Should eponyms be abandoned? Yes

BMJ

Volumn 335, Issue 7617, 2007, Pages 424-

  Woywodt, Alexander ^a   Matteson, Eric ^b  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CLASSIFICATION; CRIME; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FAMILY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICINE; OCCUPATION; PATHOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; SURGEON; SYMPTOM; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; DISEASE; EPONYMS; HUMANS; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; WAR CRIMES;

EID: 34548499535     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39308.342639.AD     Document Type: Article

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