Etymology

Millard-Gubler syndrome

Today it means: A lesion of the pons, leading to diplopia, strabismus, and contralateral hemiplegia of the extremities. Full definition →

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Named after two French physicians: Auguste Louis Jules Millard (1830–1915), who first identified the disorder in 1855, and Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821–1879), who described it one year later.

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