[SHOULD WE DELETE AND CHANGE MEDICAL EPONYMS NAMED AFTER NAZI DOCTORS]

Avi Ohry1,2

  • 1Reuth Medical-and-Rehabilitation Medical Center, Tel Aviv.

Harefuah
|August 14, 2019
PubMed
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