PROGRESSIVE FACIAL HEMIATROPHY
1932; American Medical Association; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archneurpsyc.1932.02230150045004
ISSN2330-9628
Autores Tópico(s)Neurology and Historical Studies
ResumoOriginally described by Romberg in 1846, and for this reason likewise known as Romberg's disease, progressive facial hemiatrophy has since aroused the interest of clinicians practically in every part of the world and furnished the theme for a large number of publications. Important monographs ** on the subject have been written by Möbius, 1 Cassirer 2 and Marburg, 3 and more than 25 theses have been devoted to it in France and Germany alone, that by Korn 4 being unquestionably one of the most remarkable. The condition receives rather scant attention in most textbooks on neurology, the most notable exception being Oppenheim's 5 famous Lehrbuch, in which it was accorded a lengthy and exceptionally instructive description. In recent years, probably the most noteworthy contribution on facial hemiatrophy is that by Wartenberg, 6 which appeared in 1925. The older literature has been completely indexed by Cassirer and particularly by Otto Marburg, and
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