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December 01, 2008; Volume 75,Issue 12
Abu-rajab Tamimi, Tarek I.
- You have accessHepatitis B virus infection: Understanding its epidemiology, course, and diagnosisHesham M. Elgouhari, MD, Tarek I. Abu-Rajab Tamimi, MD and William D. Carey, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2008, 75 (12) 881-889; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.75a.07019
Internists should be aware of the natural history of hepatitis B virus infection, a vital prerequisite to assessing disease severity and determining the need for antiviral therapy.
Aggarwal, Gaurav
- You have accessCarcinoid tumors: What should increase our suspicion?Gaurav Aggarwal, MD, MS, Kamil Obideen, MD and Mohammad Wehbi, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2008, 75 (12) 849-855; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.75a.08002
Patients often present with vague, nonspecific symptoms, and unless the primary care physician suspects that the patient has a carcinoid tumor, the appropriate testing is seldom ordered.