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08-07-2023 | Multiple Sclerosis | History of Neurology

Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893) and the first classification of multiple sclerosis in the medical literature

Authors: Francesco Brigo, Lorenzo Lorusso, Olivier Walusinski, Study Group for the History of Neurology of the Italian Neurological Society

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 1/2024

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Several Italian physicians studied under Charcot at La Salpêtrière and were the first to transcribe, translate, and publish some of his lessons, contributing to the dissemination of Charcot’s theories in Italy [1, 2]. Some of these transcriptions are invaluable, as they provide information that cannot be found elsewhere in Charcot’s oeuvre. Sometimes they had not been personally revised or edited by Charcot himself, and their accuracy cannot be confirmed by independent sources [1]. …

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Title: Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893) and the first classification of multiple sclerosis in the medical literature
Authors: Francesco Brigo
Lorenzo Lorusso
Olivier Walusinski
Study Group for the History of Neurology of the Italian Neurological Society
Publication date: 08-07-2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: Multiple Sclerosis
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-06941-3

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