Famous discoveries by medical students

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 901-908

  Stringer, Mark D ^a   Ahmadi, Omid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discovery; Medical student; Research

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ETHER; HEPARIN; INSULIN; PENICILLIN G; PROCOAGULANT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTERY; BALLOON CATHETER; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CAREER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; LANGERHANS CELL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; PACEMAKER; PANCREAS ISLET; PENICILLIUM; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANATOMY; ANTICOAGULANTS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INSULIN; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 72349099629     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.05142.x     Document Type: Review

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