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J. W. van der Valk
Dutch dermatologist, born 1877, Amsterdam; died 1929.
Associated eponyms:
Gorlin-Goltz syndrome
Inheritable disease comprising multiple cutaneous nodules which tend to become malignant in early adulthood, together with cysts of the jaws, cranial enlargement and a variety of minor skeletal malformations.
Biography:
J. W. van der Valk studied in Amsterdam and Leyden. In 1906 he became assistant in the university clinic for skin- and venereal diseases in Amsterdam and from 1909 to 1924 was chief physician in the department of diseases of the skin at the Wilhelmina-Gasthuis. He obtained his medical doctorate in 1910. In 1924 he became professor of dermatology in Groningen.
Bibliography:
- Bijdrage tot de kennis van de geschiedenis der syphilis in ons land.
Amsterdam, 1910. 158 pages.
History of the syphils in the Netherlands
- Leiddraad bij de verpleging van huid-en geschlachtsziekten.
Amsterdam, 1916; 2nd edition, 1924.
- Syphilis van mond en keel. Amsterdam, 1917. 71 pages.
- Huidziekten en inwendige geneeskunde. Groningen, 1924.
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