Kinnier Wilson
Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878 – 1937) was an American-born British neurologist.
Following his extensive work on hepatolenticular degeneration this condition is eponymously termed Wilson disease
Biography
- Born December 6, 1878 New Jersey, United States
- Died May 12, 1937
Medical Eponyms
Wilson disease (1912)
Wilson’s pronator sign
Foville-Wilson syndrome (1906)
Controversies
Major Publications
- Wilson SAK. Progressive lenticular degeneration: a familial nervous disease associated with cirrhosis of the liver. Brain 1912; 34(4): 295-507. [Wilson disease]
- Wilson SAK. Case of disseminated sclerosis, with weakness of each internal rectus and nystagmus, and lateral deviation limited to the outer eye. Brain, Oxford, 1906; 29(2): 298. [Foville-Wilson syndrome]
References
Biography
- Reynolds EH. Kinnier Wilson and Sherrington. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;79(4):478-9
- Bibliography. Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878 – 1937). World Cat Identities
eponym
the person behind the name
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