Corino Andrade
Corino Andrade | |
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Born | Mário Corino da Costa Andrade (1906-06-10)10 June 1906 Moura, Portugal |
Died | 16 June 2005(2005-06-16) (aged 99) Porto, Portugal |
Known for | Describing the familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy syndrome |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neurology, genetics |
Institutions | Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (founder) |
Mário Corino da Costa Andrade (10 June 1906 in Moura – 16 June 2005 in Porto) was a leading twentieth century Portuguese neurologist and researcher who first described the familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) syndrome that later came to be associated with his name (Corino de Andrade disease).[1]
Corino was a founder of the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, a major bioscience research institute located in Porto.
A staunch opponent of the Salazar regime, Andrade was imprisoned by the Portuguese Secret Police (PIDE) for belonging to a political group critical of the government.[1]
He spent a great deal of time collaborating with scientists abroad and had a profound effect on the structure and organization of the current healthcare system in northern Portugal.
References
- ^ a b "Mário Corino de Andrade, neurólogo portugués que identificó la paramiloidosis". El País (in Spanish). 20 June 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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