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Volume 4(4);  April 2007
Correspondence
XDR-TB in South Africa: Back to TB Sanatoria Perhaps?
Ramalitse Sakoane
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e160. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040160.
PMCID: PMC1876418
XDR-TB in South Africa: Revised Definition
Timothy H Holtz
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e161. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040161.
PMCID: PMC1876419
XDR-TB in South Africa: Detention Is Not the Priority
Eric Goemaere, Nathan Ford, Daniel Berman, Cheryl McDermid, and Rachel Cohen
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e162. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040162.
PMCID: PMC1876420
XDR-TB in South Africa: Theory and Practice
Jason Andrews, Sanjay Basu, David Scales, Duncan Smith-Rohrberg Maru, and Ramnath Subbaraman
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e163. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040163.
PMCID: PMC1876421
Palladin Mutation Causes Familial Pancreatic Cancer: Absence in European Families
Emily Slater, Vera Amrillaeva, Volker Fendrich, Detlef Bartsch, Julie Earl, Louis J Vitone, John P Neoptolemos, and William Greenhalf
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e164. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040164.
PMCID: PMC1855695
Adherence to TB Treatment in Ethiopia: Why Do Patients Default?
Hundie Tesfaye
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e165. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040165.
PMCID: PMC1876422
Training of Peer Reviewers: Validation of a 5-Point Rating Scale
Michael Callaham
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e166. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040166.
PMCID: PMC1876423
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False: Problems in the Analysis
Steven Goodman and Sander Greenland
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e168. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040168.
PMCID: PMC1855693
PLoS Medicine and Publication Ethics: When Is It Research?
Mary Ann Baily
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e169. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040169.
PMCID: PMC1876424
Editorial
Lethal Injection Is Not Humane
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e171. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040171.
PMCID: PMC1876425
Essays
Reducing Medical Costs and Improving Quality via Self-Management Tools
Harold J DeMonaco and Eric von Hippel
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e104. Published online 2007 April 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040104.
PMCID: PMC1852120
Medicines without Doctors: Why the Global Fund Must Fund Salaries of Health Workers to Expand AIDS Treatment
Gorik Ooms, Wim Van Damme, and Marleen Temmerman
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e128. Published online 2007 April 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040128.
PMCID: PMC1852123
Perspectives
Rotavirus Infection: A Systemic Illness?
David C. A Candy
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e117. Published online 2007 April 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040117.
PMCID: PMC1852121
Type 2 Diabetes: Hypoinsulinism, Hyperinsulinism, or Both?
Benjamin Glaser
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e148. Published online 2007 April 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040148.
PMCID: PMC1831715
Does Restricting Pack Size of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) Reduce Suicides?
Nicholas A Buckley and David Gunnell
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e152. Published online 2007 April 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040152.
PMCID: PMC1831716
Comparing Alcohol Policies Between Countries: Science or Silliness?
Alison Ritter
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e153. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040153.
PMCID: PMC1876416
Policy Forum
Addressing the Global Neglect of Childhood Hearing Impairment in Developing Countries
Bolajoko O Olusanya
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e74. Published online 2007 April 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040074.
PMCID: PMC1831717
Malaria in Pregnancy: What Can the Social Sciences Contribute?
Joan Muela Ribera, Susanna Hausmann-Muela, Umberto D'Alessandro, and Koen Peeters Grietens
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e92. Published online 2007 April 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040092.
PMCID: PMC1851625
Valid Consent for Genomic Epidemiology in Developing Countries
Dave A Chokshi, Mahamadou A Thera, Michael Parker, Mahamadou Diakite, Julie Makani, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, and Ogobara K Doumbo
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e95. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040095.
PMCID: PMC1876398
Following the Script: How Drug Reps Make Friends and Influence Doctors
Adriane Fugh-Berman and Shahram Ahari
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e150. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040150.
PMCID: PMC1876413
Case Report
A Man with Labile Blood Pressure
Ronald C. W Ma, Kwok Hing Yiu, Edward H. C Wong, Kin Hung Liu, Joseph Y. S Chan, Chun Chung Chow, and Clive S Cockram
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e111. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040111.
PMCID: PMC1855694
Research Articles
Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Regulations to Reduce Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) Poisoning
Oliver W Morgan, Clare Griffiths, and Azeem Majeed
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e105. Published online 2007 April 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040105.
