Julius Wagner-Jauregg and the legacy of malarial therapy for the treatment of general paresis of the insane

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Tsay, Cynthia J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological psychiatry; General paresis of the insane; Julius Wagner Jauregg; Malarial therapy; Neurosyphilis; Nobel prize; Psychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; GENERAL PARESIS OF THE INSANE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH ETHICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; GENERAL PARESIS OF THE INSANE; JULIUS WAGNER-JAUREGG; MALARIAL THERAPY; NEUROSYPHILIS; NOBEL PRIZE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALARIA; NEUROSYPHILIS; NOBEL PRIZE;

PALES;

EID: 84879035347     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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