Frank Majewski

Frank Majewski (born May 14, 1941 in Berlin ; † December 22, 2001 in Düsseldorf ) was a German pediatrician and professor of human genetics at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf . The following genetically caused malformation syndromes were named after him: Lenz-Majewski syndrome , Mohr-Majewski syndrome , Majewski syndrome . He has also done intensive research into the causes of alcohol embryopathy and fetal alcohol syndrome (FAE).

The Frank Majewski Prize, named after him, has existed since 2003 and is intended to promote syndromology in clinical genetics. It is awarded for an outstanding publication with a clinical-syndromological focus.

Life

Frank Majewski studied medicine in Saarbrücken, Freiburg, Vienna and Münster. After graduating in 1967, he did his doctorate with Lenz at the Institute for Human Genetics in Münster. He then specialized in pediatrics at the University Hospital for Child and Adolescent Medicine in Tübingen , where he completed his habilitation. In 1978 he was appointed professor of human genetics and paediatrics at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf, where he worked at the institute for human genetics and anthropology until his death.

Publications (selection)

• with Timm Goecke: Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II: Report of three cases and review. In: American Journal of Medical Genetics. Vol. 80/1, November 2, 1998, pp. 25-31.
• as editor: The alcohol embryopathy. Congenital disabilities due to alcohol consumption during pregnancy: epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinic, rehabilitation and prevention. Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-921324-12-2 .
• Studies on alcohol embryopathy. Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-13-591601-4 .

literature

• RJ Gorlin, CB Whitley: Lenz-Majewski syndrome . In: Radiology . tape 149 , no. 1 , October 1983, ISSN  0033-8419 , p. 129-131 , doi : 10.1148 / radiology.149.1.6611917 , PMID 6611917 .
• Meltem Ozdemir-Karatas, Didem Ozdemir-Ozenen, P. Suzanne Hart, Thomas C. Hart: Craniodentofacial Manifestations in a Rare Syndrome: Orofaciodigital Type IV (Mohr-Majewski Syndrome) . In: Case Reports in Dentistry . 2014, ISSN  2090-6447 , p. 605892 , doi : 10.1155 / 2014/605892 , PMID 25587461 , PMC 4283451 (free full text).
• Judith G. Hall, Christina Flora, Charles I. Scott, Richard M. Pauli, Kimi I. Tanaka: Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II (MOPD II): natural history and clinical findings . In: American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A . 130A, no. 1 , August 3, 2004, ISSN  1552-4825 , p. 55-72 , doi : 10.1002 / ajmg.a.30203 , PMID 15368497 .

Web links

• Frank Majewski Prize