Prescrire International

The following details are taken from the February 1997 edition of Prescrire international.

A bimonthly publication in English of selected articles from la revue Prescrire.

This international edition is designed for health professionals involved with therapeutics. The selection. translation, editing and proof-reading of articles follow a rigorous process to ensure a high standard of readability and reliability.

President: Philippe Schilliger
Editor-in-Chief: Christophe Kopp
Managing editor: Christine Badiane
Translator: David Young
Consultant: Trisha Greenhalgh; Trish Groves
Drawings: Alain Savino; Léa Lord
Layout and Illustrations: Patrick di Maria
Managing director: Jean Herpin
International coordinator: Ellen 't Hoen
Chief formatter: Catherine Marriette
Data entry and page-setting: Nathalie Froment
assisted by Sandrine Mourthé
Subscriptions: Christine Barraud
Printed by: Aubin Imprimeur
Ligugé-Poitiers - France (n^oimp. L 49656)

The accuracy of the information contained in the articles published by la revue Prescrire is ensured by extensive literature searches and verification by both authors and the editorial board. In addition, each article is submitted to a number of experts and primary care practitioners in order to correct possible shortcomings and inaccuracies. The following persons reviewed the articles included in issue No.27 of Prescrire International: Jean-Michel Abib (general practitioner); Jean-Pierre Aboulker (infectious disease specialist); Jean-Marie André (general physician); Stéphane Antignac (hospital pharmacist); Pierre Atlan (general practitioner); Michel Auriche (pharmacovigilance); Elisabeth Autret (pharmacologist); Haleh Bagheri (pharmacologist); Christophe Bagot (psychiatrist); Bernard Bannwarth (pharmacologist); Christophe Bellon (general practitioner); Jean-François Bergmann (gastroenterologist); Thierry Bérod (hospital pharmacist); Michel Biour (pharmacologist); Pierre Biron (pharmacologist); Jean-Philippe Breux (infectious disease specialist); François Bricaire (intectious disease specialist); Agnès Brouard (hospital pharmacist); Alain Bron (ophthalmologist); Jean Bruneton (pharmacologist); Françoise Brun-Vesinet (virologist); Anne Castot (pharmacologist); Laurence Coblente (general practitioner); François Danse (endocrinologist); Sylvie Dardalhon (general practitioner); Jean-Marie Decazes (infectious disease specialist); Jean Dormont (general physician); Dominique Dupagne (general practitioner); Marc Espié (oncologist); Denis Fasquelle (hospital pharmacist); Jean-Louis Feit (community pharmacist); Franck Fontenay (Arcat-Sida); Henri Foulques (gynaecologist); Pierre Gallois (general physician) Sylvie Gatt (pharmacist); Gérard Gay (general physician); Bertrand Gineste (community pharmacist); Pierre-Marie Girard (infectious disease specialist); Laurence Gueneret-Fromenty (hospital pharmacist); Béatrice Guyard-Boileau (obstetric in gynaecologist); Jean-Louis Imbs (pharmacologist); Christian Jacquot (nephrologist); Annie-Pierre Jonville-Bera (pharmacologist); Christine Katlama (intectious disease specialist); Jean-Jacques Kress (psychiatrist); Bernard Lachaux (psychiatrist); Georges Laroche (ophthalmologist); Dominique Larrey (hepatologist); Guy Lefrand (general practitioner); Claudie Locquet (general practitioner); François Maréchal (oncologist); Pierre Meunier (rheumatologist); Laurent Mignot (oncologist); Jean-Louis Montastruc (pharmacologist); Paul Montastruc (pharmacologist); Nicolas Moore (pharmacologist); Thanh Hy Nguyen (general practitioner); Annie Pecresse (pharmacist); Robert Pujol (pharmacist); Jean-Jacques Rabinovici (general practitioner); Bernard Regnier (infectious disease specialist); Gilles Renard (ophthalmologist); Bernard Resibois (community pharmacist); Christian Roux (rheumatologist); Guy Savy (general practitioner); Marc Schiano de Collela (community pharmacist); Etienne Schmitt (hospital pharmacist); Eric Sellem (ophthalmologist); Dominique Tingaud (community pharmacist); Françoise Vabre (hospital pharmacist); Elisabeth Veyriac (pharmacologist); Thierry Vial (pharmacologist); Philippe Vinceneux (general physician); Edouard Zarifian (psychiatrist)

Have also contributed to editing this issue: Paul Cesbron (gynaecologist-obstetrician); Michel Coletti (general practitioner); Odile Martinet-Odoul (pharmacist).

la Revue Prescrire

A monthly publication in French

EDITORIAL BOARD
Publishing reliable and practical information on new drugs and therapeutic strategies is a complex process. It requires the combined effort of a well-integrated editorial board who define the objectives, coordinate authors, editors and consultants, carry out succesive quality controls and produce the final version of articles. Our articles are not signed. This lack of signature underlines the collective nature of our editorial policy.

Editor-in-Chief: Gilles Bardelay (MD)
Executive Editors: Gilles Mignot (pharmacologist-drugs); Jean-Pierre Noiry (general practitioner-diagnostics and therapeutics strategies); Philippe Schilliger (general practitioner-professional practice)

Deputy Editors: Patrick di Maria (general practitioner-layout and illustrations); Hélène Merlin (pharmacist-quality control)

Section Editors:
New products: Gilles Mignot; Danielle Bardelay (pharmacist); Céline Martin (pharmacist)
Laboratory tests: Aldo Fari (biologist)
Health and society: Pierre Chirac (pharmacist)
Reviews: Jean-Pierre Noiry
We have read: Jean Doubovetzky (general practitioner); Jacques Juillard (general practitioner)
Forum: Patrick di Maria
Readers test and Take it easy: Philippe Mura (general practitioner)

Associate Editors: José Aguilar (general practitioner); Jean-Jacques Aulas (psychiatrist); Isabelle Breton (infectious disease specialist); Dominique Broclain (MD); Catherine Dumont (paediatrician); Emmanuel Dumont (cardiologist); Arnaud Ribier (cardiologist); Bruno Toussaint (general practitioner)
Documentation: Aldo Fari; Marine Barillot

Material published in Prescrire International must not he used for any form of advertising, sales or publicity nor be reproduced without written permission.

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