CONTENTS    Volume 1, No. 2, 2006                         

ORIGINAL PAPERS: CLINICAL OR BASIC RESEARCHPortal vein thrombosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. How can we predict it?
Mirela Ciocirlan, Mihai Ciocirlan, Dan Stanescu, Mircea Diculescu

Molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS) dialysis for fulminant hepatic failure due to paracetamol overdose in children
Adrian Covic, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir, Carmen Volovat, David J.A. Goldsmith

Critic evaluation of arterial hypertension studies in children in Romania
Eliza Cinteza

Why do people smoke? The case of persons with type 2 diabetes
Stefania Miclea, Mirela Bogatea, Nicolae Hancu

Reproducibility in echocardiography: clinical significance, assessment, and comparison with other imaging methods
Andrei-Dumitru Margulescu, Mircea Cinteza, Dragos Vinereanu

EDITORIALSThe role of evidence-based medicine in the management of critically ill patients
Dorel Sandesc, Ovidiu Bedreag

Rome III: ongoing journey for better diagnosis and treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders
Mircea Diculescu, Tudor Arbanas

Composite lymphomas - diagnosis and evolution
Anca Roxana Lupu, Mihaela Closca-Gheorghiu, Oana Ciocan, Anca Ciobanu, Cristina Mihai

STATE-OF-THE-ARTAdvanced glycation endproducts (AGE) and their role in the pathogenesis of chronic complications of diabetes mellitus
Monica Negrean

TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINEHIF-PROLYL hydroxylase inhibitors: From basic science to clinical trials
Mircea Ivan

CASE REPORTSA monochorionic, monoamniotic twin pregnancy with one anencephalos fetus
Radu Vladareanu, Mona Zvanca

IMAGES IN MEDICINEHairy cell leukemia
Silvana Angelescu, Oana Ciocan, Anca Roxana Lupu

JOURNAL CLUBAtorvastatin. Better to be taken in the evening
Stefania Magda

Brain natriuretic peptide. Potential marker for the acute coronary syndrome
Natalia Niculescu

Entecavir is superior to Lamivudine in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B, in association with Interferon
Andrei-Dumitru Margulescu

The first human vaccine against the avian influenza virus H5N1
Andrei-Dumitru Margulescu

Meta-analysis of trials for drug eluting stents
Roxana Sisu

Nataluzimab. A new treatment for multiple sclerosis
Andrei-Dumitru Margulescu

A new controlled randomized trial for pioglitazone
Maria Florescu

Resistance to clopidogrel and aspirin
Vlad Vintila

Short stents do not have high restenosis rate
Andrea Ciobanu

VIGNETESCardiology news
Andrei-Dumitru Margulescu