'Trouble from within': Allergy, autoimmunity, and pathology in the first half of the twentieth century

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-454

  Parnes, Ohad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Chronic disease 20th century; Inflammation; Reactivity; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042929578     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(03)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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