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Special Section
ARTHROPLASTY OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES
Guest Editor: Lee E. Rubin, MD

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Introduction
Lee E. Rubin, MD

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Establishing a Center of Excellence:
The Total Joint Center at The Miriam Hospital
Gary M. Ferguson, MD, Clinical Director
John A. Froehlich, MD, Program Dircetor

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Pathogenesis and Epidemiologyof Osteoarthritis
Roy K. Aaron, MD; Jennifer Racine, BA

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Advanced Blood Management Strategies for Elective Joint Arthroplasty
Jodi L. Layton, MD; Lee E. Rubin, MD;
Joseph D. Sweeney, MD, FACP, FRCPATH

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Management of the ‘Young’ Patient with Hip Disease
Scott A. Ritterman, MD; Lee E. Rubin, MD

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Current Thoughts on Ankle Arthritis
Scott A. Ritterman, MD; Todd A. Fellars, MD, MBA;
Christopher W. DiGiovanni, MD

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Brief Report: Total Knee Arthroplasty
Performed with Patient-Specific,
Pre-operative CT-Guided Navigation
Lee E. Rubin, MD ; Kenneth T. Murgo, BA

CONTRIBUTIONS

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Psychotropics and Sudden Cardiac Death
Tuan Anh Dinh; Jessica L. Gören, PharmD, BCPP

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Medical Student-Mothers
Julie Scott Taylor, MD, MSc; Marina M.C. MacNamara, MPH; Anna Groskin, MD, MHS; Laura I. Petras, MD

PUBLIC HEALTH

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Veteran Status of Suicide Victims in Rhode Island, 2005–2009
Daniel J. Lubin, MD; Edward F. Donnelly, MPH

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Vital Statistics
Colleen Fontana, State Registrar

IMAGES IN MEDICINE

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Phlegmonous Colitis Associated with Advanced Liver Disease: Case Report and Novel Radiological Signs
Michael D. Beland, MD; Carlos Esteva, MD; William Kim, MD; John J. Cronan, MD