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The Study of Headache in the 1950s in L atin A merica by E dgard R affaelli J únior (1930‐2006)
Author(s) -
SilvaNéto Raimundo P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/head.12578
Subject(s) - headaches , medicine , psychiatry
The aim of this study was to review the life of E dgard R affaelli J únior (1930‐2006) and to summarize his important contributions to the study of headaches. He was the first doctor to study headaches in L atin A merica, and for 50 years he advanced the understanding of headaches worldwide. He was born in S ão P aulo, B razil, on M arch 2, 1930 and died on D ecember 29, 2006. He founded the B razilian H eadache S ociety and was one of the organizers and founders of the I nternational H eadache S ociety. Following R affaelli, many L atin A merican doctors have since been inspired to study headaches.