--- app/includes/parser/Parser.php      2009-06-12 23:11:47.000000000 -0400
+++ gdr/includes/parser/Parser.php      2010-03-20 00:45:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@
                $urlChar = self::EXT_LINK_URL_CLASS;
                $text = preg_replace_callback(
                        '!(?:                           # Start cases
-                               (<a.*?</a>) |               # m[1]: Skip link text 
+                               (<a[ >].*?</a>) |           # m[1]: Skip link text 
                                (<.*?>) |                   # m[2]: Skip stuff inside HTML elements' . "
                                (\\b(?:$prots)$urlChar+) |  # m[3]: Free external links" . '
                                (?:RFC|PMID)\s+([0-9]+) |   # m[4]: RFC or PMID, capture number