A missing piece from the world of science: remembering Michael P. Sherman

Lila S. Wahidi; Jeff Reese; Mark A. Underwood; Jan Sherman; Victoria Niklas

doi:10.1542/neo.19-3-e130

A missing piece from the world of science: remembering Michael P. Sherman

Lila S. Wahidi, Jeff Reese, Mark A. Underwood, Jan Sherman, Victoria Niklas

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e130-e133
Journal	NeoReviews
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1542/neo.19-3-e130
State	Published - Mar 2018

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