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Paul Rudolf Taenzer
German physician, born February 6, 1858, Leipzig;
died October 13, 1919.
Associated eponyms:
Taenzer's syndrome
A skin disease characterized by follicular red papules beginning in the eyebrows, spreading to neighbouring areas of the face and scalp, falling out of hair, and scarring.
Taenzer-Unna stain
An orcein solution used for staining elastic tissue.
Biography:
Paul Rudolf Taenzer attended the University of Leipzig, obtained his doctorate at Kiel in 1889, and for several years educated himself in dermatology in Hamburg as a pupil of Paul Gerson Unna. From 1890 until his death in 1919 he was a specialist – Facharzt – of dermatology in Bremen.
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