HOT PAPERS IN MEDICINE, RANKED BY CITATIONS RECEIVED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1996

Date: May 12, 1997

Rank Paper Citations
Nov.-Dec. 1996		Total citations
through March 1997

1. J. Shepherd et al., "Prevention of coronary heart disease with pravastatin in men with hyper-cholesterolemia," New England Journal of Medicine, 333:1301-7, 1995. 43 211
2 A. Colombo et al., "Intracoronary stenting without anticoagulation accomplished with intravascular ultrasound guidance," Circulation, 91:1676-88, 1995. 26 165
3 E.M. Connor et al., "Reduction of maternal-infant transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 with zidovudine treatment," New Engl.J.Med. 331:1173-80, 1994. 20* 238
4 G.A. Colditz et al., "The use of estrogens and progestins and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women," New Engl. J. Med., 332:1589-93, 1995. 20 180
5 B.M. Psaty et al., "The risk of myocardial infarction associated with antihypertensive drug therapies," JAMA-Journal of the American Medical...

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