The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 12 , Pages 1096-1098 , December 2009

“MAC” Attack

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 Parwathi “Uma” Paniker, MD, Section Editor

 Funding: None.

 Conflicts of Interest: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

 Authorship Statement: All work in this manuscript is original. All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing the manuscript, and each accepts responsibility for the content.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00624-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.07.005

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 12 , Pages 1096-1098 , December 2009

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