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Review
. 2015 Apr;135(4):954-959.
doi: 10.1038/jid.2014.447. Epub 2014 Nov 6.

The scientific legacy of Stephen Rothman

Walter H C Burgdorf  1 , David R Bickers  2
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Review

The scientific legacy of Stephen Rothman

Walter H C Burgdorf et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Apr.

Abstract

The year 2014 marks the centennial of events that led to the First World War ("the war to end all wars") following the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. It also marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Stephen Rothman and the 60th anniversary of the publication of his epic textbook The Physiology and Biochemistry of the Skin. In this review, we document our belief that Rothman had a seismic impact on moving investigative dermatology from a medical backwater to a scientific discipline that can hold its own with any other specialty.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Stephen Rothman (courtesy of Gerd Plewig, MD, Munich, Germany)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Stephen Rothman Medal (courtesy of Georg Stingl, MD, Vienna, Austria; recipient of the award in 2003)
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