John Alexander Simpson (neurologist)
John Alexander "Iain" Simpson (born March 30, 1922 in Greenock , † May 10, 2009 in Glasgow ) was a Scottish neurologist .
Life
Between 1964 and 1987 he was a professor at the University of Glasgow and played an important role in the development of neurological research and science in Scotland. Simpson was internationally recognized as a professional authority, particularly with regard to the clinical picture of myasthenia gravis . In 1960 he was the first to hypothesize that this disease was based on an autoimmune mechanism, which was later confirmed. A diagnostic procedure - the Simpson test - was named after him.
literature
- John Alexander Simpson: Neuromuscular Diseases, Volume 16. Elsevier Publisher, 1973, ISBN 978-0-444-41175-4 .
Web links
- John Alexander Simpson . Royal College of Physicians
- John Simpson, professor of neurology . The Scotsman
- Peter O. Behan: Obituary. In: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Individual evidence
- ↑ RM Pascuzzi: The history of myasthenia gravis. In: Neurologic clinics. Volume 12, Number 2, May 1994, pp. 231-242, ISSN 0733-8619 . PMID 8041339 .
- ↑ AJ Riggs, JE. Riggs: Guessing it right, John A. Simpson, and myasthenia gravis: the role of analogy in science. In: Neurology , 2004 Feb 10, 62 (3), pp. 465-467, PMID 14872032
- ^ Martin R. Turner: Landmark Papers in Neurology . Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-965860-2 , pp. 439 ff.
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| SURNAME | Simpson, John Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simpson, Iain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenock |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 2009 |
| Place of death | Glasgow |