The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 32-34 , January 2009

A Multiplication Problem

  • Tania W. Furlanetto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Tania Weber Furlanetto, MD, PhD, Rua Ramiro Barcellos, 2350/sala 700, 90035-903, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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  • Josiane Fischer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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  • Carisi Anne Polanczyk, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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  • Marcelo Vieira Vasconcelos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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 Michael Bettmann, MD, Section Editor

 Conflict of Interest: None of the authors have any conflict of interest.

 Authorship: This work is original and all authors had access to the data, and a role in writing the manuscript, meeting the criteria for authorship, including acceptance of the responsibility for its scientific content.

PII: S0002-9343(08)00851-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.09.013

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