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Teepu Siddique

Pakistani American neurologist
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Teepu Siddique, Pakistani American neurologist best known for his discoveries concerning the genetic and molecular abnormalities underlying the neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; or Lou Gehrig disease). Siddique studied botany at the University of the Punjab’s Islamia College in Lahore, Pakistan, before enrolling at Dow Medical College in Karachi and earning a medical degree (1973). He then moved to the United States, where he completed an internship (1976) at Perth Amboy General Hospital in New Jersey and a residency (1979) in neurology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Fellowships in 1980 and 1981 gave Siddique ...(100 of 700 words)

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