Georges Guillain
Georges Charles Guillain (French pronunciation: neurologist born in Rouen.
He studied medicine in
plexus brachialis
. He earned his medical doctorate at Paris in 1898.
He later became chef de clinique for
nervous disease, and in 1910 acquired his agrégation. After the end of World War I, he worked at Charité Hospital in Paris, followed by a professorship of neurology at the Salpêtrière
(1923).
Guillain was a prolific writer. In 1920 with his friend
Légion d'honneur
. He died in Paris at age 85.
His daughter, Andrée, married the aircraft manufacturer Claude de Cambronne.
Associated eponyms
- Guillain-Laroche-Léchelle reaction, a reaction to colloidal benzoin.
- Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome (ser André Strohl), the most common form of acquired inflammatory polyneuropathy.
- Guillain-Thaon syndrome, rare syndrome due to syphilis of the central nervous system.
References
- Georges Charles Guillain @ Who Named It(retrieved 19 November 2011)
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