Table of Contents

Dental and Cardiac Risk Factors for Infective Endocarditis: A Population-Based, Case-Control Study

• Brian L. Strom,
• Elias Abrutyn,
• Jesse A. Berlin,
• Judith L. Kinman,
• Roy S. Feldman,
• Paul D. Stolley,
• Matthew E. Levison,
• Oksana M. Korzeniowski,
• and Donald Kaye

Excessive Dietary Intake of Vitamin A Is Associated with Reduced Bone Mineral Density and Increased Risk for Hip Fracture

• Hakan Melhus,
• Karl Michaelsson,
• Andreas Kindmark,
• Reinhold Bergstrom,
• Lars Holmberg,
• Hans Mallmin,
• Alicja Wolk,
• and Sverker Ljunghall

Short-Course Prophylaxis against Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Persons: A Decision and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

• David N. Rose

Benefits of Colonoscopic Surveillance and Prophylactic Colectomy in Patients with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Mutations

• Sapna Syngal,
• Jane C. Weeks,
• Deborah Schrag,
• Judy E. Garber,
• and Karen M. Kuntz

Oral Thymic Extract for Chronic Hepatitis C in Patients Previously Treated with Interferon: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

• Robert S. Raymond,
• Michael B. Fallon,
• and Gary A. Abrams

Compliance with Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for Hospitalized Patients Transported to Radiology Departments

• John E. Heffner and
• Celia Barbieri

Update in Pulmonary Medicine

• Talmadge E. King Jr.

Infections Acquired during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Estimating the Risk and Defining Strategies for Prevention

• George C. Mejicano and
• Dennis G. Maki

Antibiotics for Prevention of Endocarditis during Dentistry: Time To Scale Back?

• David T. Durack

Resuscitation and the Radiologist

• Vincent G. McDermott

Health Services Research: Public Benefits, Personal Privacy, and Proprietary Interests

• Lawrence O. Gostin and
• Jack Hadley

Mucocutaneous Lesions in the Behcet Syndrome

• Haluk Demiroglu,
• Suayib Yalcin,
• and Yahya Buyukasik

Mucocutaneous Lesions in the Behcet Syndrome

• Vedat Hamuryudan,
• Cem Mat,
• and Hasan Yazici

Ticlopidine-Associated Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

• Kenneth J. Mukamal,
• Barry Wu,
• and Peter McPhedran

Ticlopidine-Associated Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

• Charles L. Bennett,
• Peter D. Weinberg,
• and David Green

Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Protease Inhibitors

• Ravi Walli,
• Frank D. Goebel,
• and Thomas Demant

Heartsick

• Miles Hassell

Heartsick

• Julia E. McMurray

Syncope: Mechanisms and Management

• Marcie G. Berger

Evidence-Based Medicine: A Framework for Clinical Practice

• Eleanor Z. Wallace

Handbook of Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests

• David A. Lacher

Headache

• Daniel B. Hier

Applied Vascular Biology: Can Angiogenesis Inhibitors Help Control Malignant Growth?

• David A. Cramer

Shark Cartilage: An Unsubstantiated Treatment

Autopsy: A Tool for Diagnosis and for Education

Biomedical Equipment Crisis in the Year 2000?

After Cecilia Died

• Tapendu K. Basu

Medical Notices