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Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne , 1806-75, French physician. He is noted for researches on diseases of the muscular and nervous systems and for his pioneer work on the use of electricity in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. ... Read more
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
A Dictionary of Psychology Duchenne muscular dystrophy n. The commonest form of muscular...caused by an X-linked recessive gene . Also called Duchenne dystrophy. DMD abbrev.[Named after the French neurologist Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne (1806–75) who was the first to describe... Read more
muscular dystrophy
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...muscular dystrophy, Duchenne, was first described...French physician Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne in 1861. Most cases...is similar to the Duchenne form, but appears...tissue in persons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy... Read more

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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/8/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...19th century French neurologist Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne de Boulogne, who detailed the...deeply felt smile, according to Duchenne, results from the simultaneous...eyes - the mark of pleasure. As Duchenne put it, "The first obeys the... Read more

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