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Luc Lemli
Belgian paediatrician, born December 26, 1935, Aalst, Belgium.
Associated eponyms:
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome I (David W. Smith)
A syndrome of multiple abnormalities, comprising mental retardation, microcephaly, growth retardation, hypoplastic external genitalia and a characteristic facies with micrognathia and anteverted nostrils.
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome II (David W. Smith)
A syndrome similar to the Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome I which, in addition, is characterised by pseudohermaphroditism and frequent early death.
Biography:
Luc Lemli was educated at St. Josef's College in his native town and studied medicine at the University of Louvain. He qualified in 1960 and later that year became a resident in paediatrics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was a paediatric resident at the Stedelijk Ziekenhuis, Dendermonde from 1964-1965, and in 1976 became head of paediatrics at the OLV Troos Hospital, Dendermonde. Lemli retired from hospital service in 1994 but is still practicing (2000).
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