Should a war criminal be rewarded with eponymous distinction?: The double life of Hans Reiter (1881-1969)

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-54

  Wallace, Daniel J ^a,b   Weisman, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hans Conrad Reiter; History; Reactive arthritis; Reiter's; Spondyloarthropathy

Indexed keywords

HLA B7 ANTIGEN;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ETHICS; GERMANY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REITER SYNDROME; SYNDROME; URETHRITIS; WAR;

EID: 0034050967     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-200002000-00009     Document Type: Article

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