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Karl Gunnar Vilhelm Wohlfart

Born  1910
Died  1961

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Swedish neurologist, born March 9, 1910; died March 23, 1961.

Biography of Karl Gunnar Vilhelm Wohlfart

Karl Gunnar Vilhelm Wohlfart was professor of neurology at the University of Lund.

  • N. Antonin:
    [In memoriam Gunnar Wohlfart, 9 March 1910--23 March 1961.]
    Nordisk Medicin, Stockholm 7, 1961, 66: 1146-1147. Article in Swedish.

  • Robert B. Aird:
    Karl Gunnar Vilhelm Wohlfart. March 9, 1910-March 23, 1961.
    Neurology, September 1961, 11: 839-840.

Bibliography

  • Über das Vorkommen verschiedener Arte von Muskelfasern in der Skelettmuskulatur des Menschen und einiger Säugetiere.
    Acta Psychiatrica et Neurologica Supplementum XII (Paperback). 1937.
  • Mast Cells in Experimental Rat Sarcomas.
    Hjalmar Holmgren and Gunnar Wohlfart.
    Cancer Research, Chicago, 1947, 7: 686-691.
  • Nils Antoni, professori neurologiae clarissimo, Instituti Medico Chirurgici Carolini, medico, investigatori, magistro, auctori, anno aetatis LX, maxima cum reverentia, gratia, amicitia hoc opus didicant collegae, amici, discipuli.
    Hafniae, E. Munksgaard, 1947. 395 pages.
  • Über den inneren Bau der peripheren Nervenstämme.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung, 1938, 43: 191-206. Sonderabdruck.
  • [Not Available.]Undetermined Language.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Nordisk Medicin, Stockholm, May 14, 1948, 38 (20): 1001-1003.
  • [Not Available.] Undetermined Language.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Nordisk Medicin, Stockholm, May 14, 1948, 38 (20): 997-999.
  • Muscular trophy in diseases of the lower motor neuron; contribution to the anatomy of the motor units.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, Chicago, June 1949, 61 (6): 599-620.
  • Herpes zoster of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth cranial nerves.
    H. Engström, G. Wohlfart.
    Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, Chicago, November 1949, 62 (5): 638-652.
  • Craniopharyngiomas.
    R. Muller, G. Wohlfart.
    Acta medica Scandinavica, Stockholm, 1950, 138 (2): 121-138.
  • Clinical and histopathological investigations on dystrophia myotonica.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Acta psychiatrica et neurologica Scandinavica. Supplementum, Copenhagen, 1950, 25, Supplement 59: 121.
  • [Isolated auditory agnosia.] Undetermined Language.
    G. Wohlfart, B. Jernelius.
    Nordisk Medicin, Stockholm, October 20, 1950, 44 (42): 1687-1689.
  • A clinical analysis of myoclonus epilepsy (Unverricht-Lundborg), myoclonic cerebellar dyssynergy (Hunt) and hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson).
    G. Wohlfart, O. Hook.
    Acta psychiatrica et neurologica Scandinavica, Copenhagen, 1951, 26 (2): 219-245.
  • Dystrophia myotonica and myotonia congenita; histopathologic studies with special reference to changes in the muscles.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, April 1951, 10 (2): 109-124.
  • The number of muscle-spindles in certain muscles in cat in relation to the composition of the muscle nerves.
    K. E. Hagbarth, G. Wohlfart.
    Acta anatomica, Basel, 1952, 15 (1-2): 85-104.
  • [Encephalopathy due to carbon monoxide poisoning; reply to Professor Kinberg.]
    G. Wohlfart.
    Svenska Läkartidninghen. 1952 Mar 21;49(12):779-86. Undetermined Language.
  • Clinical picture and morbid anatomy in a case of pure word deafness.
    G. Wohlfart, A. Lindgren, B. Jernelius.
    The Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, December 1952, 116 (6): 818-827.
  • [The relation of electromyographic to anatomical findings in healthy muscles and neuromuscular diseases.]
    G. Wohlfart, B. Feinstein, J. Fex.
    Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten. Vereinigt mit Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Neurologie und Psychiatrie, 1954, 191 (6): 478-492. Undetermined Language.
  • [Painful occupational diseases of the arms.]
    G. Wohlfart.
    Nordisk hygienisk tidskrift, 1954, 35, 7-8: 167-174. Swedish.
  • Studies on action potentials in normal human muscles.
    B. Feinstein, B. Lindegard, E. Nyman, G. Wohlfart.
    Acta psychiatrica et neurologica Scandinavica, Copenhagen, 1954, 29 (2): 189-195.
  • Hereditary proximal spinal muscular atrophy, a clinical entity simulating progressive muscular dystrophy.
    G. Wohlfart, J. Fex, S. Eliasson.
    Acta psychiatrica et neurologica Scandinavica, Copenhagen, 1955, 30 (1-2): 395-406.
  • [Present day problems of muscle pathology.] German.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde, Berlin, 1955, 173 (5-6): 426-447.
  • Morphologic studies of motor units in normal human muscles.
    Bertram Feinstein, Bengt Lindegard, Eberhard Nyman, Gunnar Wohlfart.
    Acta anatomica, Basel, 1955, 23 (2): 127-142.
  • [Regenerative phenomena in muscles in connection with poliomyelitis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.]
    G. Wohlfart.
    Nordisk Medicin, Stockholm, July 14, 1955, 54 (28): 1075-1078. Swedish.
  • Reinnervation of muscle fibers in partially denervated muscles in Theiler's encephalomyelitis of mice (mouse poliomyelitis).
    H. Hoffman, G. Wohlfart.
    Acta psychiatrica et neurologica Scandinavica, Copenhagen, 1956, 31 (3): 345-365.
  • Collateral regeneration from residual motor nerve fibers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Neurology, February 1957, 7 (2): 124-134.
  • Collateral regeneration in partially denervated muscles.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Neurology, March 1958, 8 (3): 175-180.
  • A syndrome characterized by myokymia, myotonia, muscular wasting and increased perspiration.
    Gamstorp, G. Wohlfart.
    Acta psychiatrica et neurologica Scandinavica, Copenhagen, 1959, 34 (2): 181-194.
  • Clinical considerations on innervation of skeletal muscle.
    G. Wohlfart.
    American Journal of Physical Medicine, Baltimore, 1959 Dec;38:223-30.
  • Degenerative and regenerative axonal changes in the ventral horns, brain stem and cerebral cortex in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Lund : Gleerup, 1959.
  • Observations on the distribution, number and innervation of Golgi musculotendinous organs.
    G. Wohlfart, K. G. Henriksson.
    Acta anatomica, Basel, 1960, 41: 192-204.
  • Electron microscopic observations on Wallerian degeneration in peripheral nerves.
    G. Glimstedt, G. Wohlfart.
    Acta morphologica Neerlando-Scandinavica, Lisse, Netherlands, 1960, 3: 135-146.
  • Clinical significance of collateral sprouting of remaining motor nerve fibres in partially denervated muscles.
    G. Wohlfart.
    Journal of Experimental Medical Sciences, Calcutta, March 1960, 3: 128-133.
  • Compulsory shouting (Benedek's "klazomania") associated with oculogyric spasms in chronic epidemic encephalitis.
    G. Wohlfart, David H. Ingvar, Anne-Marie Hellberg.
    Acta psychiatrica scandinavica, Copenhagen, 1961, 36: 369-377.
  • Degeneration and regeneration in the nervous system. Recent advances.
    G. Wohlfart.
    World Neurology, Minneapolis, March 1961, 2: 187-198.
  • Effects of acetylsalicylic acid on platelet aggregation before and during increase in dietary eicosapentaenoic acid.
    M. Thorngren, A. Gustafson, G. Wohlfart.
    Haemostasis, Basel, 1983, 13 (4): 244-247.
  • Correlations between fatty acid composition of the erythrocyte membrane and blood rheology data.
    S. U. Persson, G. Wohlfart, H. Larsson, A. Gustafson.
    The Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation, Oslo, April 1996, 56 (2): 183-190.

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