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François Alexis Albert Gombault (3 October 1844 – 23 September 1904) was a French
François Alexis Albert Gombault (3 October 1844 – 23 September 1904) was a French neurologist
Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the ...
who was a native of Orléans
Orléans (,"Orleans"
(US) and Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893). From 1887, he was associated with the Hospice d'Ivry, and for years served as ''chef de travaux'' in the pathological anatomy laboratory of Victor André Cornil (1837–1908). In 1880, Gombault published an early description involving a type of hypertrophic neuritis that was later known as Dejerine–Sottas syndrome. With Charcot, he performed important research of obstructive biliary cirrhosis.Diseases of the liver, gall-bladder and bile-ducts
by Humphry Davy Rolleston In 1877, he published ''Etude sur la sclérose latérale amyotrophique'', a study on " Charcot disease", better known as
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(definition of eponym) French neurologists 1844 births 1904 deaths Physicians from Orléans {{France-med-bio-stub
(US) and Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893). From 1887, he was associated with the Hospice d'Ivry, and for years served as ''chef de travaux'' in the pathological anatomy laboratory of Victor André Cornil (1837–1908). In 1880, Gombault published an early description involving a type of hypertrophic neuritis that was later known as Dejerine–Sottas syndrome. With Charcot, he performed important research of obstructive biliary cirrhosis.
by Humphry Davy Rolleston
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or—in the United States—Lou Gehrig's disease (LGD), is a rare, Terminal illness, terminal neurodegenerative disease, neurodegenerative disorder that results i ...
(ALS).
Eponyms associated with Gombault
* Charcot–Gombault necrosis: a biliary infarct, which is a late-stage complication of extra-hepatic cholestasis. (Eponym known from historical literature). * Gombault–Philippe triangle: a triangular field formed in the conus medullaris by the fibers of the septomarginal tract. Named with pathologist Claudien Philippe (1866–1903).See also
* A Clinical Lesson at the SalpêtrièreReferences
''Albert Gombault''
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Dorlands Medical Dictionary
(definition of eponym) French neurologists 1844 births 1904 deaths Physicians from Orléans {{France-med-bio-stub