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Forno, Lysia S. was born on February 14, 1918 in Hallund, Denmark. Arrived in United States, 1954. Daughter of Oluf Valdemar and Othilde Maria (Kousholt) Saxe.
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Lysia S. Forno
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Lysia S. Forno, Danish neuropathologist. Achievements include research in experimental and human parkinsonism. MPTP-induced parkinsonism in squirrel monkeys. Nerve cell degeneration and Lewy body inclusions in human Parkinson's disease. Recipient Dedication to Neuropath. award, American Associate of Neuropath., 1991.
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Doctor of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1943.
Career
Intern to resident various Danish Hospital, Copenhagen, 1943—1951. Neuropathology fellow Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1951—1952. Instructor Stanford Medical School, California, 1957—1969.
Staff physician Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, since 1960. Assistant professor to professor Stanford Medical School, 1969—1989. Retired, 1989
Reviewer various medical journals, since 1960.
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Married Bert Holck Forno, January 15, 1954 (deceased July 1978).
