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Heinrich Adolf Gottron
German dermatologist, 1890-1974. Tübingen.
Associated eponyms:
Arndt-Gottron syndrome
A fibromucinous tissue disease that usually appears in 3rd to 5th decades.
Gottron's papules
Eruption of scaling pink to dark red papules over knuckles, elbows, and knees in dermatomyositis.
Gottron's sign
A disturbance of connective tissue affecting prevalent distal extremities.
Gottron's syndrome
A familial form of progeria in which the premature aging of the skin and growth retardation are restricted to the hands and feet.
Biography:
Heinrich Adolf Gottron published a wide range of articles on contact dermatitis, amyloid and leukaemic infiltrates and skin manifestations.
Bibliography:
- H. A. Gottron and Walther Schönfeld (1888-1977):
Dermatologie und Venerologie einschliesslich Berufskrankheiten, dermatologischer Kosmetik und Andrologie.
5 volumes in 9 parts. Stuttgart, 1958-1963.
H. Schuermann:
Professor Dr.med. vet. h.c. Heinrich A. Gottron zum siebzigsten Geburtstag am 10. März 1960.
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, 1960, 85: 439.
We thank Rudolf Kleinert, Bad Reichenhall, Germany, for information submitted.
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