Landouzy, Louis T.J.

Landouzy,

Louis T.J., French neurologist, 1845-1917. Dejerine-Landouzy dystrophy - Synonym(s): Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophyDejerine-Landouzy myopathy - Synonym(s): Landouzy-Dejerine dystrophyLandouzy-Dejerine dystrophy - a relatively benign type of muscular dystrophy commencing in childhood and slowly progressive. Synonym(s): Dejerine-Landouzy dystrophy; Dejerine-Landouzy myopathy; facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophyLandouzy-Grasset law - in lesions of one hemisphere, the patient's head is turned to the side of the affected muscles if there is spasticity and to that of the cerebral lesion if there is paralysis. Synonym(s): Grasset law