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Acknowledgements
I would like to express my gratitude to Springer-Verlag
GmbH & Co., Heidelberg, for the publication of
this book, and in particular Dr. Ute Heilmann, Executive
Editor Clinical Medicine at Springer-Verlag, for
her enthusiastic support and for facilitating the completion
of this second edition and Wilma McHugh,
Medical Desk Editor, for her help in production work.
I would also like to express my sincere thanks to
Wendie Irving, my editorial assistant at Winthrop-
University Hospital, for her invaluable assistance and
tireless dedication in the preparation of this book.
Finally, most of my activities related to this project
occurred in the evenings and the weekends at
home. I am deeply appreciative and thankful to my
wife Shibani and our children, Devika and Davesh,
for their encouragement and support during this long
process.