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Hurler (nee Zach), Gertrud ( 1889 - 1965)
 

Hurler's syndrome = mucopolysaccharidosis type I

  • Cloudy cornea, pigmentary changes of the retina and optic atrophy
  • coarse facial features
  • mental retardation
  • skeletal dysplasia
  • death by 10 years

 
Curriculum Vitae

Nationality:

German paediatrician
Born Taberwiese, Rastenburg
Undergraduate:
Medical degree from the University of Munich
Postgraduate:
Junior paediatrician in Hauner Children's Hospital
Paediatrician in Neuhausen 1919 - 1964


Publication:

Hurler G (1919) Ueber einen Typ multipler Abartungen, vorwiegend am Skelettsystem. Z. Kinderheilk 24:220
 
 
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