JANUARY-MARCH 2003, VOLUME 20, No 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

editorials

ALLHAT study
Up to date, the major study which intervening with hypertension responds to the query
which is the best antihypertensive medicinal product
G.S. Stergiou, T.D. Mountokalakis
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How safe is the administration of statins?
L.S. Rallidis
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reviews

The role of �-blockers in chronic heart failure
P.N. Georgakopoulos, M. Kyriakidis
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Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis
K. Ntalles, I. Kostoglou-Athanassiou
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original papers

Estimation of hemodialysis adequacy based on blood urea measurement
at various time intervals during the dialysis session
P. Kalocheretis, A. Drouzas, H. Vlamis, I. Makryniotou,
S. Zerbala, N. Arvanitis, E. Poirazlar, Ch. Iatrou
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Oral candidiasis in patients with hematological malignancies
O. Nicolatou-Galitis, S. Paikos, S. Kokori, N. Sypsas, P. Oikonomopoulou, A. Velegraki
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short communications

A case of acute icteric hepatitis due to overlap syndrome
between autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis
P. Rafailidis, S.P. Dourakis, K. Petraki, S.J. Hadziyannis
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Is Strongyloides stercoralis endemic in Greece?
K. Tzanetou, I. Geros, E. Kalogeropoulou, A. Karathanasis,
G. Tsoufakis, P. Ziroyiannis, E. Malamou-Lada
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history of medicine

Asclepieia: the first hospitals of mankind
G. Kalantzis, J. Lascaratos
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health economics

Comparative analysis of health care systems of ten developed countries
Y. Tountas
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bibliometrics

The impact factor of scientific journals by broad category
E. Skalkidis, A.E. Germenis, N. Patsopoulos, D. Trichopoulos
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