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Politoff, Alberto Lifschitz was born on July 31, 1935 in Santiago, Chile. Son of Leonidas and Emilia (Lifschitz) Politoff. came to the United States, 1964.
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Alberto Lifschitz Politoff, American Neurologist, neurobiologist. Achievements include discoveries in nerve controls Ribonucleic acid synthesis by means of trophic factor; calcium binding structure in cholinergic synaptic vesicles; neurotoxicity of soluble acetyl-cholinesterase; Electroencephalogram abnormalities in Alzheimer disease. Recipient National Institutes of Health grants, 1974, Muscular Dystrohpy grants, 1978.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, U. Chile, 1960.
Career
Assistant professor physiology, Boston University Medical School, 1973-1978; associate professor, Boston University Medical School, 1978-1981; associate professor neurology, State University of New York Long Island Hospital, New Hyde Park, 1985-1989; associate professor, U. North Dakota Medical School, Fargo, since 1989.
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Married Ida Marticorena, June 2, 1979. 1 child, Violeta.
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