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Andreas Giedion
Swiss radiologist, born May 2, 1925, Zurich.
Associated eponyms:
Langer-Giedion syndrome
Syndrome characterized by a combination of mental retardation and a long list of physical abnormalities, including multiple extoses, peculiar facies, and loose redundant skin.
Schinzel-Giedion syndrome
A distinct dysmorphy syndrome of congenital hydronephrosis, skeletal dysplasia, and severe developmental retardation.
Biography:
Andreas Giedion graduated in medicine from the University of Zurich in 1950. He trained in paediatrics in Boston an Zurich, and in 1962 was appointed chief of the department of radiology at the University of Zurich Children's Hospital in 1962.
Bibliography:
- A. Giedion:
Das tricho-rhino-phalangeale Syndrom.
Helvetica paediatrica acta, Basel, 1966, 21: 475.
- A. Giedion, M. Brandner, J. Lecannellier, U. Muhar, A. Prader, J. Sulzer, E. Zweymüller:
Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia (OSMED).
Helvetica paediatrica acta, Basel, 1982, 37: 361-380. Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome I.
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