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E Cuerda1, E González-López, J L López-Estebaranz
1Departamento de Anatomía, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. esther.cuerda@urjc.es
Abstract:
During the Nazi period experimentation on human subjects and the elimination of individuals considered to be unproductive members of society were carried out in a systematic fashion. Involved in these practices were many physicians, including dermatologists whose names are linked in one way or another to their specialty. Some, such as Reiter, are very well known. This review attempts to bring to light the identities behind the names we have given to diseases, clinical and histological signs, and syndromes in dermatology.
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