Sunil Babu, M.D., Michael Liu, M.D., and Robert G. Lerner, M.D.

Dr. Babu is Fellow in Hematology/Oncology at New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, and Dr. Liu is Resident in Internal Medicine at Cabrini Medical Center, New York, NY.

Within the past 12 months, Dr.Babu and Dr. Liu report no commercial conflicts of interest. Dr. Lerner reports research support from Boehringer-Ingelheim, Sanofi-Aventis and Bayer and is on the Speakers Bureau for Sanofi-Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline and Eisai.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose.

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Release Date: 06/05/2007
Termination Date: 06/05/2010

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