A mini-review on eponyms in the dermatology literature linked to France

Ahmad Al Aboud,Khalid Al Aboud

doi:10.7241/ourd.20133.114

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France officially the French Republic France is the largest country in Western Europe and the third-largest in Europe as a whole [1]. It possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world. It has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military, and political influence in Europe and around the world. Its estimated current population is around 65,350,000 . The French healthcare system was ranked first worldwide by the World Health Organization in 1997 and then again in 2000. Care is generally free for people affected by chronic diseases [1]. Many eponyms we use them currently, in our dermatology practice, originated from France. For example, Schnitzler’s syndrome which is characterized by recurrent urticarial rash and monoclonal gammopathy is named after the French dermatologist L. Schnitzler (Fig. 1) who first described this syndrome in 1972. As a matter of fact one my need to write a book if he or she wish to discuss French dermatological eponyms in details. However, in this communication, we meant to shed some lights only, on some examples of French dermatological eponyms, which we summarized it in Table I [2-20]. A MINI-REVIEW ON EPONYMS IN THE DERMATOLOGY LITERATURE LINKED TO FRANCE

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Cite this article: Ahmad Al Aboud, Khalid Al Aboud: A mini-review on eponyms in the dermatology literature linked to France
Known as Darier disease, Darier–White disease, Dyskeratosis follicularis and Keratosis follicularis. It is an autosomal dominant disorder discovered by Ferdinand-Jean Darier (8561938), (Fig. 4), who was a French physician, pathologist and dermatologist called the „father of modern dermatology in France”
Robert Degos (1904–1987), (Fig. 5), was a French dermatologist who described several dermatoses including Degos disease which is an extremely rare vasculopathy which results in tissue infarction

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Cite this article: Ahmad Al Aboud, Khalid Al Aboud: A mini-review on eponyms in the dermatology literature linked to France. Schnitzler’s syndrome which is characterized by recurrent urticarial rash and monoclonal gammopathy is named after the French dermatologist L. Schnitzler (Fig. 1) who first described this syndrome in 1972.

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