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This Week in the Journal
Article Summaries
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Original Articles
A Comparison of Lorazepam, Diazepam, and Placebo for the Treatment of Out-of-Hospital Status Epilepticus
B. K. Alldredge and Others
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Preoperative Radiotherapy Combined with Total Mesorectal Excision for Resectable Rectal Cancer
E. Kapiteijn and Others
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Endoscopic Ligation Compared with Combined Treatment with Nadolol and Isosorbide Mononitrate to Prevent Recurrent Variceal Bleeding
C. Villanueva and Others
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The Risk of Seizures after Receipt of Whole-Cell Pertussis or Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine
W. E. Barlow and Others
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Images in Clinical Medicine
Suppurative Parotitis
S. D. Lunin and S. Moll
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Special Articles
Mortality among Patients Admitted to Hospitals on Weekends as Compared with Weekdays
C. M. Bell and D. A. Redelmeier
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Review Articles
Medical Progress: Gastroesophageal Variceal Hemorrhage
A. I. Sharara and D. C. Rockey
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Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital
Case 27-2001— A 50-Year-Old Man with Marked Splenomegaly and Anemia
N. Raje and J. A. Ferry
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  Editorial
Clinical Research on Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care
T. D. Valenzuela and M. K. Copass
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Refining Multimodal Therapy for Rectal Cancer
H. Nelson and D. J. Sargent
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Why Do Hospital Death Rates Vary?
E. A. Halm and M. R. Chassin
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Correspondence
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Changes in Lifestyle
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Thrombophilia
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Meningococcal Disease
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Giant, Nonfunctioning Carcinoma of the Adrenal Cortex
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Severe Coagulopathy as a Consequence of Smoking Crack Cocaine Laced with Rodenticide
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Book Reviews
The Institute of Medicine Report on The Quality of Health Care
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century

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Corrections
Replacement of an Avulsed Phalanx with Tissue-Engineered Bone
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