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August 01, 2007; Volume 74,Issue 8

  1. O'shea, Robert

    1. Chronic hepatitis B virus infection: Issues in treatment
      Robert O’Shea, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2007, 74 (8) 557-560;

      Should we treat all patients with hepatitis B virus infection to prevent liver cancer? Which is the best treatment strategy? What should we do if patients develop resistance to our current drugs? Should we treat patients who already have developed cirrhosis?

  2. Okereke, Linda

    1. Interpreting the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial
      Daniel Mazanec, MD and Linda Okereke, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2007, 74 (8) 577-583;

      The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial compared surgical and nonsurgical treatment in patients with radicular pain. The treatments were equivalent on intention-to-treat analysis, but up to 40% of patients in each group “crossed over” to the other treatment, muddying the results.

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