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Annual Review of Medicine - Volume 53, 2002
Volume 53, 2002
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Progress with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: A Personal Perspective over Four Decades
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 1–13More Less▪ Abstract Our understanding and treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) has progressed since 1960 in parallel with work on cancer in general. CML provided the first evidence of a specific genetic change associated with a human cancer (the Philadelphia chromosome) and the clonal nature of these disorders. With improved cytogenetic and molecular techniques over subsequent dec Read More
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 15–33More Less▪ Abstract The diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) has been improved and simplified over the past decade thanks to advances in noninvasive and readily accessible technology. With high degrees of sensitivity and specificity, venous ultrasonography is favored as the initial investigation for DVT. To diagnose PE, most clinicians rely on diagnostic algorithms that combine clinical assessmen Read More
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Cyclooxygenase-2: A Therapeutic Target
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 35–57More Less▪ Abstract Cyclooxygenase (COX), also known as prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase, is the key enzyme required for the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins. Two COX isoforms have been identified, COX-1 and COX-2. In many situations, the COX-1 enzyme is produced constitutively (e.g., in gastric mucosa), whereas COX-2 is highly inducible (e.g., at sites of inflammation and cancer). Traditional nonstero Read More
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New Therapeutics for Chronic Heart Failure
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 59–74More Less▪ Abstract Traditionally, clinicians have viewed heart failure either as a problem of excessive salt and water retention caused by abnormalities of renal blood flow, or as a hemodynamic problem associated with a reduced cardiac output and excessive peripheral vasoconstriction. Recently, clinicians have begun to adopt a neurohormonal model in which heart failure progresses because of the toxic effects of endogenous biol Read More
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: The Systemic Clumping “Plague”
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 75–88More Less▪ Abstract In thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), a multimeric form of von Willebrand factor (vWf) that is larger than ordinarily found in the plasma causes systemic platelet aggregation under the high-shear conditions of the microcirculation. A divalent cation–activated, vWf-cleaving metalloprotease that metabolizes large vWf multimers to smaller forms in normal plasma is severely reduced or absent in most patients Read More
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Positron Emission Tomography Scanning: Current and Future Applications
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 89–112More Less▪ Abstract Whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with 18F deoxyglucose (FDG) is a molecular imaging modality that detects metabolic alterations in tumor cells that are common to neoplastic cells. FDG-PET has recently been approved by the Health Care Finance Administration for Medicare reimbursement for diagnosing, staging, and restaging lung cancer, colorectal cancer, lymphoma, melanom Read More
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Across the Lifespan
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 113–131More Less▪ Abstract Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder presenting for treatment in youth. ADHD is often chronic with prominent symptoms and impairment spanning into adulthood. ADHD is often associated with co-occurring anxiety, mood, and disruptive disorders, as well as substance abuse. The diagnosis of ADHD by careful review of symptoms and impairment is both reliable Read More
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Will the Pig Solve the Transplantation Backlog?
