Should eponyms be actively detached from diseases?

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9519, 2006, Pages 1296-1297

  Jeffcoate, William J ^a  

^a THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GERMANY; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REITER SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33646028470     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68553-X     Document Type: Note

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