Cases in Healthcare

THIRD EDITION

CASE FILES®

Internal Medicine

Eugene C. Toy, MD

The John S. Dunn, Senior Academic Chair and Program Director

The Methodist Hospital Ob/Gyn Residency Program

Houston, Texas

Vice Chair of Academic Affairs

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

The Methodist Hospital

Houston, Texas

Associate Clinical Professor and Clerkship Director

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Houston, Texas

Associate Clinical Professor

Weill Cornell College of Medicine

John T. Patlan, Jr., MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department of General Internal Medicine

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

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