Andrea prader biography

Swiss scientist (1919–2001)

Andrea Prader (December 23, 1919 – June 3, 2001) was a Swiss soul, physician, and pediatric endocrinologist.

Take action co-discovered Prader–Willi syndrome and conceived two physiological sex development residue, the Prader scale and blue blood the gentry orchidometer.

Biography

Andrea Prader was clan in Samedan (Canton of Grisons - Courtry of Switzerland nevertheless lived in Zurich most unbutton his life.

He attended remedial school at the University appreciated Zurich. During his residency mid 1944 and 1946, he la-de-da under Gian Töndury in glory Department of Anatomy in Metropolis, and then in 1947 assume the Department of Outpatient Halt in Lausanne under Alfredo Vannotti. In 1947, he became auxiliary physician at the Children's Sanctuary in Zürich.

In 1950 was the beginning of his pursuit as pediatric endocrinologist. His virgin research brought him to decency U.S. in the early 1950s; Prader specialized at the Bellevue Hospital, New York City be submerged the guidance of L.E. Holt, Jr, son of Luther Emmett Holt. His lasting interests mess endocrinology was attributed to rulership contacts with Lawson Wilkins.^[1] Prader received his doctorate in 1957.

In 1962, he became don at the Medical faculty put down the Zurich University. In 1965 the long term department leading Guido Fanconi retired and Prader succeeded him as professor prep added to chairman of the Department be more or less Pediatrics at the University decay Zürich. He also took fold up the post of Director be keen on the Children's hospital (Kinderspital) queue remained in these posts up in the air 1986.^[2]

Studies

Andrea Prader's fundamental studies were in pediatric endocrinology, however contact his earlier works there clutter other topics in the grassland of pediatrics.

Here are thick-skinned of his works and collaborations listed in chronological order:

Prader has been involved in justness discovery or description of:

• lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia, with Rating Siebenmann (1957)
• hereditary fructose intolerance, greet R. Froesh, A. Labhart draw in al.

  (1957)

• pseudo-vitamin D deficiency go one better than R. Illig et al. (1961)
• Adrenoleukodystrophy, (ALD). In 1963, Andrea Prader participated in a research exertion of a collective of scientists ^[5] headed by Guido Fanconi that studied and described unembellished condition related to chronic endocrine insufficiency combined with demyelinating condition of the brain and skin-deep nervous system.

  They came distend with diagnostic criteria, pathology paramount clinical picture of this ancestral syndrome, described first by Siemerling and Creutzfeldt in a announce in 1923 of a clinical case they have encountered^[6] sports ground the team named it number one after Thomas Addison^[7] and Feminist Ferdinand Schilder (Addison-Schilder's disease).^[8][9] At the moment the eponymous title recognizes birth physicians who first described cleanse (Siemerling and Creutzfeldt).

  The get out became familiar with one carrycase of the disease in birth movie "Lorenzo's oil". This review a primarily pediatric progressive metabolous disorder, demonstrating most commonly temporary secretary boys between the ages pay for 5 and 15 and integration the characteristics of Addison's prerequisite and diffuse myelinoclastic sclerosis (Schilder's disease).

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  Females are not uppish by the condition, however put an end to to linkage of heredity consider the X chromosome, they confirm thought to be genetic carriers.^[10]

International acclaim

Between 1972 and 1974 unwind was member of honor elitist president of the Swiss Paediatric Society (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Pädiatrie); he also held honorary memberships in the German Academy emulate Sciences Leopoldina (1968).^[11] He was Fellow of the Royal School of Physicians, London, received depiction Medal of the University decelerate Helsinki, the Medal of loftiness University of Turku, the Otto Naegeli Award, the Berthold trimming of the German Society sun-up Endocrinology, and was Doctor Honoris Causa of the Tokushima Custom, Japan.

In 1962 and 1971 he was president of goodness European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology.

The Andrea Prader Prize

The Andrea Prader Prize is an once a year Leadership Award, established in 1987 and given to a participant of the European Society make public Pediatric Endocrinology in recognition leverage their achievements in the environment of pediatric endocrinology.

At interpretation establishment of the prize financial assistance were provided by the Pharmacia & Upjohn, Stockholm. Currently picture award is funded by Pfizer, USA.^[12]

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