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Medicine

Edited byBruce F. Scharschmidt, MD

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Robert J. Alpern, MD

Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD

Devron H. Char, MD

Richard A. Jacobs, MD, PhD

Emmet B. Keeffe, MD

Stephen C. Lazarus, MD

Susan Philip, MD, MPH

Michael J. Aminoff, MD, DSc, FRCP

Jeffrey P. Callen, MD, FACP

Andrew R. Hoffman, MD

Joel S. Karliner, MD

Fredric B. Kraemer, MD

Biff F. Palmer, MD

Shaun Ruddy, MD

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