eprintid: 84467 rev_number: 47 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/00/08/44/67 datestamp: 2010-10-18 04:19:13 lastmod: 2021-12-05 00:52:30 status_changed: 2010-10-18 04:19:13 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Frangos, CC creators_name: Frangos, CC title: George Higoumenakis (1895-1983): Greek dermatologist ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D17 keywords: CONGENITAL-SYPHILIS, KALA-AZAR, CLAVICLE, LEISHMANIASIS, PATHOGENESIS, PSORIASIS, FORMS, SIGN note: 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. abstract: 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. date: 2009-05 publisher: ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jmb.2009.009005 vfaculties: VGHCSCI oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_batch elements_source: Web of Science elements_id: 237226 doi: 10.1258/jmb.2009.009005 language_elements: EN lyricists_name: Fragkos, Konstantinos lyricists_name: Fragkos, Konstantinos lyricists_id: CFRAN09 lyricists_id: FKONS73 full_text_status: public publication: J MED BIOGR volume: 17 number: 2 pagerange: 64 - 72 issn: 0967-7720 citation: Frangos, CC; Frangos, CC; (2009) George Higoumenakis (1895-1983): Greek dermatologist. J MED BIOGR , 17 (2) 64 - 72. 10.1258/jmb.2009.009005 <https://doi.org/10.1258/jmb.2009.009005>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/84467/1/Frangos_Higoumenakis_24092012.pdf