Heinrich Willi
Heinrich Willi (4 March 1900 – 16 February 1971) was a Swiss
pediatrician who specialised in neonatology and co-discovered Prader–Willi syndrome with Andrea Prader
.
Biography
Heinrich Willi was born in 1900 in
Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[2]
Willi died suddenly on 16 February 1971 in Zurich, at the age of 70.[1] He is buried at the Fluntern Cemetery in Zurich with his wife Marie Louise, née Chuard (1904-1990).
Research
Willi gave his name to
bone marrow aspiration to be used as a technique for diagnosing hematological diseases.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4471-0925-9.
- ^ a b Haigh, Christen (October 2008). "Collaboration of physicians behind first observations of Prader-Willi syndrome". Endocrine Today. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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