Endoscopy 2004; 36(8): 723-725
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-825671
Editorial
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Eyes Wide Shut

R.  Lambert1 , M.  Jeannerod2 , J-F.  Rey3
  • 1 International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
  • 2 Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lyon, France
  • 3 Institut Arnault Tzank, St Laurent du Var, France
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Publication History

Publication Date:
28 July 2004 (online)

To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed u (Samuel Coleridge, 1772 - 1834)

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R. Lambert, MD

International Agency for Research on Cancer

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Email: lambert@iarc.fr

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