Would Virchow be a systems biologist? A discourse on the philosophy of science with implications for pathological research

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 456, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 599-607

  Stenzinger, Albrecht ^a,c   Klauschen, Frederick ^a   Wittschieber, Daniel ^a   Weichert, Wilko ^c   Denkert, Carsten ^a   Dietel, Manfred ^a   Roller, Claudio ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Pathology; Philosophy of science; Rudolf Virchow; Systems pathology

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL CLASS; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

PATHOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77953701370     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-010-0920-x     Document Type: Review

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