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Alfred Bannwarth
Introduction
German neurologist, 1903-1970. Munich. Credited for discovering cases of lymphocytic meningoradiculitis with facial nerve palsies, an early description of neuroborreliosis (now known as Lyme disease) and called Bannwarth’s syndrome in his honor.
Related bibliography
Related bibliography
- Chronische lymphocytäre Meningitis, entzündliche Polyneuritis und “Rheumatismus”. Ein beitrag zum Problem “Allergie und Nervensystem”. Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten, Berlin, 1941, 113: 284-376.
- Zur Klinik und Pathogenese der “chronischen lymphocytären Meningitis”. Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten, Berlin, 1944, 117: 161-185, 682-716.