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George Constantin Cotzias (June 16, 1918 – June 13, 1977) was a Gr****
scientist who
together with his
coworkers developed L-Dopa treatment, currently...
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later extended to
manganese poisoning and
later parkinsonism by
George Cotzias and his coworkers, who used
greatly increased oral doses, for
which they...
- results, and the use of DOPA
remained in
question until 1967, when
George Cotzias at the
Brookhaven National Laboratories in Upton, New York, used megadoses...
- as well as ALS and
Parkinson disease. He is
recipient of the
George C.
Cotzias award from the
American Academy of
Neurology and the
Senator Jacob Javits...
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discussion 222. doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14.2.223. PMID 11983801.
Cotzias GC (March 1968). "L-Dopa for Parkinsonism". N. Engl. J. Med. 278 (11):...
- not
pursued until 1951. Its
clinical use was
first reported in 1970 by
Cotzias et al.,
although its
emetic properties and
short half-life made oral use...
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Ellis Island Medal of
Honor (1986),
Ellis Island, New York Dr.
George C.
Cotzias Humanitarian Award (1986), New York, New York
Liberty Award (1986), Mayor...
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Farber 1967
Robert Allan Phillips 1968 John
Heysham Gibbon 1969
George C.
Cotzias 1970
Robert A. Good 1971
Edward D.
Freis 1972 Min Chiu Li, Roy Hertz [de]...
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chair of the
Department of
Neurology and
currently occupies the
George Cotzias Chair of Neuro-Oncology and is
professor of
neurology and neuroscience...
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Kotzia Square in
Athens is
named after him. One of his sons was
George Cotzias, a well
known physician that
pioneered the L-dopa
treatment for Parkinson's...
