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01-04-2018 | Letter to Editor

From Ignác Semmelweis to Primary Immunodeficiencies: a Bicentenary Commemoration

Author: László Maródi

Published in: Journal of Clinical Immunology | Issue 3/2018

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Motto:

From time to time, painters emerge who paint new colors, creating new moods in painting. Baudelaire’s moods and ideas were unknown before he arose, reported them in poems, and taught us new ways to think about poetry.

[Endre Ady, Hungarian poet]

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Title: From Ignác Semmelweis to Primary Immunodeficiencies: a Bicentenary Commemoration
Author: László Maródi
Publication date: 01-04-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Clinical Immunology / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0271-9142
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2592
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-018-0495-x

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