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DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20190141
Historical Note

Tribute to Professor Andrew J. Lees

Tributo ao Professor Andrew J. Lees
Hélio Afonso Ghizoni TEIVE 
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Setor de Distúrbios do Movimento, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
,
Alex Tiburtino MEIRA 
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Setor de Distúrbios do Movimento, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
,
Carlos Henrique Ferreira CAMARGO 
2   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
,
Francisco Eduardo Costa CARDOSO
3   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Setor de Distúrbios do Movimento, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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Abstract

Professor Andrew John Lees, from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, a neurological hospital in Queen Square, London, UK, has contributed in a stupendous way to the development of the field of movement disorders in Brazil, with a constant and intense participation in numerous congresses and scientific meetings of this specialty since 1983.

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O professor Andrew Lees, do National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, Londres, Reino Unido, tem contribuído de maneira estupenda para o desenvolvimento da área dos distúrbios do movimento no Brasil, com uma participação constante e intensa em inúmeros congressos e encontros científicos desta especialidade, desde o ano de 1983.

Keywords:

Neurology - movement disorders - Parkinson’s disease

Palavras-chave:

Neurologia - distúrbios do movimento - doença de Parkinson


Publication History

Received: 01 July 2019

Accepted: 09 July 2019

Article published online:
13 June 2023

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