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BUTLER AND MESSIER

FEBRUARY 2013

Volume 96, Number 2

Complete issue

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About RIMJ

For Authors
• Contributors
• Letters to the Editor

For Advertisers

Editor-in-Chief
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Associate Editor
Sun Ho Ahn, MD

Editor Emeritus
Stanley M. Aronson, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

	Special Section BIOSCIENCE IN RHODE ISLAND Guest Editor: Denice Spero, MD

15	Showcasing Bioscience in Rhode Island Denice Spero, PhD
16	ProThera Biologics, Inc.: A Novel Immunomodulator and Biomarker for Life-Threatening Diseases Yow-Pin Lim, MD, PhD
19	Building Better Biotherapeutics and Vaccines by Design: EpiVax, Inc., an Immunology Company Leonard Moise, PhD; Anthony Marcello; Ryan Tassone; Leslie Cousens, PhD; William Martin; Anne S. De Groot, MD
22	On the Path to a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapy Justin R. Fallon, PhD
25	BioIntraface®: The Next Quantum in Medical Devices John D. Jarrell, PhD, PE
29	VeroScience: Applying Nature’s Genius to Help Improve the Human Condition Donna Cowan, CCRC; Anthony Cincotta, PhD

	LETTER TO THE EDITOR
13	An Aripiprazole Discontinuation Syndrome Noah S. Philip, MD

	CONTRIBUTIONS
32	Barriers to Completion of Desired Postpartum Sterilization Michael DeSimone, BS; Rebecca H. Allen, MD, MPH; Lori A. Boardman, MD, SCM
35	Decade of HIV in Rhode Island: Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Diagnosed in 2001 and 2010 Sarah Leeper, MD; Katie Fillion, MD; Fizza Gillani, PhD;Heather Ross, LICSW; Aadia Rana, MD; Karen Tashima, MD

	PUBLIC HEALTH
41	Emerging Global Epidemiology of Measles and Public Health Response to Confirmed Case in Rhode Island Ananda Sankar Bandyopadhyay, MBBS, MPH; Utpala Bandy, MD
45	Vital Statistics Colleen Fontana, State Registrar

	IMAGES IN MEDICINE
46	Parotid Gland Pleomorphic Adenoma with Floret-Like Tyrosine-Rich Crystals Ralph M. Sams, MD; Shamlal Mangray, MBBS

7	COMMENTARY (11-page section)
	Prior Authorizations and Denials Joseph H. Friedman, MD
	A Tree-bark and its Pilgrimage through History Stanley M. Aronson, MD

12	POINT OF VIEW
	Testing, Testing, Testing – When Will the Madness Stop? Leonard Mermel, DO, SCM

47	BOOKS
	The Man with the Bionic Brain Mary Korr

49	IN THE NEWS
	Borkan to Lead New Brown MD/ScM Program David Orenstein
	Public Health Program at Brown Launches Healthy Aging Initiative Mary Korr

53	SPOTLIGHT
	Q & A with Dr. Richard Besdine Mary Korr

55	RIMS NEWS
	Neuroscience and Society Symposium

56	PEOPLE
	Recognition
	National Appointments Area Appointments
	Obituaries

64	PHYSICIAN'S LEXICON
	The Words of Disordered Consciousness Stanley M. Aronson, MD

63	HERITAGE
	Postcards from the Past: 1913 Mary Korr

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