10.6084/m9.figshare.8128100.v1 Mariana Teresa Gómez-López Mariana Teresa Gómez-López Leonardo Palacios-Sánchez Leonardo Palacios-Sánchez Alberto Vélez van Meerbeke Alberto Vélez van Meerbeke Juan Sebastián Botero-Meneses Juan Sebastián Botero-Meneses Désiré-Magloire Bourneville and his contributions to pediatric neurology SciELO journals 2019 Tuberous sclerosis epilepsy history of Medicine 2019-05-15 02:48:28 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/D_sir_-Magloire_Bourneville_and_his_contributions_to_pediatric_neurology/8128100 <div><p>ABSTRACT Désiré-Magloire Bourneville ought to be thought of as the father of Pediatric Neurology for his significant contributions to the field. He worked as a physician, politician, writer, and editor. He was the first to describe the autosomal dominant genetic condition known as “tuberous sclerosis complex”, after conducting an autopsy on a young female patient, where the main finding in the central nervous system was multiple dense tubers. The patient had refractory epilepsy and intellectual disability. His work was based on the study of epilepsy and idiocy, and he was also an advocate of public health and social medicine education; creating day hospital programs for children with this type of neurologic disease.</p></div>