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Epilepsia

Epilepsia

Volume 49 Issue 6, Pages 943 - 947

Published Online: 7 Feb 2008

© 2010 International League Against Epilepsy



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The maestro don Gonzalo Rodríguez-Lafora
*Anish S. Nanduri, Neal Kaushal, Hans Clusmann, and *Devin K. Binder
  *Department of Neurological Surgery and   School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, U.S.A. ; and   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn, Germany
 Address correspondence to Devin K. Binder, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, 101 The City Drive South, Bldg. 56, Ste. 400, ZOT 5397, Orange, CA 92868-3298, U.S.A. E-mail: dbinder@uci.edu
Copyright © 2008 by the International League Against Epilepsy
KEYWORDS
Lafora disease • Epilepsy • Cajal • Madrid • Spain

ABSTRACT

Gonzalo Rodríguez-Lafora (1886–1971) was an influential Spanish neurologist, and has been called the last of Cajal's great Spanish disciples. Of course, he is best known now for describing (in 1911) the intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in "Lafora disease." In total, he published ∼200 papers covering a wide range of subjects in neurology, psychiatry, and neuropathology. He made seminal contributions not only to the clinical and scientific literature but also to the training of many noted disciples who paid him due homage as a true "maestro." Throughout his intellectual endeavors, Lafora manifested a singular purpose and intensity and a burning devotion to scientific honesty.


Accepted January 4, 2008; Online Early publication February 11, 2008.

DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI)
10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01543.x About DOI

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