Table of Contents (Vol 293, No. 15, April 20, 2005)

This Week in JAMA

This Week in JAMA
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1829.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1829
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A Piece of My Mind

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The Pastor and the Party of the Century
- Ted Louie
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1835-1836.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1835

Original Contributions

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Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity
- Katherine M. Flegal,
- Barry I. Graubard,
- David F. Williamson,
- Mitchell H. Gail
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1861-1867.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1861
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Secular Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors According to Body Mass Index in US Adults
- Edward W. Gregg,
- Yiling J. Cheng,
- Betsy L. Cadwell,
- Giuseppina Imperatore,
- Desmond E. Williams,
- Katherine M. Flegal,
- K. M. Venkat Narayan,
- David F. Williamson
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1868-1874.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1868
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Blood Mercury Levels and Neurobehavioral Function
- Megan Weil,
- Joseph Bressler,
- Patrick Parsons,
- Karen Bolla,
- Thomas Glass,
- Brian Schwartz
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1875-1882.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1875
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Kidney Paired Donation and Optimizing the Use of Live Donor Organs
- Dorry L. Segev,
- Sommer E. Gentry,
- Daniel S. Warren,
- Brigitte Reeb,
- Robert A. Montgomery
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1883-1890.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1883

Preliminary Communication

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A Large High-Density Lipoprotein Enriched in Apolipoprotein C-I: A Novel Biochemical Marker in Infants of Lower Birth Weight and Younger Gestational Age
- Peter O. Kwiterovich, Jr,
- Steven L. Cockrill,
- Donna G. Virgil,
- Elizabeth S. Garrett,
- James Otvos,
- Carolyn Knight-Gibson,
- Petar Alaupovic,
- Trudy Forte,
- Lin Zhang,
- Zachlyn N. Farwig,
- Ronald D. Macfarlane
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1891-1899.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1891

Review

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Short-term Risk of Death After Treatment With Nesiritide for Decompensated Heart Failure: A Pooled Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
- Jonathan D. Sackner-Bernstein,
- Marcin Kowalski,
- Marshal Fox,
- Keith Aaronson
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1900-1905.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1900

The Rational Clinical Examination

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Does This Patient Have Myasthenia Gravis?
- Katalin Scherer,
- Richard S. Bedlack,
- David L. Simel
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1906-1914.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1906

Commentary

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Differences in World Responses to Natural Disasters and Complex Emergencies
- Paul B. Spiegel
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1915-1918.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1915

Editorial

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Deaths Attributable to Obesity
- David H. Mark
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1918-1919.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1918

From the Archives Journals

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Early Detection vs Late Treatment of Amblyopia
- David G. Hunter
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1920-1922.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1920

The Cover

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The Rabbi
- M. Therese Southgate
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1832.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1832

Poetry and Medicine

Echocardiogram
- Judith Skillman
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1834.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1834
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Medical News & Perspectives

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Gene Discovery Provides Clues to Cause of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Bridget M. Kuehn
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1841-1845.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1841
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Diabetes Management Remains Suboptimal: Even Academic Centers Neglect Curbing Risk Factors
- Mike Mitka
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1845-1846.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1845
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Cell Division On-Off Switches Sought as Targets for Cancer Drugs
- Tracy Hampton
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1847.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1847

The World in Medicine

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Mapping Malaria
- Joan Stephenson
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1848.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1848-a
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Baby Oil
- Joan Stephenson
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1848.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1848-b
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Gender Gap
- Joan Stephenson
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1848.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1848-c
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Imaging Alzheimer Disease
- Joan Stephenson
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1848.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1848-d

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Disparities in Screening for and Awareness of High Blood Cholesterol—United States, 1999-2002
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1849-1850.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1849
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Salmonellosis Associated With Pet Turtles—Wisconsin and Wyoming, 2004
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1850-1853.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1850
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Notice to Readers: Caution Regarding Testing for Lyme Disease
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1853.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1853

JAMA 100 Years Ago

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DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN IN THE TREATMENT OF GOITER.
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1854.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1854

