Johann Hoffmann (neurologist)
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Johann Hoffmann (28 March 1857 – 1 November 1919) was a German neurologist born in Hahnheim. He is remembered for describing Hoffmann's reflex and Werdnig–Hoffmann disease (now spinal muscular atrophy type 1). He is also known for the adult-onset hypothyroid myopathy, Hoffmann syndrome.[1] He was educated at Worms and studied medicine at Heidelberg. He worked under Professor Wilhelm Erb, and succeeded him as head of neurology at Heidelberg. Hoffmann died in Heidelberg.
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- ↑ "Myopathies associated with thyroid disease". MedLink Neurology. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
