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Hans Zellweger
American university professor and pediatrician

Hans Zellweger

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American university professor and pediatrician
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Place of birth
Lugano, Switzerland
Place of death
Iowa, USA
Age
80 years
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Hans Ulrich Zellweger (19 June 1909 in Lugano – 24 February 1990 in Iowa City, Iowa) was a Swiss-American pediatrician known for his research on Zellweger syndrome.

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 American University in Beirut and from 1959 until his retirement in 1977, he was Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Iowa. There he performed research on neuromuscular disorders and genetic diseases and is known for his research on Zellweger syndrome which is named after him.

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  • H. R. Wiedemann: Hans-Ulrich Zellweger (1909-1990). In: European Journal of Pediatrics. Band 150, Nummer 7, Mai 1991, S. 451, ISSN 0340-6199. PMID 1915492.
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