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(¤ 1883, 1961) Dermatologist. Studied medicine in Paris, doctorate in 1906. After 1916, he worked in several positions in Besançon and Paris. In 1932, in succession to Lortat-Jacob Leiter, he was appointed director of a dermatological department at the Hôpital Saint Louis in Paris. The name Touraine is associated with many diseases and syndromes and points to a versatile and highly talented dermatologist. Exemplary are the following publications:
- 1941 Grande Aphtosis Touraine (Behçet's disease)
- 1942 Cockayne-Touraine syndrome (Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica localisata)
- 1935 Touraine-Solente-Golé syndrome (pachydermoperiosteosis)
- 1941 Definition of the term "neurocutaneous melanoblastosis", first described by Virchow
- In 1943, after the first description by Edward Alfred Cockayne in 1933, Touraine made the groundbreaking description of Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica localisata in 1943.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- De Bersaques J (2008) In: Löser Ch, Plewig F (eds.) Pantheon of Dermatology, pp. 1021-1025 Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer