Albert Touraine (11 November 1883 – 3 May 1961)[1] was a French dermatologist.[2]
Albert Touraine | |
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| Born | November 11, 1883 |
| Died | May 3, 1961 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | University of Paris |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Field | Dermatologist |
He studied medicine at the University of Paris as a pupil of Eugène Apert and Émile Achard.[2] In 1912 he received his doctorate with the thesis Les anticorps syphilitiques : essais de séro-agglutination de la syphilis.[3] In 1932 he was named senior physician at the Hôpital Saint-Louis.[2]
Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (or "Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome") is named for him. Touraine-Solente-Gole syndrome is also named for him.[4][5]
For eighteen years he was editor of the journal Annales de dermatologie et de syphiligraphie.[2] In 1945 he was elected as a member of the Académie de médecine.[6]
References
edit- ^ RONCHESE F (February 1962). "Albert TOURAINE, 1883-1961". Arch Dermatol. 85 (2): 285–6. doi:10.1001/archderm.1962.01590020125022. PMID 14037551.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d doctor/1045 at Who Named It?
- ^ Touraine, Albert (1883-1961) IdRef (bibliography)
- ^ synd/1733 at Who Named It?
- ^ A. Touraine, G. Solente, L. Golé, Un syndrome ostéodermopathique. La pachyderme plicaturée avec pachypériostose des extrémités. La presse médicale, Paris, 1935, 42: 1820-1824.
- ^ Albert Touraine (1883-1961) Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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