Guido Werdnig
Guido Werdnig (Ratschach, 20 June 1844 – 26 April 1919) was an Austrian neurologist.[1]
Werdnig, together with Johann Hoffmann of the University of Heidelberg, were the first doctors to describe Werdnig–Hoffmann disease, now known as spinal muscular atrophy type 1.[2]
References[]
- ^ doctor/1713 at Who Named It?
- ^ Peter Beighton, Greta Beighton: The Man Behind the Syndrome. Springer, 1986, ISBN 978-1-4471-1417-8, p. 193.
Categories:
- Austrian neurologists
- 1844 births
- 1919 deaths
- Spinal muscular atrophy
- Austrian medical biography stubs