October 2006
Vol. 98, No. 10
PRESIDENT’S COLUMN
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After the Storm: Positioning the NMA Mission in the
Post-Katrina Era
Albert W. Morris Jr., MD
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS
1579
Impact of Heart Disease and Quality of Care on Minority
Populations in the United States
Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH; Mayadallia Guendelman;
Benjamin S. Leong; Sara Hogan; and Adrienne Dennison
1590
Safety and Efficacy of Donepezil in African Americans
with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease
Patrick Griffith, MD; Peter Lichtenberg, PhD; Robert
Goldman, PhD; and Jennifer Payne-Parrish, PhD
1598
Evaluation of Bone Metabolism and Bone Mass in
Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus
S. Gul Oz, MD; Gulay Sain Guven, MD; Alpaslan Kilicarslan,
MD; Nursel Calik, MD; Yavuz Beyazit, MD; and Tumay Sozen, Prof. MD
1613
Frequency of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and
Degree of Hepatic Steatosis in African-American
Patients
Samuel A. Giday, MD; Zelalem Ashiny, MD; Tammy Naab,
MD; Duane Smoot, MD; and Alpha Banks, MD
1616
A Review of Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Muhammad Ahsan Baig, MD; Abdul Qadir, MD; and
Javeria Rasheed, MD
1620
Clinicoradiologic and Sonographic Patterns of
Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Jesse A. Otegbayo, MBBS, MSc, FWACP; Omolola M.
Atalabi, MBBS, FWACS, FMCS; and Abdulmumini Yakubu,
MBBS, FWACP
1626
Race, Ethnicity and Prevalence of Primary Open-Angle
Glaucoma
Omofolasade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD, MSPH, MBA; Gordon Gong,
MD, MS; Gleb Haynatzki, PhD; and M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS
1630
Trauma Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and
Depression in an African-American Primary Care Population
Tanya N. Alim, MD; Elaine Graves, PhD; Thomas A. Mellman,
MD; Notalelomwan Aigbogun, MS; Ekwenzi Gray, PhD;
William Lawson, PhD, MD; and Dennis S. Charney, MD
1637
Formative Evaluation of the Prostate Cancer Screening
Practices of African-American Physicians
Leonardo Stroud, MD, MPH; Louie E. Ross, PhD; and
Shyanika W. Rose, MA
1644
Assessment of Preventive Health Knowledge and
Behaviors of African-American and Afro-Caribbean Women in Urban Settings
Necole Brown; Priya Naman, MPH; Peter Homel, PhD; Marilyn
Fraser-White, MD; Richard Clare; and Ruth Browne, ScD
1654
Functional Results of Vertebral Augmentation Techniques
in Pathological Vertebral Fractures of Myelomatous Patients
Kamil Çagrı Köse, MD; Oguz Cebesoy, MD; Burak Akan, MD;
Levent Altinel, MD; Derya Dinçer, MD; and Tarık Yazar, MD
1663
Utility of STaT for the Identification of Recent Intimate
Partner Violence
Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH; Kimberly Rask, MD, PhD;
and Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH
1670
Relationship between Weight Loss and Gallbladder
Motility in Obese Women
Ramazan Sari, MD and Mustafa Kemal Balci, MD
1678
Barrier to Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccinations in
Black Elderly Communities: Mistrust
LeWanza M. Harris, MD, MPH; Nancy P. Chin, PhD, MPH;
Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH; and Sharon Humiston, MD, MPH
1685
Impact of Deliveries on the Office Practice of Family
Medicine
Wm. MacMillan Rodney, MD; Damion Hardison, MD; Kelly
Rodney-Arnold, MD; and Larry McKenzie, DO
GUEST EDITORIAL
1652
Most Black Women Have a Regular Source of Hair
Care—But Not Medical Care
Ruth C. Browne, ScD
CASE REPORTS
1692
Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome and Familial Mediterranean
Fever in a Single Patient: Two Distinct Genetic Diseases Located on Chromosome 16p13.3
Umut Kalyoncu, MD; Abdurrahman Tufan, MD; Omer
Karadag, MD; Bunyamin Kisacik, MD; Ali Akdogan, MD; and
Meral Calguneri, MD
1694
Spontaneous Enterocutaneous Fistula—A Rare
Presentation of Enteric Fever
Barbara Edewele Otaigbe, FWACP; Ifeoma Comfort
Anochie, FWACP; and Ifefoma Gbobo, FWACS
1697
Fatal Delayed Transfusion Reaction in a Sickle Cell
Anemia Patient with Serratia Marcescens Sepsis
Desiree Seeyave, MD; Ninad Desai, MD; Scott Miller, MD;
Sreedhar P. Rao, MD; and Steve Piecuch, MD, MPH
1700
Recurrent Panniculitis in an Adolescent Boy with
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Alexander K.C. Leung, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP (UK & Irel),
FRCPCH, FAAP and William Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC,
FRCP (Glasg)
1702
Rare Case of Intraosseous Lipoma with Proximal Femoral
Localization Causing Cortical Expansion
Oguz Cebesoy, MD and Levent Altinel, MD
1707
Acute Gangrene that Developed in the Fingers of the Hand
with Arteriovenous Fistule in a Chronic Hemodialysis Patient
Oguz Cebesoy, MD and Enver Taner Baltaci, MD
1710
Unilateral Ectopic Right Kidney, an Incidental Finding
during Pelvic Sonogram
Luqman Dabiri, MD, MSc (London), FRCS and Wellman
Cheung, MD
ART IN MEDICINE
1624
Diary of a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician
Paul Rousseau, MD
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
1713
The CHARISMA Trial and the REACH Registry Outcomes
David P. Faxon, MD and Richard W. Nesto, MD
Obesity Prevention in Pediatrics
Joshua Bernard Grossman, MD, FACP
BOOK REVIEWS
1715
The Menopause Bible, The Complete Practical
Guide to Managing Your Menopause
Edited by Robin N. Phillips, MD
Reviewed by Oroma Nwanodi, MD
The New Politics of Old Age Policy
Edited by Robert B. Hudson
Reviewed by Ribhi Hazin
MOVIE REVIEWS
1717
“The Constant Gardener”
Reviewed by Heather M. Butts, JD, MPH, MA
1718
“RX for Survival: A Global Health Challenge”
Reviewed by Richard F. Gillum
INFOPOEMS
1719
Probiotics Effective in Preventing Acute, but Not Traveler’s, Diarrhea
Pneumonia: Three Days of Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Course
Neuropsychologic Scores Marginally Predict Alzheimer’s Risk
Multiple Cesareans Increase Risk of Maternal Morbidity
DEPARTMENTS
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Masthead
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About the Cover
Surgical Section of the NMA
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