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Hancock DB, Martin ER, Stajich JM, Jewett R, Stacy MA, Scott BL, Vance JM, Scott WK. Related Articles, Links Abstract Smoking, Caffeine, and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Families With Parkinson Disease. Arch Neurol. 2007 Apr;64(4):576-80. PMID: 17420321

Prasad S et al. Lactulose improves cognitive functions and health-related quality of life in patients with cirrhosis who have minimal hepatic encephalopathy. Hepatology 2007 Mar; 45:549-59.

JAMA -- Abstract: Statin Use and Hospitalization for Sepsis in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, April 4, 2007, Gupta et al. 297 (13): 1455

King CS, Holley AB, Jackson JL, Shorr AF, Moores LK. Twice vs three times daily heparin dosing for thromboembolism prophylaxis in the general medical population: a meta-analysis. Chest 2007;131:507-516.

Stryjewski ME et al. Use of vancomycin or first-generation cephalosporins for the treatment of hemodialysis-dependent patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis 2007 Jan 15; 44:190-6.
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A Communication Strategy and Brochure for Relatives of Patients Dying in the ICU. NEJM 2007; Feb 1

How Do I Perform a Lumbar Puncture and Analyze the Results to Diagnose Bacterial Meningitis? Sharon E. Straus, Kevin E. Thorpe, and Jayna Holroyd-Leduc JAMA. 2006;296:2012-2022. FULL TEXT

Sun B et al. Diagnostic yield and therapeutic impact of double-balloon enteroscopy in a large cohort of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Am J Gastroenterol 2006 Sep; 101:2011-5.
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May A et al. Prospective comparison of push enteroscopy and push-and-pull enteroscopy in patients with suspected small-bowel bleeding. Am J Gastroenterol 2006 Sep; 101:2016-24.
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