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Volume 348:344 January 23, 2003 Number 4
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Innovations in Correspondence
Gregory D. Curfman, M.D., Andrea Graham, Lauren Lindenfelser, Kent R. Anderson, and Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D.

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Whatever their nature, letters to the editor were much appreciated by the addressee. They kept him and his Journal on their toes. They identified errors that would otherwise go unnoticed. They brought controversy out into the open. Moreover, their variety, brevity and frequent sparkle contributed in a fresh and informal way to the Journal's appeal.1

Written a quarter-century ago by former editor Franz J. Ingelfinger, this description of the Journal's Correspondence section is still accurate today. Letters to the editor have two important functions. They provide a forum for readers to comment about articles recently published in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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