Touraine, albert

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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(¤ 1883,  1961) Dermatologist. Studied medicine in Paris, doctorate in 1906. After 1916, he worked in several positions in Besançon and Paris. In 1932, in succession to Lortat-Jacob Leiter, he was appointed director of a dermatological department at the Hôpital Saint Louis in Paris. The name Touraine is associated with many diseases and syndromes and points to a versatile and highly talented dermatologist. Exemplary are the following publications:
  • 1941 Grande Aphtosis Touraine (Behçet's disease)
  • 1942 Cockayne-Touraine syndrome (Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica localisata)
  • 1935 Touraine-Solente-Golé syndrome (pachydermoperiosteosis)
  • 1941 Definition of the term "neurocutaneous melanoblastosis", first described by Virchow
  • In 1943, after the first description by Edward Alfred Cockayne in 1933, Touraine made the groundbreaking description of Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica localisata in 1943.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. De Bersaques J (2008) In: Löser Ch, Plewig F (eds.) Pantheon of Dermatology, pp. 1021-1025 Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer