Liliane Schnitzler

Liliane Schnitzler is a French dermatologist who described the eponymous Schnitzler's syndrome in 1972. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Schnitzler's syndrome is a rare autoinflammatory disorder. The disorder was first called Schnitzler's syndrome in 1989. ^[5]

Schnitzler was born on May 20, 1938. She worked closely with Robert Degos, another French dermatologist. Schnitzler was also a professor, teaching at the CHU Angers, a university hospital in Angers. She became the head of its dermatology department in 1970. She was the first woman to be an associate professor of dermatology at CHU Angers. ^[6] Schnitzler had retired by 2013. ^[1]

Selected publications

• Cesarini, Jean-Pierre; Schnitzler, Liliane (1981). La Peau. Que sais-je?. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN   2-13-036831-X.
• Schnitzler, L. "Lésions urticariennes chroniques permanentes (érythème pétaloïde?)". Cas cliniques no 46B. Journée Dermatologique d'Angers 1972.(First description of Schnitzler's syndrome)
• Schnitzler, L; Schubert, B; Boasson, M; Gardais, J; Tourmen, A (1974). "Urticaire chronique, lésions osseuses, macroglobulinémie IgM: maladie de Waldenström? 2ème présentation". Bulletin de la Société française de dermatologie et de syphiligraphie. 81: 363–364.
• Schnitzler, L; Verret, J-L. (2002). "La dermatologie à Angers". In Wallach, David; Tilles, Gérard (eds.). La dermatologie en France. pp. 525–531.

References

1. A. Simon; B. Asli; M. Braun-Falco; H. De Koning; J.-P. Fermand; C. Grattan; K. Krause; H. Lachmann; C. Lenormand; V. Martinez-Taboada; M. Maurer; M. Peters; R. Rizzi; F. Rongioletti; T. Ruzicka; L. Schnitzler; B. Schubert; J. Sibilia; D. Lipsker (2013). Bieber, Thomas (ed.). "Schnitzler's syndrome: diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up". Allergy. 68 (5): 562–568. doi: 10.1111/all.12129 . PMID   23480774. S2CID   12831354.
2. Sanders, Lisa (2019). Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries. Crown. p. 16. ISBN   9780593136645.
3. Sfriso, Paolo; Galozzi, Paola (2019). "15: The Schnitzler Syndrome". In Efthimiou, Petros (ed.). Auto-Inflammatory Syndromes: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management. Springer. p. 203.
4. Griffiths, Christopher E.M.; Creamer, Daniel; Barker, Jonathan; Chalmers, Robert; Bleiker, Tanya O., eds. (February 2016). Rook's Textbook of Dermatology. Wiley. p. 45. ISBN   9781118441176.
5. Baker, Charlotte; Cadogan, Mike (November 3, 2020). "Liliane Schnitzler". Life in the Fast Lane.
6. Riaux, Anne (18 October 2006). Robert Degos (1904-1987), Sa Vie, Sa Ouvre (PDF) (doctorate) (in French). p. 31. Retrieved 9 January 2022.