Guido Werdnig (Ratschach, 20 June 1844 – 26 April 1919) was an Austrian neurologist.[1]
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Werdnig, together with Johann Hoffmann of the University of Heidelberg, were the first doctors to describe Werdnig–Hoffmann disease, now known as spinal muscular atrophy type 1.[2]
References edit
- ^ doctor/1713 at Who Named It?
- ^ Peter Beighton, Greta Beighton: The Man Behind the Syndrome. Springer, 1986, ISBN 978-1-4471-1417-8, p. 193.
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