# Frederic Lewy

> Friedrich "Fritz" Heinrich Lewy, known in his later years as Frederic Henry Lewey, was a German-born American neurologist. He is best known for the discovery of Lewy bodies, which are a characteristic indicator of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. In a 1912 paper based on work in Alois Alzheimer’s Munich laboratory he described intraneuronal inclusion bodies in brainstem nuclei of patients with paralysis agitans that were later termed Lewy bodies.

*American neurologist (1885–1950)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1885-01-28
- **Died:** 1950-10-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Sources
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- [Friedrich Heinrich Lewy](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Heinrich_Lewy)
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- [Friedrich Heinrich Lewy](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Heinrich_Lewy)
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