!!!Chvostek, Franz junior b. Vienna, Oct. 3, 1864, d. Burg Groppenstein (Carinthia), April 17, 1944, internist, son of Franz Chvostek sr., professor in Vienna; founded modern biology of heredity and the study of genetically inheritable diseases. "Chvostek anaemia" was named after him, a type of anaemia that accompanies a dysfunction of the pancreas. !Literature OeBL; NDB. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Chvostek,_Franz_junior|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]