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Friedrich Heinrich Lewy, posteriormente conocido como Frederic Henry Lewey (Berlín, 28 de enero de 1885 — Pennsburg, Pensilvania, 5 de octubre de 1950) fue un médico, neuroanatomista y psiquiatra alemán, naturalizado estadounidense, célebre por haber descubierto en 1912 las inclusiones celulares de sustancia proteica que se observan en ...
Fritz Heinrich Lewy (/ ˈ l ɛ v i /; January 28, 1885 – October 5, 1950), known in his later years as Frederic Henry Lewey, was a German-born American neurologist. He is best known for the discovery of Lewy bodies, which are a characteristic indicator of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.
Friedrich Lewy attended the Friedrichswerdersche Gymnasium in Berlin and studied medicine at the universities of Berlin and Zurich from 1903. He received his doctorate from the University of Berlin on 11 February 1910 with the thesis “Degenerationsversuche am akustischen System des Kaninchens und der Katze.
In 1912, Friedrich Lewy described the inclusion bodies present in Parkinson disease and in Lewy body dementia. Throughout his life, Lewy fought in two wars – on opposite sides. He was born in Berlin in a Jewish family, and served in the German Army in World War I.
11 de mar. de 2024 · In 1912, Friedrich Lewy described the inclusion bodies present in Parkinson disease and in Lewy body dementia. Throughout his life, Lewy fought in two wars – on opposite sides. He was born in Berlin in a Jewish family, and served in the German Army in World War I.
27 de nov. de 2012 · Introduction. In 1912, Fritz Jakob Heinrich Lewy (1885–1950) described the cellular inclusions that are characteristic of Parkinson disease (PD; originally known as the shaking palsy). 1 ...
Abstract. In 1912, Friedrich Heinrich Lewy first described the inclusion bodies named after him and seen in paralysis agitans (p.a.). Tretiakoff had found (1919) that the nucleus niger is most likely to be affected but in a subsequent large-scale series of post-mortem examinations (1923).
