Adam Opalski Explained

Adam Opalski (26 November 1897 – 3 November 1963) was a Polish neurologist and neuropathologist.

He was born in Olkusz and described a specific type of characteristically altered glial cells (currently referred to as Opalski cells), developing in the brain in Wilson’s disease.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He died in Warsaw.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jerzy Kulczycki. Professor Adam Opalski (1897-1963) – neurologist and neuropathologist. Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska 2009; 43, 4 . 2013-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191420/http://www.termedia.pl/Czasopismo/-15/pdf-13090-2?filename=Professor%20Adam%20Opalski%20-%20Angielski.pdf . 2013-10-29 . dead .
  2. 10.1007/BF02865108 . Über eine besondere Art von Gliazellen bei der Wilson-Pseudosklerosegruppe . 1930 . Opalski . A. . Zeitschrift für die gesamte Neurologie und Psychiatrie . 124 . 420–425 .
  3. 10.1007/BF00691216 . Some remarks on the morphology and histochemistry of the so-called Opalski cells . 1965 . Mossakowski . M. J. . Acta Neuropathologica . 4 . 6 . 659–68 . 5886838. 1376919 .
  4. William Pryse-Phillips. Companion to Clinical Neurology. 2003
  5. Susan L. Bartolucci, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Pat Forbis, CMT. Stedman's Medical Eponyms. 2005

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