William Landau

William Milton Landau (October 10, 1924[1] – November 2, 2017) was an American neurologist who was a professor of neurology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.[2] It was within his specialty of stroke and movement disorders that he gained eponymous recognition for the Landau–Kleffner syndrome.[2][3]

Landau died on November 2, 2017, from natural causes at his home in University City, Missouri. He was 93 years old.[4][5]

Works published

  • Landau WM, Jaffe AS, Wetzel RD (June 2006). "Benefits vs the harms of automated external defibrillator use". JAMA. 295: 2849–50, author reply 2850. doi:10.1001/jama.295.24.2849. PMID 16804150.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Landau WM (2006). "Pain therapy outdated". Mo Med. 103: 42. PMID 16579303.
  • Nelson DA, Landau WM (2001). "Intrathecal methylprednisolone for postherpetic neuralgia". N Engl J Med. 344 (13): 1019.
  • Landau WM (1999). "Is cholesterol a risk factor for stroke? Cholesterol-NO". Arch Neuro. 56: 1521–1524.
  • Landau WM. "Hypertonus Spasticity, Rigidity" and "Babinski's Reflex, Sign of". Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Edited by George Adelman, Barry H. Smith, Elsevier Science BV, 1999
  • Landau WM. Clinical Neuromythology and Other Arguments and Essays, Pertinent and Impertinent, Futura Publishing Company, Inc,. Armonk, NY, 1998

References

  1. ^ U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
  2. ^ a b "William M. Landau". Washington University School of Medicine, department of Neurology.
  3. ^ Landau W., Kleffner F. (1957). "Syndrome of acquired aphasia with convulsive disorder in children". Neurology. 7: 523–530.
  4. ^ Bernhard, Blythe (2017-11-02). "Dr. William Landau, former chief neurologist at Washington University, dies at 93". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  5. ^ "In Memoriam: Former ANA President William M. Landau | American Neurological Association (ANA)". myana.org. Retrieved 21 April 2024.


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