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 133–147More Less▪ Abstract The increasing shortage of human cadaveric organs for purposes of transplantation has become the critical limiting factor in the number of transplants performed each year. Some of this deficit is being met by the use of organs or partial organs from living donors, but this source is insufficient. Xenotransplantation—the transplantation of organs between species, namely from the pig to human—could provid Read More
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Immunologic Control of HIV-1
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 149–172More Less▪ Abstract By destroying CD4+ T cells, human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection results in immunodeficiency and the inability of the immune system to contain the virus in most individuals. Although treatment of HIV-1 infection with potent antiretroviral medications has resulted in enormous clinical benefit, there is a growing recognition of the limitations of this therapy. As a result, novel approaches to treating HIV-1 Read More
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The Expanding Pharmacopoeia for Bipolar Disorder
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 173–188More Less▪ Abstract Over the past decade, the number of treatments available for bipolar disorder has undergone an extraordinary expansion. In that period, valproate and olanzapine have received regulatory approval in the United States for the acute treatment of mania, and carbamazepine has been indicated for this condition in many other countries. In addition to those agents, a number of other anticonvulsants (in particular la Read More
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Heart Transplantation: A Thirty-Year Perspective
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 189–205More Less▪ Abstract Heart transplantation has evolved over the past 30 years into a mainstay of therapy for heart failure patients. As the surgical technique and basic immunology were defined, heart transplantation became a real therapeutic option. Over the next few decades, thoracic transplant teams at Stanford University and other institutions refined this mode of therapy. This review addresses the history, current surgical technique, r Read More
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Clinical Trials of HIV Vaccines*
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 207–221More Less▪ Abstract Development of a preventive vaccine for HIV is the best hope of controlling the AIDS pandemic. Evidence from natural history studies and experiments in animal models indicates that immunity against HIV is possible, suggesting that vaccine development is feasible. These studies have shown that sufficient levels of neutralizing antibody against HIV can prevent infection, although the effect is type-specific. In contra Read More
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Chemoprevention of Aerodigestive Tract Cancers
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 223–243More Less▪ Abstract Epithelial cancers are a major worldwide health problem. Since the mid-1970s, advances in multidisciplinary cancer therapeutics have only slightly improved the mortality rate from epithelial malignancies. Chemoprevention is the use of specific natural or synthetic chemical agents to reverse, suppress, or prevent progression to invasive cancer. Chemopreventive medicine is based on translating basic biologic resear Read More
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Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 245–267More Less▪ Abstract This review focuses on several topics related to the epidemiology of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). These include the CVD risk factors common in the metabolic syndrome, behavioral risk factors and diabetes, gender differences in the association between diabetes and CVD risk, and how the clinical definition of diabetes influences the association of diabetes and CVD. Nontraditional risk factors potentially Read More
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Immune Reconstitution in Patients with HIV Infection
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 269–284More Less▪ Abstract The peripheral T cell pool is damaged by HIV-1 infection and can be regenerated by production of new T lymphocytes either from the thymus or from proliferation of post-thymic T cells. A critical question for AIDS patients is whether treatment with antiretroviral drugs can restore the capability to produce new T lymphocytes. The development of a new assay of thymus function in adults (the measurement of T cell Read More
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Multiple Sclerosis
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 285–302More Less▪ Abstract Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Diagnosis rests upon identifying typical clinical symptoms and interpreting supportive laboratory and radiological investigations. The etiology is unknown; however, strong evidence suggests that MS is an autoimmune disease directed against CNS myelin or oligodendrocytes. Genetic factors are important in the devel Read More
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Gene Expression Profiling of Lymphoid Malignancies*
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 303–318More Less▪ Abstract Comprehensive gene expression profiling using DNA microarrays is providing a molecular classification of cancer into disease categories that are homogeneous with respect to pathogenesis and clinical behavior. Gene expression profiling revealed that diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) consists of at least two molecularly distinct diseases that are derived from distinct stages of B cell differentiation and Read More
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Lipotoxic Diseases
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 319–336More Less▪ Abstract I review evidence that leptin is a liporegulatory hormone that controls lipid homeostasis in nonadipose tissues during periods of overnutrition. When adipocytes store excess calories as triacylglycerol (TG), leptin secretion rises so as to prevent accumulation of lipids in nonadipose tissues, which are not adapted for TG storage. Whenever leptin action is lacking, whether through leptin deficiency or leptin Read More
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Directions of Drug Discovery in Osteoporosis
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 337–354More Less▪ Abstract Osteoporosis is a condition of increasing importance and prevalence in all parts of the world and particularly in Asia. Recent advances have led to the introduction of effective drugs that decrease bone resorption and stabilize bone mass. However, these drugs have been identified by serendipity rather than rational drug design and are not ideal because of limited bioavailability, mode of administration, or other unw Read More
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Early Management of Prostate Cancer: How to Respond to an Elevated PSA?
