Jerzy Olszewski - bibliography

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Biography

Polish neuroanatomist and neuropathologist, born April 23, 1913, Wilno, then in Russia, now Vilnius, capital of Lithuania; died February 13, 1964, Canada.

Bibliography

  • Igor Klatzo:
    In memoriam: Jerzy Olszewski, (1913-1964). Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, October 1964, 23: 727-728.
  • [In memoriam of Professor Jerzy Olszewski (1913-1964)] [Article in Polish]
    Neuropatologia Polska, Warszawa, July-September 1965, 3 (3): 221-213.
  • Jerzy Olszewski, M. D., Ph.D. 1913–1964.
    Acta Neuropathologica, November 1964, 3 (6): 531.
  • C. Richardson.
    Jerzy Olszewski, 1913-1964.
    Journal of Neurosurgery, Charlottesville Virginia, 1966, 24: 120.

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