Hans Ulrich Zellweger (19 June 1909, in

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– 24 February 1990, in

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) was a Swiss-American

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known for his research on

Zellweger syndrome Zellweger syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by the reduction or absence of functional peroxisomes in the cells of an individual. It is one of a family of disorders called Zellweger spectrum disorders which are leukodystrophie ...

.P. Bowen, C. S. Lee, H. Zellweger, R. Lindenberg: ''A familial syndrome of multiple congenital defects.'' In ''Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.'' Volume 114, June 1964, S. 402–414, . . Zellweger trained in Zurich, Hamburg, Rome and Berlin and received his doctorate in Zurich in 1934, where he worked until 1950. In the 1950s he was appointed Professor at the

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and from 1959 until his retirement in 1977, he was Professor of Paediatrics at the

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. There he performed research on neuromuscular disorders and genetic diseases and is known for his research on

which is named after him.

Literature

* H. R. Wiedemann: ''Hans-Ulrich Zellweger (1909-1990).'' In: ''European Journal of Pediatrics.'' Band 150, Nummer 7, Mai 1991, S. 451, . .

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