Abstract
This discussion was selected from the weekly Grand Rounds in the Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle. Taken from a transcription, it has been edited by Paul G. Ramsey, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Philip J. Fialkow, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine.
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