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 355–368More Less▪ Abstract Support for prostate cancer screening efforts is provided by observational studies reporting decreases in prostate cancer–specific mortality in areas where screening is performed with digital rectal exam (DRE) and measurement of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. The combination of PSA and DRE is an excellent cancer-screening tool with sensitivity and positive predictive value superior to that of m Read More
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Recent Advancements in the Treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 369–381More Less▪ Abstract Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a clonal hematopoetic stem cell disorder characterized by the Philadelphia chromosome and resultant production of the constitutively activated Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase. Characterized clinically by marked myeloid proliferation, it invariably terminates in an acute leukemia. Conventional therapeutic options include interferon-based regimens and stem cell transplantation, wit Read More
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Surgical Management of Heart Failure: An Overview
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 383–391More Less▪ Abstract Cardiac transplantation remains the gold standard of surgical therapies for advanced and end-stage heart failure. However, this very limited option trades one disease for another and can benefit only a small minority of patients. Heart failure is currently considered secondary to a structural increase in ventricular chamber volume or remodeling. Surgical therapies formerly contraindicated for the failing heart, as we Read More
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Nephron-Sparing Surgery for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 393–407More Less▪ Abstract Nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) provides effective curative therapy for patients with localized renal cell carcinoma. In patients with imperative indications, it represents an alternative to renal replacement therapy. For selected patients with systemic comorbidities that threaten global renal function, NSS preserves unaffected nephrons with excellent cancer-specific survival. Elective partial nephrectomy for patien Read More
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The Mechanisms of Action of PPARs
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 409–435More Less▪ Abstract The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a group of three nuclear receptor isoforms, PPARγ, PPARα, and PPARδ, encoded by different genes. PPARs are ligand-regulated transcription factors that control gene expression by binding to specific response elements (PPREs) within promoters. PPARs bind as heterodimers with a retinoid X receptor and, upon binding agonist, interact with cofactors such Read More
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Cancer Gene Therapy: Scientific Basis
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 437–452More Less▪ Abstract Gene therapy of cancer has been one of the most exciting and elusive areas of therapeutic research in the past decade. Critical developments have occurred in gene therapy targeting cancer cells, cancer vasculature, the immune system, and the bone marrow, itself often the target for severe toxicity from therapeutic agents. We review some recent developments in the field. In each instance, clear preclini Read More
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Ischemic Stroke Therapy
C. Stapf, and J. P. MohrVol. 53 (2002), pp. 453–475More Less▪ Abstract Stroke is the most common life-threatening neurologic disease and the leading cause of serious long-term disability. The advent of new treatment options for selected patients suffering ischemic stroke (such as systemic administration of tissue plasminogen activator or catheter-guided intra-arterial thrombolysis), the structural reorganization of patient care facilities into stroke units, and interdisciplinary cerebrov Read More
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The Pathophysiology of Asthma
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 477–498More Less▪ Abstract Asthma is a chronic disorder of the airways that is characterized by reversible airflow obstruction and airway inflammation, persistent airway hyperreactivity, and airway remodeling. The etiology of asthma is complex and multifactorial. Recent advances have demonstrated the importance of genetics in the development of asthma, particularly atopic asthma. Environmental stimuli, particularly early childhood inf Read More
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Viral Persistence: HIV's Strategies of Immune System Evasion
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 499–518More Less▪ Abstract In contrast to most animal viruses, infection with the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses results in prolonged, continuous viral replication in the infected host. Remarkably, viral persistence is not thwarted by the presence of apparently vigorous, virus-specific immune responses. Several factors are thought to contribute to persistent viral replication, most notably the destruction of virus-specific T helper Read More
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Breast Cancer Risk Reduction: Strategies for Women at Increased Risk
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 519–540More Less▪ Abstract Breast cancer risk reduction now represents an achievable medical objective. Current interventions include selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), prophylactic surgery, and lifestyle change. For SERMs, current evidence supports tamoxifen use for breast cancer risk reduction whereas raloxifene requires further study. Prophylactic mastectomy and prophylactic oophorectomy, effective in retrospectiv Read More
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Potential New Therapies for the Treatment of HIV-1 Infection
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 541–555More Less▪ Abstract The development and clinical use of chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of persistent HIV-1 infection over the past decade has profoundly and favorably affected the course of HIV-1 disease for many infected individuals. Unfortunately, the long-term use of these therapies is complicated by unwanted metabolic side effects, by issues of adherence, and by the selection of viral variants with reduced susceptibilit Read More
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The Challenge of Viral Reservoirs in HIV-1 Infection
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 557–593More Less▪ Abstract A viral reservoir is a cell type or anatomical site in association with which a replication-competent form of the virus accumulates and persists with more stable kinetic properties than the main pool of actively replicating virus. This article reviews several cell types and anatomical sites proposed as potential reservoirs for HIV-1. It is now clear that HIV-1 persists in a small reservoir of latently infected resting memory Read More
