Abstract:To child neurologists, William M. Landau is probably best known for his eponymic Landau-Kleffner syndrome described in 1957 as a ''syndrome of acquired aphasia with convulsive disorder in children'' in collaboration with Frank R. To clinical neurophysiologists, Landau is known for his meticulous description of the nerve and muscle activation mediating the plantar reflexes that are evaluated daily by clinicians to assess the status of corticospinal tract functioning. [8][9][10][11] Landau served for many years… Show more
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