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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2021; 25(04): 637-638
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1727224
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History Page: Leaders in MSK Radiology

Jacques Forestier (1890–1978)
Filip M. Vanhoenacker
1   Department of Radiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wilrijkstraat, Edegem, Belgium
2   Department of Radiology, General Hospital Sint-Maarten Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
3   Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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Antoine Feydy
4   Department of Radiology, Radiologie B, Hôpital Cochin APHP, Paris, France
5   Université de Paris, Paris, France
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Abstract

This history page in the series “Leaders in MSK Radiology” is dedicated to the memory and achievements of the French physician Jacques Forestier, whose name is connected with the medical eponym Forestier's disease, later referred to as diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.

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Forestier's disease - History - Radiography


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Article published online:
27 October 2021

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