Some Key Physicians

Louis R. Caplan; Aishwarya Aggarwal

doi:10.1017/9781009030854.032

Some Key Physicians

from Part III - Modern Era, Mid-Twentieth Century to the Present

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2022

Louis R. Caplan and

Aishwarya Aggarwal

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Louis R. Caplan: Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre
Aishwarya Aggarwal: Affiliation:
John F. Kennedy Medical Center

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Information: Stories of Stroke
Key Individuals and the Evolution of Ideas
, pp. 249 - 294

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A longer account of the fellowship and Fisher’s career and contributions is found in Caplan, LR. C. Miller Fisher: Stroke in the 20th Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.Google Scholar

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