Tag: Göran Wettrell
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From bedside to bench: The discovery of calmodulinopathy
Göran WettrellLund, Sweden As a pediatrician specializing in pediatric cardiology, I met in 1982 a twelve-year-old-boy with syncope when playing football. He had four previous episode of losing consciousness during physical activity and once during a fire alarm. His resting ECG was normal but his long-term ECG registration revealed exercised-induced ventricular extrasystoles of increasing complexity.…
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Carl Linnaeus—The young botanist, natural scientist, and physician
Göran WettrellLund, Sweden Carolus Linnaeus, ennobled Carl von Linné in 1761, is one of the great sons of Sweden. At an early age, he demonstrated an interest in nature and plants. His lifelong passion was the ordering and classification of plants, animals, minerals, and diseases. Young Linnaeus Linnaeus was born in a small village in…