Guido Fanconi (1892-1979): A jack of all trades

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 893-898

  Lobitz, Stephan ^a   Velleuer, Eunike ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FANCONI ANEMIA; HUMAN; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; REVIEW; TEACHER;

BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33750315873     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc2009     Document Type: Review

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