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Published in: Child's Nervous System 2/2021

01-02-2021 | Meningitis | Cover Editorial

Georges Charles Guillain (1876–1961) and Pierre Mollaret (1898–1987) and their legacy to neuroanatomy: the forgotten triangle of Guillain-Mollaret

Authors: Ali Çağlar Turgut, R. Shane Tubbs, Mehmet Turgut

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 2/2021

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Excerpt

The eponym “the triangle of Guillain-Mollaret” (GMT), also known as the dentato-rubro-olivary (DRO) pathway or myoclonic triangle (Fig. 1 and cover), remembers two physicians who contributed to defining this polygon in 1931 [1].
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Title
Georges Charles Guillain (1876–1961) and Pierre Mollaret (1898–1987) and their legacy to neuroanatomy: the forgotten triangle of Guillain-Mollaret
Authors
Ali Çağlar Turgut
R. Shane Tubbs
Mehmet Turgut
Publication date
01-02-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword
Meningitis
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 2/2021
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-018-04033-8

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