A Pathophysiologic Approach
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A Pathophysiologic Approach
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Joseph T. DiPiro, PharmD, FCCP
Executive Dean and Professor, South Carolina
College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
and Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Robert L. Talbert, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, CLS
SmithKline Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin,
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Gary C. Yee, PharmD, FCCP, BCOP
Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice,
College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Omaha, Nebraska
Gary R. Matzke, PharmD, FCP, FCCP
Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics and Associate
Dean for Clinical Research and Public Policy, School of Pharmacy,
Professor of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Division, School of Medicine,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Barbara G. Wells, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, BCPP
Dean and Professor, Executive Director of the Research Institute
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy,
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
L. Michael Posey, BSPharm
Editorial Director, Periodicals Department, American Pharmacists Association,
Washington, D.C.
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