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This Week in the Journal
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Perspective
Making Patient Safety the Centerpiece of Medical Liability Reform
H. R. Clinton and B. Obama
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Focus on Research: Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus — An Old Enemy up to New Tricks
C.J. Peters
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Original Articles
Pulmonary-Artery versus Central Venous Catheter to Guide Treatment of Acute Lung Injury
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Clinical Trials Network
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Laparotomy versus Peritoneal Drainage for Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Perforation
R. L. Moss and Others
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Transmission of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus by Organ Transplantation
S. A. Fischer and Others
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Review Articles
Mechanisms of Disease: Bone Quality — The Material and Structural Basis of Bone Strength and Fragility
E. Seeman and P. D. Delmas
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  Videos in Clinical Medicine
Male Urethral Catheterization
T. W. Thomsen and G. S. Setnik
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Images in Clinical Medicine
Complete Calcification of a Rheumatic Left Atrium
G. Pulikal and A. Marshall
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Pneumoperitoneum Due to Spontaneously Perforated Pyometra
M.-S. Tsai and M.-H. Wu
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Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital
Case 16-2006 — A 72-Year-Old Woman Admitted to the Emergency Department because of a Sudden Change in Mental Status
S. H. Thomas, L. H. Schwamm, and M. H. Lev
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Editorial
Pulmonary-Artery Catheters — Peace at Last?
D. Shure
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Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants — Is Laparotomy Necessary?
A. W. Flake
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Legal Issues in Medicine
Intelligent Judging — Evolution in the Classroom and the Courtroom
G. J. Annas
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Clinical Implications of Basic Research
Imatinib Mesylate — Uncovering a Fast Track to Adaptive Immunity
M. J. Smyth
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Correspondence
Calcium plus Vitamin D and the Risk of Fractures
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Calcium plus Vitamin D and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer
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Circumferential Pulmonary-Vein Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
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Urinary FOXP3 Messenger RNA and Renal-Allograft Rejection
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Antibiotic Allergy
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Stimulant Medications and Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder
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ADHD Drugs and Cardiovascular Risk
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Book Reviews
Women under the Influence
Alcohol Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults: Epidemiology, Neurobiology, Prevention, and Treatment

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Matters of Substance: Drugs — And Why Everyone's a User
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Cell Biology of Addiction
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Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders: What We Know and What We Don't Know: A Research Agenda for Improving the Mental Health of Our Youth
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