Erna Christensen

Biography

• Born January 19, 1906
• Head of the Neuropathological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen
• Died November 28, 1967

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Medical Eponyms

Alper disease (1931)

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Major Publications

• Christensen E, Krabbe KH. Poliodystrophia cerebri progressiva (infantilis). Report of a case. Arch NeurPsych. 1949; 61(1): 28-43
• Christensen E. Højgaard K. Poliodystrophia cerebri progressiva infantilis. An entity? Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 1964; 40: 21-40.

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References

• Alpers BJ. Diffuse progressive degeneration of the grey matter of the cerebrum. Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, 1931; 25: 469-505.
• Reske-Nielsen E. In memoriam Erna Christensen 1906 – 1967. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1969;28(1):183-184
• Sourander P. In memoriam Erna Christensen (1906 – 1967). Acta Neuropathol. 1969;13(2):109-110.
• Bibliography. Christensen, Erna. WorldCat Identities
• Portrait: Erna Christensen. National Library of Medicine