Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne
Guillaume-Benjamin Amand Duchenne de Boulogne (1806 – 1875) was a French neurologist.
Biography
- Born 1806
- Died 1875
Medical Eponyms
- First to describe and publish 9 cases of Landouzy-Déjérine syndrome (facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy) in the third edition of De l’électrisation localisée in 1872: 219-220
Key Medical Attributions
Controversies
Major Publications
- Duchenne GB. De l’électrisation localisée 2e 1855
- Duchenne GB. Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine. 1862
- Duchenne GB. Analyse électro-physiologique de l’expression des passions. 1862
- Duchenne GB. Album de photographies pathologiques. 1862
- Duchenne GB. De la paralysie atrophique graisseuse de l’enfance. 1864
- Duchenne GB. De l’électrisation localisée et de son application à la physiologie, à la pathologie et à la thérapeutique. 1872 (3rd edition)
References
- Portrait. Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne de Boulogne. Bibliothèque de l’Académie nationale de médecine
- Dubowitz V. History of muscle disease. In: Historical aspects of the neurosciences: A Festschrift for Macdonald Critchley. 1982
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