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Chitilian, John L. Clark, Davld Clement, Lydia Conlay, Charles E. Cook, Jeff rey B.
Cooper, Benjamin G. Covino, Garland A. Cowan, Robert K. Crone, Jonathan H. Cro-
nin, Marianna Crowley, Deborah J. Culley, Alberto deArmendi, Daniel F. Dedrick,
Kevin C. Dennehy, Mark Dershwitz, Dragos Diaconescu, John V. Donlon, Peter F.
Dunn, Richard P. Dutton, William Dylewsky, Clift on W. Emerson, Paul L. Epstein,
Johnica A. Eyvazzadeh, Leonard L. Firestone, Susan Firestone, Stuart A. Forman,
Robert Gaiser, Margaret Gargarian, Edward E. George, Cliff ord M. Gevirtz, Noel
Gibney, Michael T. Gilette, Greg Ginsburg, Kenneth Giuff re, Randall S. Glidden, Ta-
kahisa Gogo, Sara N. Goldhaber-Fiebert, Loreta Grecu, Robin Kelly Guillory, Adrian
K Hamburger, Heath Gulden, Tania Haddad, Douglas M. Hansell, Jane Hardiman,
P. Grace Harrell, Judith Hellman, Timothy J. Herbst, J. Fredrik Hesselvik, Randall S.
Hickle, Th
omas L. Higgins, Th
omas Hill, Ailen J. Hinkle, Ion Hobai, Vincent L. Ho-
ellerich, Jonathan G. Hsaio, Robert Hunsaker, William E. Hurford, Mansoor Husain,
Gloria Hwang, D. Jay Iaconetti, Jason M. Isa, Charles C.Jeff rey, Andrew A. Jeon, Ping
Jin, Ritu Kapoor, Michael D. Kaufman, Lisa A. Keglovits, William Kimball, David Kü-
ewer, David Koehler, W. Andrew Kofk e, James L. Konigsberg, Peter G. Kovatsis, Mary
Kraft , Jean Kwo, Jill Lanahan, Wilham B. Latta, Phillip K Lau, Charles E. Laurito,
Philip W. Lebovritz, Harish Lecamwasam, Betty Lee, Stephanie Lee, Lisa Leff ert, Paul
Lennon, Rebecca Leong, David Lerdahl, Wilton C. Levine, Jerrold H. Levy, Michael
C. Long, Th
omas J. Long, James C. Loomis, Amy C. Lu, Avine Lydon, Ward Rey-
nolds Maier, John J. Marota, George A Mashour, Eric Corey Matten, James B. May-
field, Piotr Michalowski, Th
omas A. Mickler, Richard A. Miller, Alex Mills, Jeannie
Min, Meraj M. Mohiuddin, Rowan Molnar, Holly Ann H. Morgan, Robert J. Morgan,
Brian P. Murray, Michael Natale, Leslie A. Newberg, Ronald S. Newbower, Phillippa
Newfield, Ervant Nishanian, Takefumi Nishida, Ala Nozari, Daniel L. Nozik, Conor
O'NeiII, Vilma E. Ortiz, Charles W. Otto, Sissela Park, George W. Pasvankas, Onofrio
Patafio, Blake M. Paterson, John Pawlowski, Robert Peloquin, Robert A. Peterfreund,
May CM. Pian-Smith, Michael Pilla, Richard M. Pino, Marjorie A. Podraza, Marie
Csete Prager, Douglas E. Raines, Frederic M. Ramsey, Bradley E. Randel, Stacey Lynn
Remchuk, Ricardo Rivera, James T. Roberts, Jesse D. Roberts, Jr, Peter Rosenbaum,
Cari Rosow, Fred A. Rotenberg, Peter Rothstein, Steve Rotter, Stephanie L. Round-
tree, Barbara A. Ryan, Owais Saifee, Warren S. Sandberg, Adam Sapirstein, William
P. Schecter, Larry B. Scott, Jaianand S. Sethee, Kenneth E. Shepherd, Harvey C. Shew,
George Shorten, Deepal S. Sidhu, Stephen Small, Ken Solt, Deborah Stadfelt, Aileen
Starnbach, Wolfgang Steudel, David J. Stone, Barry M. Stowe, Scott C. Streckenbach,
Susan L. Streitz, Veronica C. Swanson, Bobbie-Jean Sweitzer, Michele Szabo, Alfonso
A. Tagliavia, Robert E. Tainsh, Frank A. Takacs, Gary D. Th
al, Steven Th
orup, I. David
Todres, Arthur J. Tokarczyk, Susan A. Vassallo, Jeanna D. Viola, John S. Wadling-
ton, Samuel Wald, John L. Walsh, Lisa Warren, James P. Welch, Richard A. Wiklund,
Derrick B. Willsey, Norman E. Wilson, Juüanne S. Wimberly, Lisa Wöllman, Tzuhao
Harry Wu, Zhongcong Xie, Roy P. H. Yang, James R. Zaidan, Matthew W. Zeleznik,
and Maria M. Zestos.
Bu basimdaki idari destei nedeniyle Ms. Rhonda Valenti'ye, yazim destei ve
yardimi nedeniyle Ms. Nicole Dernoski ve Lippincott Williams & Wilkins'deki per-
soneline çok büyük bir minnetle teekkür ederim. Dr. Richard J. Kitz'e bu metnin ilk
tetkiki nedeniyle ve Dr. Warren M. Zapol ve Dr. Jeanine Wiener-Kronish'e sürekli
destek, yol gösterme ve rehberlikleri için teekkür etmek ve anmak isterim. Son ola-
rak, sevgili eim Lisa ve iki olum Joshua ve Benjamin'e sinirsiz sevgileri ve destekleri
için teekkür etmeliyim.
Dr. Wilton C. Levine