Henry Hubert Turner

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Henry Hubert Turner (born August 28, 1892 , † August 4, 1970 ) was an American endocrinologist who, among other things, in 1938 for the first time described the Turner syndrome , which was later named after him .

Life

Turner received his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine, which he graduated in 1921. He later served as Head of Endocrinology and Deputy Dean at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ P. Beighton, G. Beighton: The Man Behind the Syndrome. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York / Tokyo 1986, ISBN 3-540-16218-6 , pp. 174-175 .
  2. ^ HH Turner: A syndrome of infantilism, congenital webbed neck, and cubitus valgus . In: Endocrinology (Baltimore) . tape 23 , 1938, pp. 566-574 .
personal data
SURNAME Turner, Henry Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American endocrinologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1892
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1970