Ian Bruce Sneddon (1915-1987).

Andrzej Grzybowski,Joanna Żołnierz,Jarosław Sak

doi:10.1007/s00415-015-7997-8

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Ian Bruce Sneddon (1915-1987).

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Ian Bruce Sneddon was born on March 6, 1915, in Sheffield in England
The year 2015 marked the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ian Bruce Sneddon (Fig. 1)
He was a dermatologist who contributed to the development of neurology by describing a form of non-inflammatory arterio-occlusive disorder which may manifest with stroke or other severe central nervous symptoms, and a livedo racemosa of the skin (Sneddon syndrome) [1, 2]

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Ian Bruce Sneddon was born on March 6, 1915, in Sheffield in England. He was the only son of Kathleen Hield and Scottish general practitioner William Sneddon [5, 6]. He was a dermatologist who contributed to the development of neurology by describing a form of non-inflammatory arterio-occlusive disorder which may manifest with stroke or other severe central nervous symptoms, and a livedo racemosa of the skin (Sneddon syndrome) [1, 2]. Ian Bruce Sneddon was born on March 6, 1915, in Sheffield in England. He studied at the University of Sheffield, where, in 1937 he graduated from medical studies.

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