50 years of the Institute of Experimental Endocrinology of the Charité (Humboldt University, Berlin) - The way from Aschheim's Laboratory of the 2nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology to a research institute

W. Rohde

doi:10.1055/s-2002-32145

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, Table of Contents

Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2002; 110(4): 153-160
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32145

Review

50 years of the Institute of Experimental Endocrinology of the Charité (Humboldt University, Berlin) - The way from Aschheim's Laboratory of the 2^nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology to a research institute

W. Rohde

Institute of Experimental Endocrinology of the Medical Faculty Charité, Humboldt University, 10098 Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Summary

The aim of this article is firstly to elucidate the historical roots which preceded the foundation of the first Institute of Experimental Endocrinology in Germany and secondly to illustrate the special development of this Institute with its ups and downs within the context of German history.

Key words:

Early endocrine research in Berlin - Selmar Aschheim - Bernhard Zondek - Walter Hohlweg - Günter Dörner - History of the Institute of Experimental Endocrinology 1951-2001

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1 Most recently named as Aschheim-Zondek-Haus

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rohde

Institute of Experimental Endocrinology

Humboldt University Medical School (Charité)

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