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Letters: Remembering Rheumatology Pioneer Dr. Robert M. Stecher

  |  Issue: September 2013  |  

Dr. Stecher’s pioneering contributions to rheumatology should not be forgotten.

Irving Kushner, MD
Cleveland, Ohio

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References

  1. Stecher RM. The American Rheumatism Association; its origins, development and maturity. Arthritis Rheum. 1958;1:4-19.
  2. Clark WS. Obituary: Robert M. Stecher, MD. Arthritis Rheum. 1972;15:410-412.
  3. Hersh AH, Stecher RM, Solomon WM, Wolpaw R, Hauser H. Heredity in ankylosing spondylitis; a study of fifty families. Am J Hum Genet. 1950;2:391-408.
  4. Stecher RM, Hersh AH, Solomon WM. The heredity of gout and its relationship to familial hyperuricemia. Ann Intern Med. 1949;31:595-614.
  5. Stecher RM, Hersh AH, Solomon WM, Wolpaw R. The genetics of rheumatoid arthritis; analysis of 224 families. Am J Hum Genet. 1953;5:118-138.
  6. Stecher RM. Hereditary factors in arthritis. Med Clin North Am. 1955;12:499-508.
  7. Stecher RM. Heberden’s nodes. A clinical description of osteo-arthritis of the finger joints. Ann Rheum Dis. 1955;14:1-10.

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