Margot Noack
Margot Noack (1909 - ) was a German pediatric orthopedist. Noack syndrome - Autosomal dominant craniosynostosis syndrome - (1959)
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Rudolf A. Mees
Rudolf Adriaan Mees (1873-1964) was a Dutch psychiatrist and physician. Described Mees lines in acute arsenic poisoning (1919)
Pierre Adolphe Piorry
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Oven V. Piorry. Biographies des célébrités médicales, . 1867 Sakula A. Pierre Adolphe Piorry (1794-1879): pioneer of percussion and pleximetry. Thorax. 1979; 34(5): 575-581.
Theodor Langhans
Biography Medical Eponyms Langhans giant cells (1868) The presence of Langhans giant cells (LGCs) is one of the signatures of systemic granulomatous disorders such as tuberculosis and sarcoidosis. Although originally described in association with tuberculosis, they are found in nearly every…
Georges C. Noulis
Georges C.Noulis (1849-1919). Greek surgeon credited as the first to describe testing the functional integrity of the ACL and knee ligaments (Lachman Test)
Jacqueline Noonan
Jacqueline Anne Noonan (1921 - ) American paediatric cardiologist. Noonan syndrome (1968)
John Langdon Down
John Langdon Haydon Langdon-Down (1828 - 1896) was an English
John W Lachman
John W Lachman (1919 – 2007) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously associated with the Lachman test of knee ligament stability
Mary Lyon
Mary Frances Lyon (1925–2014) was an English geneticist, best known for her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation. Lyonisation.
Javier Arias Stella
Biography Medical Eponyms Arias Stella Reaction (1954) Major Publications References Biography Eponymous terms
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Biography Medical Eponyms Interstitial Cell of Cajal (ICC): Specialized, pacemaker cells in the gastrointestinal tract that mediate neurotransmission between autonomic motor neurons and smooth muscle cells. Cajal-Retzius Cells: Specialized neurons that appear early in development and are crucial for forming the laminated structure…
Henry Turner
Henry Hubert Turner (1892 - 1970) was an American endocrinologist. Remembered for Turner syndrome and description in 1938