title: First authors in Deutsches Arzteblatt: women are catching up. The number of female authors in medical literature is increasing, but is still considerably lower than that of male authors and corresponds to the proportion of women working in academic medicine.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Arzteblatt and Deutsches Arzteblatt International. baethge@aerzteblatt.de
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baethge