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  • BK polyomavirus: A newly recognized threat to transplanted kidneys
    William E. Braun, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2003, 70 (12) 1056-1068;

    An increasing serum creatinine concentration in a kidney transplant recipient should prompt a referral for reevaluation by the transplant center. Among the many possible causes: reactivation of latent BK polyomavirus infection.

  • The needs of science vs the needs of patients: Ethical concernsin cancer clinical trials
    Maurie Markman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2003, 70 (12) 1008-1015;

    Patients in cancer trials are not data points; they are vulnerable people who often view a clinical trial as their last hope.

  • Index to Volume 70
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2003, 70 (12) 1089-1093;
  • Profile and assessment of GERD pharmacotherapy
    Paul N. Maton, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2003, 70 (11 suppl 5) S51-S70;
  • The continuum of GERD complications
    M. Brian Fennerty, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2003, 70 (11 suppl 5) S33-S50;
  • Calcium excretion
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2003, 70 (11) 989;

    Asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism (Cleve Clin J Med 2003; 70:811–813).

  • Richard G. Farmer, MD: To Russia, with CME
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2003, 70 (11) 919;

    Dr. Farmer, former chairman of The Cleveland Clinic’s Division of Medicine, has always been ahead of his time. Now he is working to improve the health of people in the former Soviet Union.

  • The Russian health care system today: Can American-Russian CME programs help?
    Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP, Alexei Y. Sirotkin, MD, Lilia E. Ziganshina, MD, PhD, DSC and Henry M. Greenberg, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2003, 70 (11) 937-944;

    The health of the Russian people has deteriorated dramatically since the fall of communism. Can an American-Russian collaboration in continuing medical education improve the health of Russian citizens?

  • When patients on warfarin need surgery
    Amir K. Jaffer, MD, Daniel J. Brotman, MD and Nkem Chukwumerije, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2003, 70 (11) 973-984;

    How to manage anticoagulation in the perioperative period is controversial; we offer our approach.

  • Investigation and management of ischemic colitis
    Investigation and management of ischemic colitis
    Jorge Baixauli, MD, Ravi P. Kiran, MS, FRCS (ENG), FRCS (GLAS) and Conor P. Delaney, MB, MCh, PhD, FRCSI (GEN)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2003, 70 (11) 920-934;

    Ischemia of the colon probably happens more often than we think, as the signs may be subtle and highly variable.

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