Hellenic holocaust: A historical clinico-pathologic conference

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 391-397

  Durack, David T ^c   Littman, Robert J ^d   Benitez, R Michael ^a   Mackowiak, Philip A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BD Technologies   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; GREECE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXANTHEMA; FEVER; GREECE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ANCIENT; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE; VOMITING;

EID: 0033795165     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00521-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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