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Fritz Lewy and His Bodies |
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| Authors: | Francis Schiller |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAlzeidm1@uic.edu;3. Departments of Neurology/Neurosurgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada;4. St. Mary’s Hospital Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada;5. Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada |
| Abstract: | Attention is drawn to the neuronal inclusion bodies in Parkinsonism and the dementia described by F. Lewy in 1910, resulting in his eponym, as well as to his academic career and participation in two world wars on opposite sides. |
| Keywords: | Gerstmann Sträussler Scheinker Disease Gerstmann syndrome Prion disease Nazi Europe Austrian refugees |