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Heinrich Fischer
German dermatologist, born December 13, 1884, Berg-Gladbach, Bez. Köln am Rhein; died 1943, Rostock.
Associated eponyms:
Buschke-Fischer-Brauer syndrome
A syndrome characterised by keratosis palmaris et plantaris, hair hypoplasia, onycholysis, onychogrypisis, hyperhidrosis of the hands and feet, progeria, apathy, mental retardation, oedema of the eyelids, and xeroderma.
Biography:
Heinrich Fischer studied in Bonn and received his doctorate there in 1911. He worked for the university skin clinics in Rostock and in Köln, where he was habilitated for skin- and venereal diseases in 1921, becoming professor extraordinary in 1926.He subsequently worked as head physician at the skin clinic Köln-Lindenburg.
Bibliography:
- Aktinomykose.
Handbuch der Hautkrankheiten. Volume 1, 1. Berlin, 1929.
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