Guido Werdnig

Guido Werdnig (1844-1919)

Guido Werdnig (Ratschach, 20 June 1844 – 26 April 1919) was an Austrian neurologist associated with University of Vienna.[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.

References

  1. ↑ doctor/1713 at Who Named It?


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