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Editorial Comment

David W. Ploth

Published in issue: July 2008

p1

Address of the President of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation “Making the Future”

L Lee Hamm

Published in issue: July 2008

p2-3

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation List of Past Presidents

Published in issue: July 2008

p4

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Founders’ Medal Award History and List of Past Recipients

Published in issue: July 2008

p5

Presentation of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Founder’s Medal for 2008 to Charles V. Sanders, M.D.

Warren Summer

Published in issue: July 2008

p6-7

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Founders’ Medal Acceptance

Charles V. Sanders

Published in issue: July 2008

p8-9

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation 2008 Award Recipients

Published in issue: July 2008

p10-11

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation 2008/2009 Officers

Published in issue: July 2008

p12

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation 2008/2009 Councilors

Published in issue: July 2008

p13-14

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Published in issue: July 2008

p15

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation 2008/2009 Executive Advisory Committee

Published in issue: July 2008

p16-17

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation 2008–2009 Committee List

Published in issue: July 2008

p18-19

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation 2008 Newly Elected Members

Published in issue: July 2008

p20

ARTICLES

Changes in Indications for Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopy and Endoscopic Findings during the Last Fifteen Years in South-Western Greece

Stelios F. Assimakopoulos,

Konstantinos C. Thomopoulos,
Emanuel Louvros,
George Theocharis,
Christos Giannikoulis,
Evangelos Katsakoulis,
Vassiliki N. Nikolopoulou

Published in issue: July 2008

p21-26

The Role of Carotid Plaque Vulnerability and Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Acute Ischemic Stroke

Shifang Ding,
Mei Zhang,
Yuxia Zhao,
...
Cheng Zhang,
Pengfei Zhang,
Yun Zhang

Published in issue: July 2008

p27-31

Dysfunction of Splenic Macrophages in Cirrhotic Patients With Hypersplenism and HBV Infection

Aimin Li,
Zongfang Li,
Shuangyu Ma,
...
Shu Zhang,
Xiaoli Sun,
Guowei Li

Published in issue: July 2008

p32-38

Influence of the Level of Renal Insufficiency on Endoscopic Changes in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

Radojica V. Stolic,
Aleksandar N. Jovanovic,
Vladan M. Peric,,
...
Sasa R. Sovtic,
Goran Z. Trajkovic,
Gordana Subaric-Gorgieva,

Ziva P. Zivic

Published in issue: July 2008

p39-43

Respiratory Effects of Tobacco Smoking Among Young Adults

Elcio Oliveira Vianna,
Roseane Durães Caldeira,

Manoel Romeu Pereira Gutierrez,
Marco Antônio Barbieri,
Heloísa Bettiol,

Antônio Augusto Moura Da Silva

Published in issue: July 2008

p44-49

Prevalence of Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Deficiencies in Patients With Thyroid Disorders

Giuseppe Lippi,
Martina Montagnana,
Gian Luca Salvagno,
Gian Cesare Guidi,

Giovanni Targher

Published in issue: July 2008

p50-52

Q Fever Endocarditis: The Mayo Clinic Experience

Jeremy W. Scott,

Larry M. Baddour,
Imad M. Tleyjeh,

Sherif Moustafa,

Yin Guang Sun,

Farouk Mookadam

Published in issue: July 2008

p53-57

Is Anaerobic Blood Culture Necessary? If So, Who Needs It?

Kentaro Iwata,

Miwa Takahashi

Published in issue: July 2008

p58-63

Therapies to Increase High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Their Effect on Cardiovascular Outcomes and Regression of Atherosclerosis

Prasanna K. Venkatesh,
David Caskey,
Pratap C. Reddy

Published in issue: July 2008

p64-68

Pulmonary Artery Aneurism Complicated by Mural Thrombus: A Case Report

Jacob A. Della Coletta,

Suzana E. Tanni,
Liana S. Coelho,
Irma Godoy,

Daniele C. Cataneo,

Sergio M. Ribeiro

Published in issue: July 2008

p69

Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Aortic Dissection

Shawn Chillag,

Paul Byra,
Scott Petit

Published in issue: July 2008

p70-72

Recurrence of HCV Infection in a Sustained Responder After Chemotherapy for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Successful Retreatment

K. Thomopoulos,

Ch Lampropoulou-Karatza,

N.C. Giannakoulas,
E. Fragopanagou,
M. Pallasopoulou,

A.C. Tsamandas,

K. Mimidis

Published in issue: July 2008

p73-76

Nocardiosis in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease and Vasculitis Syndrome

Yoshifumi Tada,
Mio Mitamura,
Shuichi Koarada,
Rie Suematsu,
Hisako Inoue,
Kohei Nagasawa,

Mami Fukuoka,

Akihide Ohta

Published in issue: July 2008

p77-80

Eosinophilic Colitis in a Patient With Advanced Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder: A Paraneoplastic Syndrome?

Mehtap Erkmen Uyar,

Cansel Turkay,
Mustafa Erbayrak,

Asli Koktener

Published in issue: July 2008

p81-83

Molecular Diagnosis and Clinical Characterization of Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type-Ib in a Patient With Mild Albright’s Hereditary Osteodystrophy-Like Features, Epileptic Seizures, and Defective Renal Handling of Uric Acid

Ugur Unluturk,

Ayla Harmanci,
Miyase Bayraktar,

Melih Babaoglu,
Umit Yasar,

Kubilay Varli,

Murat Bastepe

Published in issue: July 2008

p84-90

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EDITOR’S CORNER

SOUTHERN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION (SSCI) MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

ARTICLES

REVIEW

IMAGES IN THE MEDICAL SCIENCES

CASE REPORTS