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Clinical Quiz questions are based upon selected articles in this issue. Answers appear in this issue.

American Family Physician has been approved according to the American Academy of Family Physicians as having educational satisfaction acceptable for Prescribed credit hours. time of approval covers issues published within single year from the beginning distribution date of January 2003 This issue has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 35 Prescribed credit hours. Credit may be claimed for single in kind year from the date of this issue. When reporting CME credit hours, AAFP members should report total Prescribed credit hours earned for this activity. It is not necessary for members to label credit hours as evidence-based or Prescribed for CME reporting purposes

The American Academy of Family Physicians is accredited from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The AAFP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 35 hours in Category 1 credit toward the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim no other than those hours of credit that he or she actually wearied in the educational activity.

AAFP Credit

Each archetype of AFP contains a Clinical Quiz answer card. AAFP members may use this card to obtain the designated number of Prescribed credit hours for the year in which the card is postmarked.

AMA/PRA Category 1 Credit

AAFP members who satisfy the Academy's continuing medical education requirements are automatically eligible for the AMA/PRA.

Physicians who are not members of the AAFP are eligible to receive the designated number of credit hours in Category 1 of the AMA/PRA forward completion and return of the Clinical Quiz answer card. AFP preserves a record of AMA/PRA Category 1 credit hours for nonmember physicians. This record will be provided onward request; however, nonmembers are responsible for reporting their acknowledge Category 1 CME credits when applying for the AMA/PRA or other certificates or credentials.

For health care professionals who are not physicians and are AFP subscribers, a record of CME credit is kept by means of AAFP and will be provided to you forward written request. You are responsible for reporting CME hours to your professional organization.

NOTE: The cloyed text of AFP is available online (www.aafp.org/afp), including each issue's Clinical Quiz. The table of satisfieds for each online issue will link you to the Clinical Quiz. Just come next the online directions to take the quiz and, if you're an AAFP member, you can submit your answers for CME credit.

INSTRUCTIONS

Read each article, answer all questions onward the quiz pages, and transfer your answers to the Clinical Quiz answer card (bound into your model of AFP). This will help you avoid errors and permit you to check your answers against the correct answers.

A Mail the Clinical Quiz answer card within individual year (by March 31, 2004) The bar digest on the answer card contains your identification for CME credit hours.

Before beginning the proof please note: Each Clinical Quiz includes couple types of questions: Type A and shadow X.