Hans Ulrich Zellweger

Hans Ulrich Zellweger (born June 19, 1909 in Lugano ; † February 24, 1990 in Iowa City , Iowa ) was a Swiss-American pediatrician and the first person to describe the Zellweger syndrome, which was later named after him .

biography

Zellweger studied in Zurich , Hamburg , Berlin and Rome . He received his doctorate in Zurich in 1934 and then worked in Lucerne . From 1937 to 1939 he worked with Albert Schweitzer in his hospital in Lambaréné . After that, Zellweger was Guido Fanconi 's assistant at the Children's Hospital in Zurich . In 1951, Zellweger became professor of paediatrics at the American University in Beirut . In 1959 he became professor of paediatrics at the University of Iowa in Iowa City , where he founded a laboratory for clinical cytogenetics in 1960 and a clinic for neuromuscular diseases in 1962. He was also head of the medical genetics department. After his retirement in 1977 he headed a human genetic program for the state of Iowa until 1980 .

The Zellweger syndrome , which he first described in 1964, is named after Zellweger .

literature

HR Wiedemann: Hans-Ulrich Zellweger (1909-1990). In: European Journal of Pediatrics. Volume 150, Number 7, May 1991, p. 451, ISSN 0340-6199 . PMID 1915492 .

Individual evidence

↑ Zellweger, Hans Ulrich . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 10: Thies - Zymalkowski. De Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-25040-8 , p. 808.
^ P. Bowen, CS Lee, H. Zellweger, R. Lindenberg: A familial syndrome of multiple congenital defects. In: Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Volume 114, June 1964, pp. 402-414, ISSN 0097-1383 . PMID 14169466 .

personal data
SURNAME	Zellweger, Hans Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss-American pediatrician and first person to describe Zellweger's syndrome
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lugano
DATE OF DEATH	February 24, 1990
Place of death	Iowa City , Iowa

[1] Zellweger, Hans Ulrich . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 10: Thies - Zymalkowski. De Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-25040-8 , p. 808.

[2] P. Bowen, CS Lee, H. Zellweger, R. Lindenberg: A familial syndrome of multiple congenital defects. In: Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Volume 114, June 1964, pp. 402-414, ISSN 0097-1383 . PMID 14169466 .