York University School of Medicine and NYU Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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  10. MALIGNANT CUTANEOUS TUMORS
    Allan C. Halpern, M.D., Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Patricia L. Myskowski, M.D., Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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  11. BENIGN CUTANEOUS TUMORS
    Elizabeth A. Abel, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
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  12. ACNE VULGARIS AND ROSACEA
    James Q. Del Rosso, D.O., University of Nevada School of Medicine
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  13. DISORDERS OF HAIR
    David A. Whiting, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Baylor Hair Research and Treatment Center
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  14. DISEASES OF THE NAIL
    James Q. Del Rosso, D.O., University of Nevada School of Medicine, and C. Ralph Daniel III, M.D., University of Mississippi School of Medicine
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  15. DISORDERS OF PIGMENTATION
    Pearl E. Grimes, M.D., University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
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  16. APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF SKIN DISEASE
    Robert T. Brodell, M.D., Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Stephen E. Helms, M.D., Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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3. Endocrinology
D. Lynn Loriaux, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.P., Oregon Health and Science University


  1. THYROID
    Paul W. Ladenson, M.D., F.A.C.P., John Hopkins University School of Medicine
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  2. TESTES AND TESTICULAR DISORDERS
    Peter J. Snyder, M.D., Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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  3. OVARY
    The information in this chapter has been moved to Section 16, Women's Health.

  4. THE ADRENAL
    D. Lynn Loriaux, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.P., Oregon Health and Science University
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  5. PITUITARY
    Shlomo Melmed, M.D., F.A.C.P., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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  6. DISEASES OF CALCIUM METABOLISM AND METABOLIC BONE DISEASE
    Silvio E. Inzucchi, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, and Elizabeth H. Holt, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine Chief, Endocrinology, VA-CT Healthcare
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  7. GENETICS FOR THE CLINICIAN
    Robb Moses, M.D., Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, and Jone E. Sampson, M.D., Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine
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  8. GENETIC DIAGNOSIS AND COUNSELING
    Roberta A. Pagon, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  9. HYPOGLYCEMIA
    F. John Service, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., Mayo Medical School
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  10. OBESITY
    Jonathan Q. Purnell, M.D., Oregon Health and Science University
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4. Gastroenterology
Mark Feldman, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas and Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas


  1. ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS
    Stuart Jon Spechler, M.D., Dallas VA Medical Center
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  2. PEPTIC ULCER DISEASES
    Mark Feldman, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas and Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, and Michael S. Le, M.D., University of Mississippi Medical Center
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  3. DIARRHEAL DISEASES
    Lawrence R. Schiller, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Baylor University Medical Center
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  4. INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
    Stephen B. Hanauer, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and University of Chicago Hospital
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  5. DISEASES OF THE PANCREAS
    Peter Draganov, M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine, and Chris E. Forsmark, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Florida College of Medicine
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  6. GALLSTONES AND BILIARY TRACT DISEASE
    Kimberly M. Persley, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and Rajeev Jain, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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  7. ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS
    Marlyn Mayo, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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  8. CHRONIC HEPATITIS
    Peter F. Malet, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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  9. CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER
    Ramón Bataller, M.D., Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives i Metabòliques, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and Pere Ginès, Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives i Metabòliques, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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  10. GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
    Elizabeth Rajan, M.D., Mayo Medical Center, and David A. Ahlquist, M.D., Mayo Medical Center
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  11. DISEASES PRODUCING MALABSORPTION AND MALDIGESTION
    Charles M. Mansbach II, M.D., University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine
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  12. DIVERTICULOSIS, DIVERTICULITIS, AND APPENDICITIS
    William V. Harford, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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  13. ENTERAL AND PARENTERAL NUTRITION
    Brant Lutsi, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,and Alan Buchman, M.D., M.S.P.H., F.A.C.P., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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  14. GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDERS
    Henry P. Parkman, M.D., Temple University School of Medicine
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  15. LIVER AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION
    Robert L. Carithers, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine, and James D. Perkins, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
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5. Hematology
David C. Dale, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine


  1. APPROACH TO HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS
    David C. Dale, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  2. RED BLOOD CELL FUNCTION AND DISORDERS OF IRON METABOLISM
    Gary M. Brittenham, M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Robert T Means, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.PProfessor & Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and Interim Director, Markey Cancer Center
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  3. ANEMIA: PRODUCTION DEFECTS
    Stanley L. Schrier, M.D., F.A.C.P., Stanford University School of Medicine
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  4. HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AND HEMOLYTIC ANEMIAS
    Stanley L. Schrier, M.D., F.A.C.P., Stanford University School of Medicine,
    Elizabeth A.Price, MD, MPH Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine
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  5. THE POLYCYTHEMIAS
    Virginia C. Broudy, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine and Harborview Medical Center
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  6. DISORDERS OF HEMOSTASIS AND COAGULATION
    [See Chapters XII through XIV.]


  7. NONMALIGNANT DISORDERS OF LEUKOCYTES
    David C. Dale, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  8. THE LEUKEMIAS AND THE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS
    [See Section 12, Chapters XVI and XVII.]


  9. MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND RELATED SERUM PROTEIN DISORDERS
    [The information in this chapter is being incorporated into other chapters.]


  10. TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
    Harvey G. Klein, M.D., National Institutes for Health
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  11. HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION
    Frederick R. Appelbaum, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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  12. HEMOSTASIS AND ITS REGULATION
    Lawrence L. K. Leung, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, and VA Palo Alto Health Care Systems
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  13. PLATELET AND VASCULAR DISORDERS
    Lawrence L. K. Leung, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, and VA Palo Alto Health Care Systems
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  14. THROMBOTIC DISORDERS
    Lawrence L. K. Leung, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, and VA Palo Alto Health Care Systems
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  15. COAGULATION DISORDERS
    Lawrence L. K. Leung, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, and VA Palo Alto Health Care Systems
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6. Immunology/Allergy
John P. Atkinson, M.D., F.A.C.P., Washington University School of Medicine


  1. ORGANS AND CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
    John R. David, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, and Cox Terhorst, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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  2. INNATE IMMUNITY
    M. Kathryn Liszewski, M.D., B.A., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, and John P. Atkinson, M.D., F.A.C.P., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Barnes-Jewish Hospital,
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  3. ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY: ANTIGENS, ANTIBODIES, AND T CELL AND B CELL RECEPTORS
    Cox Terhorst, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and John R. David, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School
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  4. CELL-CELL INTERACTIONS, CYTOKINES, AND CHEMOKINES IN IMMUNE RESPONSE MECHANISMS
    John R. David, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, and Cox Terhorst, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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  5. ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY: HISOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS AND IMMUNE RESPONSE GENES
    Edgar L. Milford, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Charles B. Carpenter, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
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  6. ORCHESTRATING THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
    [This chapter is currently in preparation.]

  7. IMMUNOGENETICS OF DISEASE
    Edgar L. Milford, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Charles B. Carpenter, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
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  8. DEFICIENCIES IN IMMUNOGLOBULINS AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY
    Fred S. Rosen, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Center for Blood Research
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  9. IMMUNOLOGIC TOLERANCE AND AUTOIMMUNITY
    Paul Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
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  10. ALLERGIC RESPONSE
    Pamela J. Daffern, M.D., Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Lawrence B. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University
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  11. DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PRINCIPLES IN ALLERGY
    Mitchell H. Grayson, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis , and Phillip E. Korenblat, M.D., F.A.C.P., Washington University School of Medicine
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  12. ALLERGIC RHINITIS, CONJUNCTIVITIS, AND SINUSITIS
    Raymond G. Slavin, M.D., M.A.C.P., St. Louis University School of Medicine
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  13. URTICARIA, ANGIOEDEMA, AND ANAPHYLAXIS
    Vincent S. Beltrani, M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
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  14. DRUG ALLERGIES
    Mark S. Dykewicz, M.D., F.A.C.P., St. Louis University School of Medicine and St. Louis University Hospital, and Heather Gray, M.D., St. Louis University School of Medicine and St. Louis University Hospital
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  15. ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO HYMENOPTERA
    David B. K. Golden, M.D., F.A.C.P., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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  16. FOOD ALLERGIES
    A. Wesley Burks, M.D., Duke University Medical Center
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7. Infectious Disease
David C. Dale, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine


