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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Robert S. Porter, MD

Merck & Co. Inc.; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jefferson Medical College

SENIOR ASSISTANT EDITOR

Justin L. Kaplan, MD

Merck & Co., Inc.; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jefferson Medical College

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Keryn A.G. Lane

Executive Editor

Susan T. Schindler

Senior Staff Writer

Susan C. Short

Senior Staff Writer

Michelle A. Steigerwald

Staff Editor

Last full review/revision March 2010

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