TY  - JOUR
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jmb.2009.009005
AV  - public
VL  - 17
EP  -  72
KW  - CONGENITAL-SYPHILIS
KW  -  KALA-AZAR
KW  -  CLAVICLE
KW  -  LEISHMANIASIS
KW  -  PATHOGENESIS
KW  -  PSORIASIS
KW  -  FORMS
KW  -  SIGN
SP  - 64 
N2  - This paper describes the Higoumenakis sign, enlargement of the sternal end of the clavicle in patients with late congenital syphilis and the dermatologist after whom it is named. Several professors and doctors from the Medical School of the University of Athens opposed his actions especially at the University in Greece. His persistence led him to productive scientific activity in syphilis, leishmaniasis and psoriasis. fie became a member of the Greek Parliament from 1964 to 1967 and eventually Minister of Hygiene - even though this may have been an imprudent political choice, due to the unstable socio-political status of that period. He died on 27 December 1983 at the age of 88.
N1  - Frangos, CC and Frangos, CC (2009) George Higoumenakis (1895-1983): Greek dermatologist. Journal of Medical Biography, 17 (2) 64-72, doi:10.1258/jmb.2009.009005.
This is the final draft, after peer-review, of a manuscript published in RSM journals: www.rsmpress.com.
PB  - ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD
A1  - Frangos, CC
A1  - Frangos, CC
Y1  - 2009/05//
SN  - 0967-7720
JF  - J MED BIOGR
ID  - discovery84467
IS  - 2
TI  - George Higoumenakis (1895-1983): Greek dermatologist
ER  -