Désiré-magloire bourneville and his contributions to pediatric neurology

Désiré-Magloire Bourneville ought to be thought of as the father of Pediatric Neurology for his significant contributions to the field. He worked as a physician, politician, writer, and editor. He was the first to describe the autosomal dominant genetic condition known as “tuberous sclerosis complex”, after conducting an autopsy on a young female patient, where the main finding in the central nervous system was multiple dense tubers. The patient had refractory epilepsy and intellectual disability. His work was based on the study of epilepsy and idiocy, and he was also an advocate of public health and social medicine education; creating day hospital programs for children with this type of neurologic disease. © 2019, Associacao Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. All rights reserved.

• Fecha de publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/22944
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.1590/0004-282x20190009; https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22944
• Palabra clave: Amyl nitrite; Camphor; Quinine; Autopsy; Autosomal dominant inheritance; Central nervous system; Developmental delay; Down syndrome; Drug resistant epilepsy; Epilepsy; Health education; Health program; Hemangiofibroma; Human; Intellectual impairment; Leech; Mental deficiency; Neurologic disease; Neurology; Papular rash; Pediatrics; Pelizaeus merzbacher disease; Physician; Public figure; Public health; Scientific literature; Social medicine; Tuberous sclerosis; Neurology; Pediatrics; Epilepsy; Tuberous sclerosis; History of medicine; Tuberous sclerosis
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