The contributions of Paul Ehrlich to infectious disease

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-224

  Gensini, Gian Franco ^a,b   Conti, Andrea Alberto ^a,b   Lippi, Donatella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Haematology; History of Medicine; Immunology; Paul Ehrlich; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; ARSPHENAMINE; AZO DYE; BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; METHYLENE BLUE; NEOARSPHENAMINE; SULFAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOMEDICINE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; MALARIA; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS; THEORY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TUMOR CELL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; HEMATOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; SYPHILIS;

EID: 33846940297     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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