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Ernst Hanhart
Swiss internist and human geneticist, born March 14, 1891, died September 5, 1973.
Associated eponyms:
Gilford-Burnier syndrome
A syndrome characterised by dwarfing, adiposogenital dystrophy and optic atrophy.
Hanhart's disease
Familial spastic paraplegia associated with mental deficiency.
Hanhart's syndrome I
Ateliotic dwarfism with hypogonadism seen in only a closely inbred group of people in Switzerland and on the Adriatic island of Veglia.
Hanhart's syndrome II
A rare syndrome of combined hypoplasia of the tongue and limbs.
Richner-Hanhart syndrome
A syndrome characterized by keratosis palmaris et plantaris from infancy, with lacrimation, persistent dendritic lesions of the cornea with unaffected corneal sensitivity, photophobia, mental retardation, and self-mutilating behaviour.
Biography:
After qualifying in medicine from the University of Zurich in 1916, Ernst Hanhart worked as a country practitioner, but in 1921 became an assistant in the Zurich policlinic. Working under professors Otto Nägeli (1871-1938) and Wilhelm Löffler (1887-1972), Hanhart became interested in human genetics and became a specialist in hereditary disorders.
Hanhart worked extensively on the effects of consanguinity and investigated Swiss families with inherited disorders in isolated communities. He was appointed professor at the University of Zurich in 1942 and was a founding member of the Swiss Society of Genetics. Hanhart achieved an international reputation, but in 1954 he had to resign after having been crippled in a criminal attack.
We thank Søren Nørby, Denmark, for correcting an error.
Bibliography:
- Neue sonderformen von Keratosis palmo-plantaris, u.a. eine regelmässig-dominante mit systematisierten Lipomen, ferner 2 einfach-rezessive mit Schwachsinn und z. T. mit Hornhautveränderungen des Auges (Ektodermalsyndrom).
Dermatologica, Basel, 1947, 94: 286-308.
Richner-Hanhart syndrome.
- Andrea Prader:
Eulogy. Prof Ernst Hanhart 80th year.
Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, Basel, 1971, 101/11: 402.
- Obituary:
David Klein in Medicine and Hygiene, 1973, 1071: 1417.
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