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Pierre-Emile Launois
French physician, born 1856, Miremont, Marne; died March 18, 1914, Paris.
Associated eponyms:
Babinski-Fröhlich syndrome
Condition characterized by feminine obesity and sexual infantilism, atrophy or hypoplasia of the gonads, and altered secondary sex characteristics
Brodie's syndrome II
Benign symmetrical lipomatosis characterized by generalized symmetrical deposits of fatty tissue, in the area of neck, shoulder girdle, upper arm, forearm, and the upper part of the trunk, causing a pseudoathletic habitus.
Launois' syndrome
Syndrome that presents the characteristics of primary pituitary gigantism.
Neurath-Cushing syndrome
A syndrome combining the features of prepuberal adiposogenital dystrophy and gigantism.
Biography:
Pierre-Emile Launois commenced his studies in Reims, then continued in Paris, where he became externe 1878, interne 1879, received his doctorate in 1885, and became médecin des hôpitaux in 1895, professeur agrégé of histology in 1898. He was particularly known for his investigations of the pituitary. He later concentrated his efforts exclusively to the Hôpital Lariboisière.
Bibliography:
- Manuel d'anatomie microscopique et d'histologie.
With Henri Morau (1860-). Paris, 1891; 2nd edition, 1900.
- Manuel des travaux pratiques d'histologie. Paris, 1897.
- Conférences d'histologie appliquée sur les muqueuses.
Paris, 1905.
- Les pères de la biologie. Paris, 1905.
- Les nouveaux traitements dans les malades nerveuses.
With A. Porot. Paris, 1907.
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