Neuro-ophthalmology in Switzerland.
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چکیده
N euro-ophthalmology in Switzerland stands on the shoulders of giants. One hundred fifty years ago, Friedrich Horner was the first ophthalmologist to hold an independent chair at the University of Zurich. Hans Goldmann invented—among many other examination techniques—the kinetic perimeter named after him while teaching and working at the University of Bern. Adolphe Franceschetti made important contributions to the understanding of genetic diseases and to color vision while at the University of Geneva. While serving as chair in Lausanne, Marc Amsler developed his famous “Amsler grid,” thus pointing out the importance of the central visual field. Volker Henn made seminal contributions in the fields of ocular motor and vestibular research in the Department of Neurology in Zurich. Close collaboration with 2 famous neurosurgeons in Zurich, Hugo Krayenbühl and “Neurosurgeon of the Century” M. Gazi Yaşargil, brought Alfred Huber’s career to fame far beyond the Swiss borders. His book “Eye Signs and Symptoms in Brain Tumors,” which first appeared in 1956 in German and was later translated into English, represents a marvelously documented account of his vast clinical experience as the first Swiss neuro-ophthalmologist (Fig. 1). Alfred Huber together with Tom Hedges founded the International Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (INOS) and together with Adolphe Neetens from Belgium established the European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (EUNOS). Two INOS meetings have taken place in Switzerland, the third meeting in 1980, organized by Alfred Huber in Valbella in the mountains of Grisons, and the 15th meeting, organized in 2004 by Avinoam Safran in Geneva. Zurich was the site of the first EUNOS meeting in 1993.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
دوره 33 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013