The annual ASCI meeting: does nostalgia have a future?
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For many academic physician-scientists, the yearly Tri-Societies meeting of the ASCI, AAP, and AFCR during the 1960s, '70s, and '80s was an annual rite of spring and the focal point of the academic year. In this brief essay, I set down some miscellaneous recollections of these meetings and some thoughts about why they were of such central importance in the careers of those of my generation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of clinical investigation
دوره 118 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008