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Rational Approach to AIDS Drug Design Through Structural Biology*
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 595–614More Less▪ Abstract The discovery and development of more than a dozen drugs in the past 15 years for the treatment of AIDS offer an excellent example of progress in the field of rational drug design. At this time, the principal targets are reverse transcriptase and protease, enzymes encoded by the human immunodeficiency virus. The introduction of protease inhibitors, in particular, has drastically decreased the mortality and morbid Read More
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Mechanisms of Cancer Drug Resistance
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 615–627More Less▪ Abstract The design of cancer chemotherapy has become increasingly sophisticated, yet there is no cancer treatment that is 100% effective against disseminated cancer. Resistance to treatment with anticancer drugs results from a variety of factors including individual variations in patients and somatic cell genetic differences in tumors, even those from the same tissue of origin. Frequently resistance is intrinsic to th Read More
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Thalidomide: Emerging Role in Cancer Medicine
Vol. 53 (2002), pp. 629–657More Less▪ Abstract Thalidomide—removed from widespread clinical use by 1962 because of severe teratogenicity—has antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory effects, including the inhibition of tumor necrosis alpha factor. It has now returned to practice as an effective oral agent in the management of various disease states including erythema nodosum leprosum, for which it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Ad Read More
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Previous Volumes
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Volume 75 (2024)
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Volume 74 (2023)
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Volume 73 (2022)
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Volume 72 (2021)
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Volume 71 (2020)
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Volume 70 (2019)
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Volume 69 (2018)
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Volume 68 (2017)
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Volume 67 (2016)
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Volume 66 (2015)
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Volume 65 (2014)
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Volume 64 (2013)
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Volume 63 (2012)
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Volume 62 (2011)
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Volume 61 (2010)
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Volume 60 (2009)
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Volume 59 (2008)
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Volume 58 (2007)
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Volume 57 (2006)
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Volume 56 (2005)
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Volume 55 (2004)
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Volume 54 (2003)
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Volume 53 (2002)
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Volume 52 (2001)
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Volume 51 (2000)
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Volume 50 (1999)
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Volume 49 (1998)
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Volume 48 (1997)
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Volume 47 (1996)
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Volume 46 (1995)
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Volume 45 (1994)
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Volume 44 (1993)
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Volume 43 (1992)
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Volume 42 (1991)
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Volume 41 (1990)
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Volume 40 (1989)
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Volume 39 (1988)
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Volume 38 (1987)
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Volume 37 (1986)
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Volume 36 (1985)
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Volume 35 (1984)
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Volume 34 (1983)
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Volume 33 (1982)
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Volume 32 (1981)
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Volume 31 (1980)
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Volume 30 (1979)
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Volume 29 (1978)
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Volume 28 (1977)
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Volume 27 (1976)
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Volume 26 (1975)
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Volume 25 (1974)
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Volume 24 (1973)
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Volume 23 (1972)
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Volume 22 (1971)
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Volume 21 (1970)
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Volume 20 (1969)
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Volume 19 (1968)
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Volume 18 (1967)
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Volume 17 (1966)
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Volume 16 (1965)
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Volume 15 (1964)
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Volume 14 (1963)
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Volume 13 (1962)
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Volume 12 (1961)
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Volume 11 (1960)
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Volume 10 (1959)
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Volume 9 (1958)
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Volume 8 (1957)
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Volume 7 (1956)
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Volume 6 (1955)
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Volume 5 (1954)
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Volume 4 (1953)
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Volume 3 (1952)
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Volume 2 (1951)
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Volume 1 (1950)
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Volume 0 (1932)