  1. INFECTIONS DUE TO GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI
    Dennis L. Stevens, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  2. TUBERCULOSIS
    Michael K. Leonard, Jr., M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, and Henry M. Blumberg, M.D., F.A.C.P., Emory University School of Medicine
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  3. INFECTIONS DUE TO NEISSERIA
    Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine and Jo Hofmann, M.D., Washington State Department of Health
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  4. INFECTIONS DUE TO GRAM-POSITIVE BACILLI
    Frederick S. Southwick, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Florida College of Medicine
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  5. ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS
    Anthony W. Chow, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.C., University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
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  6. SYPHILIS AND NONVENEREAL TREPONEMATOSES
    Michael Augenbraun, M.D., F.A.C.P., State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
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  7. LYME DISEASE AND OTHER SPIROCHETAL ZOONOSES
    David C. Tompkins, M.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., F.A.C.P., State University of New York at Stony Brook
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  8. INFECTIONS DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI AND OTHER ENTERIC GRAM-NEGATIVE BACILLI
    Michael S. Donnenberg, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
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  9. ENTERIC INFECTIONS DUE TO CAMPYLOBACTER, SALMONELLA, SHIGELLA, YERSINIA, VIBRIO, AND HELICOBACTER
    Marcia B. Goldberg, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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  10. INFECTIONS DUE TO HAEMOPHILUS, MORAXELLA, LEGIONELLA, BORDETELLA, AND PSEUDOMONAS
    Shawn J. Skerrett, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  11. INFECTIONS DUE TO BRUCELLA, FRANCISELLA, YERSINIA PESTIS, AND BARTONELLA
    W. Conrad Liles, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  12. MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS
    R. Doug Hardy, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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  13. DISEASES DUE TO CHLAMYDIA
    Walter E. Stamm, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  14. ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
    Timothy H. Dellit, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, and Thomas M. Hooton, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine,
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  15. SEPTIC ARTHRITIS
    Brian F. Mandell, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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  16. OSTEOMYELITIS
    Layne O. Gentry, M.D., F.A.C.P., Baylor College of Medicine and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
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  17. INFECTIONS DUE TO RICKETTSIA, EHRLICHIA, AND COXIELLA
    Daniel J. Sexton, M.D., F.A.C.P, Duke University Medical Center
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  18. INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
    David. T. Durack, M.D., D.Phil., F.A.C.P., Duke University School of Medicine, and Adolf W. Karchmer, M.D., F.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School
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  19. BACTERIAL INFECTIONS OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT
    Harvey B. Simon, M.D., F.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts General Hospital
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  20. PNEUMONIA AND OTHER PULMONARY INFECTIONS
    Harvey B. Simon, M.D., F.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts General Hospital
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  21. PERITONITIS AND INTRA-ABDOMINAL ABSCESSES
    W. Conrad Liles, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, and E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  22. VAGINITIS AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
    Matthew R. Golden, M.D., M.P.H., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  23. URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
    Kalpana Gupta, M.D., M.P.H., Boston Veterans Administration Health Care System, and Walter E. Stamm, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  24. HYPERTHERMIA, FEVER, AND FEVER OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN
    Harvey B. Simon, M.D., F.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts General Hospital
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  25. RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS
    Frederick G. Hayden, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Virginia School of Medicine, and Michael G. Ison, M.D., M.Sc., Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine
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  26. HERPESVIRUS INFECTIONS
    Martin S. Hirsch, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
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  27. ACUTE VIRAL CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES
    [See Section 11, Chapter XVI.]


  28. ENTERIC VIRAL INFECTIONS
    Nino Khetsuriani, M.D., Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Umesh D. Parashar, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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  29. MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA, PARVOVIRUS, AND POXVIRUS
    Martin S. Hirsch, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
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  30. SEPSIS
    Steven LaRosa, M.D., Brown University School of Medicine, and Steven M. Opal, M.D., Brown Medical School
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  31. VIRAL ZOONOSES
    Duane J. Gubler, Sc.D., Colorado State University, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Lyle R. Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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  32. HUMAN RETROVIRAL INFECTIONS OTHER THAN HIV INFECTION
    Mark A. Beilke, M.D., and Christy Barrios, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
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  33. HIV AND AIDS
    Christopher J. Hoffmann, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Joel E. Gallant, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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  34. PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS
    Wesley C. Van Voorhis, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  35. HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS
    Wesley C. Van Voohis, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine, and Peter F. Weller, M.D., F.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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  36. BACTERIAL INFECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
    Jan V. Hirschmann, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine and Puget Sound VA Medical Center
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  37. MYCOTIC INFECTIONS
    Carol A. Kauffman, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Michigan Medical School
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  38. MYCOTIC INFECTIONS IN THE COMPROMISED HOST
    Jo-Anne H. Young, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Minnesota Medical School
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  39. INFECTIONS DUE TO MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE AND NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA
    Michael K. Leonard, Jr., M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, and Henry M. Blumberg, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
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8. Interdisciplinary Medicine
David C. Dale, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine


  1. MANAGEMENT OF POISONING AND DRUG OVERDOSE
    Kent R. Olson, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of California, San Francisco, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, and San Francisco Division, California Poison Control System,
    Manish M. Patel, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
    Timothy J. Wiegand, MD Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and The California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division

