Academician Eugene N. Pavlovsky

Santiago Pavlovsky

A tireless worker, he promoted clinical research in Argentina and was well aware of how to accomplish and transmit warmth in medical treatment and excellence in scientific production to his disciples. Born into a family of outstanding hematologists, Santiago graduated as a Medical Doctor at the University of Buenos Aires in 1964, and completed his postgraduate degree at the Hospital Saint Louis...

Eugene Garfield

Thisessaydiscusseslupus, an imnnme-systemdysfunctionthat affects may, especiallyyoung women, but is recognized by all too few. Its multiple manifestations have been baffling to researchers for over 100years; only rexently have the tools of molecular biology and immunogenetics reveafed substantial new information on its mechanism of autoimmunity. Still, the ukimate trigger for lupus remains a my...

Current Comments ” I EUGENE

Anyone growing up in a city, especially in tenements, has encountered cockroaches. From childhood I remember my mother clobbering them with a shoe or a newspaper. Looking back, I marvel at how mothers in slums managed to keep apartments free of them. Even in modem high rises, these inseets are indefatigable--often outwitting regulas extermination squads. However, what I encountered as a child w...

Current Comments ” EUGENE

Mew-analyses and their proper place in medical literature are explained along with how they differ fromtraditional literature reviews. Both the qualitative and quantitative amccts of meta-analvsis are consid-ered in relation to studying the results of clinical tri This issue [1 February 1991] includes ameta-analysis of the use of steroids in treat-ing chronic obstructive pulmona...

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