Huamin Wang, Hubert Zajicek, Vijay Kumar, Paul Wilson, and Moshe Levi

Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75216, USA

Received 1/13/97; Accepted 1/13/97; On-line 02/01/96

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