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Leon Konrad Glinski
Polish physician, born February 15, 1870, Gorzkowice, gouvernement Piotrków in Russian Pland; died July 7, 1918, Krakow.
Associated eponyms:
Sheehan's syndrome
Hypopituitarism resulting from an infarct of the pituitary following postpartum shock or haemorrhage.
Simmonds' syndrome
Pituitary disorder characterised by panhypopituitarism, a form of hypopituitarism in which all pituitary secretions are deficient. This causes dwarfism and other abnormalities.
Biography:
Leon Konrad Glinski studied in Warsaw and
Krakow, where he became an assistant under Thaddaeus Browics (1847-1928). Here he was habilitated for pathological anatomy in 1904, becoming titular professor in 1909 and professor extraordinary in 1913.
Bibliography:
- R. Szymanska:
Leben und Werk von Prof. Leon Konrad Glinski (1870-1918). [Polisch.]
Patologia Polska, Warszawa, 1978, 29: 443-461.
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