Rudi Cormane | |
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| Born | 7 April 1925 Bandung, Indonesia |
| Died | 18 February 1987 (aged 61) |
| Education | University of Leiden |
| Known for | Research in immunofluorescence |
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| Profession | Dermatologist |
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| Sub-specialties | Autoimmune skin disease |
Rudi Harold Cormane (7 April 1925 – 18 February 1987) was a Dutch dermatologist who pioneered research in immunofluorescence studies of the skin.
During the Second World War he was interned in a Japanese camp where he received an education from other prisoners. After the war he gained entry to the University of Leiden in the Netherlands to study medicine, but it was interrupted in 1947 when an epidemic of polio caused paralysis of his legs.
He trained in dermatology at Leiden, eventually becoming the head of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Utrecht. Throughout his career, he did pioneering work in the then new developments in immunofluorescence studies of the skin, and much research in the Autoimmune skin disease origin of many skin diseases including lupus erythematosus, dermatitis herpetiformis and many autoimmune bullous diseases.