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Luftu Lahut Uzman

Born  1923
Died  1962

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U. S. Neurologist, 1923–1962.

Biography of Luftu Lahut Uzman

Luftu Lahut Uzman was affiliated with the Children's Hospital/Harvard University Medical School. His work concerned, among other things, Wilson's disease and neurochemistry.

We thank Andre Trombeta for information submitted.

Bibliography

  • L. Uzman and D. Denny-Brown:
    Amino-aciduria in hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's Disease).
    American Journal of the Medical Sciences, Thorofare, N.J., 1948, 215: 599-611.
  • Derek Ernst Denny-Brown.
    Obituary: Luftu Lahut Uzman. Transactions of the American Neurological Association, New York, 1963, 83: 302-304.

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