Henri Gastaut [1915 - 1955]

Henri Gastaut was a renowned neurologist who passed away on July 15, 1995, at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness. Born in Monaco on April 5, 1915, Gastaut came from a modest family background and had an initially lackluster academic career, characterized by indiscipline. He…

Opitz-Kaveggia Syndrome (OKS)

Description An X-linked recessive mental retardation syndrome. Characterized by: Dysmorphic features: relative macrocephaly, hypertelorism, downslanted palpebral fissures, prominent forehead with frontal hair upsweep, broad thumbs, and halluces. Hypotonia, constipation, partial…

Migraine in childhood

Review of acute and preventative pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of pediatric migraine, including recent or ongoing clinical…

The First Description of Tay-Sachs Disease by Warren Tay, 1881

In 1881, British ophthalmologist Warren Tay published his groundbreaking observation of a cherry-red spot on the retina of a child suffering from a neurological disorder. This momentous discovery marked the first description of what would later be known as Tay-Sachs disease, a…

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