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  2. BITES AND STINGS
    Lawrence M. Lewis, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, Mark D. Levine, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, and William H. Dribben, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine
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  3. CARDIAC RESUSCITATION
    Terry J. Mengert, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  4. PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT
    Michael F. Lubin, M.D., F.A.C.P., Emory University School of Medicine
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  5. BIOTERRORISM
    Jeffrey S. Duchin, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Seattle and King County, Washington
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  8. ASSESSMENT OF THE GERIATRIC PATIENT
    Helen K. Edelberg, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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  9. MANAGEMENT OF COMMON CLINICAL DISORDERS IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS
    Robert M. Palmer, M.D., F.A.C.P., The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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  10. REHABILITATION OF GERIATRIC PATIENTS
    Stephanie Studenski, M.D., M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Cynthia J. Brown, M.D., P.T., University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Susan E. Hardy, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Medical Director, Centers for Rehabilitation, Pittsburgh
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9. Metabolism
D. Lynn Loriaux, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.P., Oregon Health Sciences University


  1. TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS
    Saul Genuth, M.D., F.A.C.P., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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  2. TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
    Matthew C. Riddle, M.D., Oregon Health and Science University, and Saul Genuth, M.D., F.A.C.P., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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  3. COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS
    Mark E. Molitch, M.D., F.A.C.P., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Saul Genuth, M.D., F.A.C.P., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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  4. GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS
    Amy Aronovitz, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Boyd E. Metzger, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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  5. SECONDARY FORMS OF DIABETES MELLITUS
    Ildiko Lingvay, M.D., M.P.H., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas and Philip Raskin, M.D., F.A.C.P.,University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
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  6. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DYSLIPIDEMIA
    John D. Brunzell, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Washington School of Medicine, and R. Alan Failor, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  7. THE PORPHYRIAS
    Shigeru Sassa, M.D., Ph.D., Rockefeller University, and Attallah Kappas, M.D., F.A.C.P., Rockefeller University
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10. Nephrology
William L. Henrich, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Maryland School of Medicine


  1. RENAL FUNCTION AND DISORDERS OF WATER AND SODIUM BALANCE
    Richard H. Sterns, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester General Hospital, and the Genesee Hospital
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  2. DISORDERS OF ACID-BASE AND POTASSIUM BALANCE
    Robert M. Black, M.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School and Worcester Medical Center
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  3. APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH RENAL DISEASE
    Biff F. Palmer, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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  4. MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
    Biff P. Palmer, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and Michael K. Hise, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
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  5. GLOMERULAR DISEASES
    Raimund H. Pichler, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, and Stuart J. Shankland, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
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  6. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
    Mary Jo Shaver, M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Sadhir V. Shah, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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  7. VASCULAR DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY
    Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, M.D., M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and Ronald J. Falk, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
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  8. TUBULOINTERSTITIAL DISEASES
    Gerald B. Appel, M.D., F.A.C.P., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Premila Bhat, M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
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  9. PHARMACOLOGIC APPROACH TO RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
    Ali J. Olyaei, Pharm. D., Oregon Health and Science University, and William M. Bennett, M.D., M.A.C.P., Northwest Renal Clinic, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital

    Appendix A DRUG THERAPY IN RENAL DISEASE
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  10. CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE AND DIALYSIS
    Eric P. Cohen, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
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  11. RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
    David K. Klassen, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Matthew R. Weir, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Maryland School of Medicine
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  12. NEPHROLITHIASIS
    Fuad N. Ziyadeh, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Stanley Goldfarb, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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  13. BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
    Michael J. Barry, M.D., F.A.C.P., Harvard Medical School and General Medical Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
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  14. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL DISEASE
    Wajeh Y. Qunibi, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, William L. Henrich, M.D., M.A.C.P., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and Tomas Berl, M.D., F.A.S.N., University of Colorado
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11. Neurology
Jerry S. Wolinsky, M.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center and Hermann Hospital


  1. THE DIZZY PATIENT
    David Solomon, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Elliot M. Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
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  2. DISEASES OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
    Colin H. Chalk, M.D., C.M., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University and Director, Division of Neurology, Montreal General Hospital
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  3. DISEASES OF MUSCLE AND THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
    Marinos C. Dalakas, M.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
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  4. CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS
    Scott E. Kasner, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Lewis B. Morgenstern, M.D., University of Michigan Medical Center
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  5. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
    Andres M. Salazar, M.D., Oncovir, Inc.
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  6. NEOPLASTIC DISORDERS
    Jerome B. Posner, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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  7. ANOXIC, METABOLIC, AND TOXIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES
    Michael J. Aminoff, M.D., D.Sc., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
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  8. HEADACHE
    Randolph W. Evans, M.D., Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University