In memoriamStanley Hoffmann (1928-2015)

[In Memoriam. Charles J. Burstone (1928-2015)].

Sa longue carrière sera universitaire. De 1955 à la fin de son existence, il n’aura jamais cessé de soigner, de chercher, d’enseigner. C’est en 1955, en effet, qu’il devient assistant dans le département d’orthodontie de l’Université d’Indiana à Indianapolis où il vient de terminer sa Maîtrise en orthodontie. Il en assumera la responsabilité de 1956 à 1970 après avoir gravi tous les échelons de...

John Forbes Nash Jr . ( 1928 – 2015 )

John Forbes Nash Jr. was born in Bluefield, West Virginia, on June 13, 1928 and was named after his father, who was an electrical engineer. His mother, Margaret Virginia (née Martin), was a school teacher before her marriage, teaching English and sometimes Latin. After attending the standard schools in Bluefield, Nash entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh (now Carnegie Mell...

Gernot Hoffmann

Hoffmann syndrome: a case report

Hoffmann syndrome is a rare form of hypothyroid myopathy in adults characterized by presence of muscle weakness, stiffness and pseudohypertrophy. We report a 39 year old male with primary hypothyroidism diagnosed at childhood and not on regular thyroxine therapy who presented with fatigue, cold intolerance, constipation, exertional breathlessness, progressive proximal muscle weakness and swelli...

Cerebellar hypoplasia in Werdnig-Hoffmann disease.

The case of an infant with Werding-Hoffmann disease, who died at the age of 4 1/2 days, is reported. At autopsy there was severe cerebellar hypoplasia, associated with degenerative changes in the brain-stem nuclei. This case supports the concept that cerebellar hypoplasia may develop as a manifestation of the neuronal abiotrophy of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease. A similarity has been noted between t...