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William Gordon Lennox
American neurologist, 1884-1960.
Associated eponyms:
Lennox syndrome
Epileptic encephalopathy starting in childhood with epileptic seizures, loss of consciousness, head-drop attacks or head-nodding spells and brief tonic seizures.
Lennox-Gastaut
A common epileptic syndrome with onset in childhood with myoclonic seizures by day and tonic seizures at night, with atypical absences, head nodding, and drop attacks particularly prominent.
Biography:
Bibliography:
- Margaret A. Lennox-Buchthal:
William Gordon Lennox (1884-1960).
In: Zur Geschichte der Epilepsie. Biographisches und Bibliographisches aus der Geschichte der Epilepsie. Mit einem Vorwort von Dr. Hansjörg Schneble. Robert Pfützner GmbH, München 1990.
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