Georges de Morsier
Georges de Morsier (25 February 1894,
neurologist
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He studied natural sciences and medicine in Geneva and subsequently went to Paris as a resident to psychiatrist Gaétan de Clérambault. In 1928 he became Privatdozent for neurology and psychiatry and in 1941 associate professor at Geneva University, where in 1960, he was appointed professor of neurology. From 1962 onward, he was director of the neurological polyclinic of Geneva University Hospital (HUG).[1] From 1946 to 1949 he was also president of the Swiss Neurological Society.[2]
Known for his research of
The eponym "
De Morsier's syndrome" is a synonym for septo-optic dysplasia.[6]
Bibliography
- Les trémulations fibrillaires et la contracture rigide du cœur. Medical thesis, Geneva 1922.
- Pathologie du diencéphale. Les syndromes psychologiques et syndromes sensorio-moteurs. Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie, Zurich, 1944, 54: 161-226.
- Études sur les dysraphies, crânioencéphaliques. III. Agénésie du septum palludicum avec malformation du tractus optique. La dysplasie septo-optique. Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie, Zurich, 1956, 77: 267-292.
- Contribution à l’étude clinique des altérations de la formation réticulée: Le syndrome sensorio-moteur et psychologique. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Amsterdam, 1966, 4: 15-49
- L'enseignement de neurologie. In : La faculté de Médecine de Genève 1876-1976. Genève 1978. p. 86-89..[7]
References
- Who Named It
- ISSN 2514-183X.
- ^ The term "Clérambault syndrome" is also used to denote a delusional syndrome characterized by erotomania.
- PMID 17726916.
- ISBN 9781441912237.
- ISBN 9780521629607.
- ^ Georges de Morsier - bibliography @ Who Named It
External links
- Reappraisal of the optic nerve hypoplasia syndrome J Neuroophthalmol. 2012 Mar;32(1):58-67. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31824442b8.
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