PMCID: PMC1845154
Gene Expression Signatures That Predict Radiation Exposure in Mice and Humans
Holly K Dressman, Garrett G Muramoto, Nelson J Chao, Sarah Meadows, Dawn Marshall, Geoffrey S Ginsburg, Joseph R Nevins, and John P Chute
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e106. Published online 2007 April 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040106.
PMCID: PMC1845155
Macrosomia and Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycaemia in Patients with Heterozygous Mutations in the HNF4A Gene
Ewan R Pearson, Sylvia F Boj, Anna M Steele, Timothy Barrett, Karen Stals, Julian P Shield, Sian Ellard, Jorge Ferrer, and Andrew T Hattersley
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e118. Published online 2007 April 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040118.
PMCID: PMC1845156
Rotavirus Antigenemia in Children Is Associated with Viremia
Sarah E Blutt, David O Matson, Sue E Crawford, Mary Allen Staat, Parvin Azimi, Berkeley L Bennett, Pedro A Piedra, and Margaret E Conner
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e121. Published online 2007 April 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040121.
PMCID: PMC1852122
Signature-Based Small Molecule Screening Identifies Cytosine Arabinoside as an EWS/FLI Modulator in Ewing Sarcoma
Kimberly Stegmaier, Jenny S Wong, Kenneth N Ross, Kwan T Chow, David Peck, Renee D Wright, Stephen L Lessnick, Andrew L Kung, and Todd R Golub
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e122. Published online 2007 April 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040122.
PMCID: PMC1851624
TREM2-Transduced Myeloid Precursors Mediate Nervous Tissue Debris Clearance and Facilitate Recovery in an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis
Kazuya Takahashi, Marco Prinz, Massimiliano Stagi, Olga Chechneva, and Harald Neumann
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e124. Published online 2007 April 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040124.
PMCID: PMC1851623
Polymorphisms, Mutations, and Amplification of the EGFR Gene in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers
Masaharu Nomura, Hisayuki Shigematsu, Lin Li, Makoto Suzuki, Takao Takahashi, Pila Estess, Mark Siegelman, Ziding Feng, Harubumi Kato, Antonio Marchetti, Jerry W Shay, Margaret R Spitz, Ignacio I Wistuba, John D Minna, and Adi F Gazdar
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e125. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040125.
PMCID: PMC1876407
Genetics of Ischaemic Stroke among Persons of Non-European Descent: A Meta-Analysis of Eight Genes Involving ~ 32,500 Individuals
Roshan Ariyaratnam, Juan P Casas, John Whittaker, Liam Smeeth, Aroon D Hingorani, and Pankaj Sharma
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e131. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040131.
PMCID: PMC1876409
Earlier Mother's Age at Menarche Predicts Rapid Infancy Growth and Childhood Obesity
Ken K Ong, Kate Northstone, Jonathan CK Wells, Carol Rubin, Andy R Ness, Jean Golding, and David B Dunger
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e132. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040132.
PMCID: PMC1876410
Antibody to Aquaporin 4 in the Diagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica
Friedemann Paul, Sven Jarius, Orhan Aktas, Martin Bluthner, Oliver Bauer, Heribert Appelhans, Diego Franciotta, Roberto Bergamaschi, Edward Littleton, Jacqueline Palace, Hans-Peter Seelig, Reinhard Hohlfeld, Angela Vincent, and Frauke Zipp
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e133. Published online 2007 April 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040133.
PMCID: PMC1852124
Characteristics and Impact of Drug Detailing for Gabapentin
Michael A Steinman, G. Michael Harper, Mary-Margaret Chren, C. Seth Landefeld, and Lisa A Bero
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e134. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040134.
PMCID: PMC1855692
Comparative Analysis of Alcohol Control Policies in 30 Countries
Donald A Brand, Michaela Saisana, Lisa A Rynn, Fulvia Pennoni, and Albert B Lowenfels
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e151. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040151.
PMCID: PMC1876414
Lethal Injection for Execution: Chemical Asphyxiation?
Teresa A Zimmers, Jonathan Sheldon, David A Lubarsky, Francisco López-Muñoz, Linda Waterman, Richard Weisman, and Leonidas G Koniaris
PLoS Med. 2007 April; 4(4): e156. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040156.
PMCID: PMC1876417
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