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Édouard Brissaud

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He has been awarded a large number of eponyms many of which are now rarely used and some were not the dominant eponym in use.

  • Bourneville-Brissaud disease – tuberous sclerosis. He studied one of the earliest diagnosed cases with Désiré-Magloire Bourneville in 1881.
  • Brissaud's scoliosis – a form of scoliosis giving "a list of the lumbar part of the spine away from the affected side in sciatica" (Dorland's Medical Dictionary). Described in 1895.
  • Brissaud's disease – Tourette syndrome. He gave a detailed description in 1896.
  • Brissaud's infantilism – infantile myxedema (hypothyroidism). Described in 1907.
  • Brissaud's reflex – a contraction of the tensor fasciae latae (a thigh muscle) on tickling the sole of the foot.
  • Brissaud-Sicard syndrome – is "hemiparesis and contralateral hemifacial spasm resulting from a pontine lesion" (Stedman's Medical Dictionary). Described in 1908. Named in conjunction with neurologist Jean-Athanase Sicard.

Papers

  • Bourneville D, Brissaud É (1881). "Encéphalite ou sclérose tubéreuse des circonvolutions cérébrales". Archives de neurologie. 1: 390–412.
  • Brissaud É (1895). Leçons sur les maladies nerveuses. Paris: Masson. pp. 469–501.
  • Brissaud É (1896). "La chorée variable des dégenerés". Revue neurologique, Paris. 4: 417–431.
  • Brissaud É (1907). "L'infantilisme vrai". Nouvelle iconographie de la Salpêtrière, Paris. 20: 1–17.
  • Brissaud É, Sicard JA (1908). "L'hémispasme facial altern". Presse Médicale. 16: 1234–236.

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