The following 21 articles are the most popular articles of the year 2007 as determined by more than 1400 subscribers to the Amedeo Medical Literature Service. From December 2007 to April 2008, they were selected in a three-step process:

1. The nomination of 1473 articles from hundreds of thousands of articles published in 2007 and listed in PubMed (December/January; see details)

2. The first voting round which promoted 156 articles to the second voting round (February/March; see details)

3. The second voting round in April which selected 21 articles for the final voting round

The final voting round will be from June 9-30, 2008. The winners of the Amedeo Prize 2008 (see the Rules) will be announced on July 4, 2008, 3 p.m. CEST (Central European Summer Time).

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The articles are presented in random order.

Fernandez, Javier - Primary prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis delays hepatorenal syndrome and improves survival in cirrhosis. Gastroenterology - Free full-text
Baker, Jennifer L - Childhood body-mass index and the risk of coronary heart disease in adulthood. N Engl J Med - Free full-text
Vernooij, Meike W - Incidental findings on brain MRI in the general population. N Engl J Med - Free full-text
Embriaco, Nathalie - High level of burnout in intensivists: prevalence and associated factors. Am J Respir Crit Care Med - Free full-text
Jass, J R - Classification of colorectal cancer based on correlation of clinical, morphological and molecular features. Histopathology - Abstract
Nissen, Steven E / Wolski K - Effect of rosiglitazone on the risk of myocardial infarction and death from cardiovascular causes. N Engl J Med - Free full-text
Dubois, Bruno - Research criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: revising the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria. Lancet Neurol - Abstract
Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium - Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls. Nature - Free full-text
Miller, Steven P - Abnormal brain development in newborns with congenital heart disease. N Engl J Med - Free full-text
Yu J - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Somatic Cells. Science - Free full-text
Calverley, Peter M A - Salmeterol and fluticasone propionate and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med - Free full-text
Dworkin, Robert H - Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: evidence-based recommendations. Pain - Abstract
Menzies, Dick - Meta-analysis: new tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: areas of uncertainty and recommendations for research. Ann Intern Med - Free full-text
Reddy, Madhuri - Oral drug therapy for multiple neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review. JAMA - Free full-text
Taubenberger, Jeffery K - Discovery and characterization of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus in historical context. Antivir Ther - Abstract
Zhang, David D - Global climate change, war, and population decline in recent human history. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A - Free full-text
Annane, Djillali - Norepinephrine plus dobutamine versus epinephrine alone for management of septic shock: a randomised trial. Lancet - Abstract
Schmidt, Barbara - Long-term effects of caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity. N Engl J Med - Free full-text
Critchley, Duncan J - Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of three types of physiotherapy used to reduce chronic low back pain disability: a pragmatic randomized trial with economic evaluation. Spine - Abstract
Takahashi K - Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors. Cell - Free full-text
Amanna, Ian J - Duration of humoral immunity to common viral and vaccine antigens. N Engl J Med - Free full-text