Immortal women - Essays in medical eponyms: Part I

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-501

  Östör, Andrew G ^a   Phillips, Gäel E ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARACHNODACTYLY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID; ECHOGRAPHY; HERMAPHRODITISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOMENCLATURE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYRINGOMYELIA; TYPHOID FEVER; VARICOSIS;

EPONYMS; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MYTHOLOGY; PAINTINGS; SCULPTURE; WOMEN;

EID: 0345085638     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199905000-00001     Document Type: Article

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