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(¤ 16.6.1820, † 1910) Pediatrician in Berlin. Studied medicine at the University of Berlin. 1843 license to practice medicine; 1844 internal medicine training at the polyclinic of the University of Berlin. 1858 Appointment as associate professor. 1860 Opening of a private paediatric polyclinic. 1872 Appointment as director of the University Children's Hospital in Berlin. 1868, together with his clinical teacher Johann Lucas Schönlein, pioneering description of the Purpura Schönlein-Henoch.
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- Geyer A, Röcken M (2008) In: Löser Ch, Plewig F (eds.) Pantheon of Dermatology, S. 443-446 Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer