Pediatric Neurology
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 162-165 , August 2001

Julius Hallervorden’s wartime activities: Implications for science under dictatorship

  • Michael I Shevell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Pediatrics and Human Genetics; McGill University; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Pediatric Neurology; Montreal Children’s Hospital; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Shevell; Montreal Children’s Hospital; 2300 Tupper Street; Room A-514; Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3H 1P3
    • ,
  • Jüergen Peiffer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropathology; Institute of Brain Research; Eberhard-Karls University; Tübingen, Germany

Received 31 August 2000 ,Accepted 2 October 2000.

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Pediatric Neurology
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