Autopsy pathology should become a recognised subspecialty

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 452, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585-587

  Van Den Tweel, Jan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOPSY; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 42549134531     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0595-8     Document Type: Letter

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