Letters

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Drug-Eluting Stents and In-Stent Restenosis
- Fernando Alfonso
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1855.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1855-a
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Drug-Eluting Stents and In-Stent Restenosis—Reply
- Adnan Kastrati,
- Albert Schömig
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1855-1856.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1855-b
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Direct Access to Emergency Contraception
- Allen R. Last,
- Stephen A. Wilson
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1856.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1856-a
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Direct Access to Emergency Contraception
- Miguel Ángel Martínez-González,
- Jokin de Irala,
- Victoria Uroz
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1856.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1856-b
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Direct Access to Emergency Contraception—Reply
- Tina R. Raine,
- Cynthia C. Harper
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1856-1857.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1856-c
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Urinary Placental Growth Factor and Preeclampsia
- Lionel Carbillon,
- Michele Uzan
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1857.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1857-a
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Urinary Placental Growth Factor and Preeclampsia—Reply
- Richard J. Levine,
- Franklin H. Epstein,
- S. Ananth Karumanchi
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1857-1858.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1857-b
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Erythropoietin and Cancer
- Leonard Sadoff
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1858.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1858-a
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Erythropoietin and Cancer—Reply
- Kenneth Maiese,
- Faqi Li,
- Zhao Zhong Chong
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1858-1859.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1858-b

Research Letter

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Probable Transmission of Norovirus on an Airplane
- Marc-Alain Widdowson,
- Roger Glass,
- Steve Monroe,
- R. Suzanne Beard,
- John W. Bateman,
- Perrianne Lurie,
- Caroline Johnson
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1859-1860.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1859

Correction

Seniors Seeking Health Information Need Help Crossing ‘Digital Divide’—Correction
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1860.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1860
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Books, Journals, New Media

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Vulnerable Populations in the United States
- Kevin Fiscella
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1924-1925.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1924
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College of the Overwhelmed: The Campus Mental Health Crisis and What to Do About It
- Rasim Somer Diler
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1925-1926.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1925
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A History of William Osler’s The Principles and Practice of Medicine
- Stephen B. Greenberg
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1926.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1926-a
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AIDS in Asia
- Roger Detels
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1926-1927.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1926-b
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Books, Journals, New Media Received
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1927-1928.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1927

JAMA Patient Page

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Myasthenia Gravis
- Janet M. Torpy,
- Tiffany J. Glass,
- Richard M. Glass
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1940.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1940

JAMA Masthead

About This Journal
JAMA. 2005;293(15):1830.doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1830
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Table of Contents

This Week in JAMA

This Week in JAMA

A Piece of My Mind

The Pastor and the Party of the Century

Original Contributions

Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity

Secular Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors According to Body Mass Index in US Adults

Blood Mercury Levels and Neurobehavioral Function

Kidney Paired Donation and Optimizing the Use of Live Donor Organs

Preliminary Communication

A Large High-Density Lipoprotein Enriched in Apolipoprotein C-I: A Novel Biochemical Marker in Infants of Lower Birth Weight and Younger Gestational Age

Review

Short-term Risk of Death After Treatment With Nesiritide for Decompensated Heart Failure: A Pooled Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

The Rational Clinical Examination

Does This Patient Have Myasthenia Gravis?

Commentary

Differences in World Responses to Natural Disasters and Complex Emergencies

Editorial

Deaths Attributable to Obesity

From the Archives Journals

Early Detection vs Late Treatment of Amblyopia

The Cover

The Rabbi

Poetry and Medicine

Echocardiogram

Medical News & Perspectives

Gene Discovery Provides Clues to Cause of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Diabetes Management Remains Suboptimal: Even Academic Centers Neglect Curbing Risk Factors

Cell Division On-Off Switches Sought as Targets for Cancer Drugs

The World in Medicine

Mapping Malaria

Baby Oil

Gender Gap

Imaging Alzheimer Disease

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Disparities in Screening for and Awareness of High Blood Cholesterol—United States, 1999-2002

Salmonellosis Associated With Pet Turtles—Wisconsin and Wyoming, 2004

Notice to Readers: Caution Regarding Testing for Lyme Disease

JAMA 100 Years Ago

DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN IN THE TREATMENT OF GOITER.

Letters

Drug-Eluting Stents and In-Stent Restenosis

Drug-Eluting Stents and In-Stent Restenosis—Reply

Direct Access to Emergency Contraception

Direct Access to Emergency Contraception

Direct Access to Emergency Contraception—Reply

Urinary Placental Growth Factor and Preeclampsia

Urinary Placental Growth Factor and Preeclampsia—Reply

Erythropoietin and Cancer

Erythropoietin and Cancer—Reply

Research Letter

Probable Transmission of Norovirus on an Airplane

Correction

Seniors Seeking Health Information Need Help Crossing ‘Digital Divide’—Correction

Books, Journals, New Media

Vulnerable Populations in the United States

College of the Overwhelmed: The Campus Mental Health Crisis and What to Do About It

A History of William Osler’s The Principles and Practice of Medicine

AIDS in Asia

Books, Journals, New Media Received

JAMA Patient Page

Myasthenia Gravis

JAMA Masthead

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