title: Sixty-year anniversary of the Apgar scoring system and 100-year anniversary of the "Moro" reflex.
abstract: It is well known that the names of discoverers are commonly used in medical terminology, especially in everyday use. The advantage of an eponym is that a complex description of a certain syndrome, surgical procedure, manifestations of a particular disease, or its details, can be expressed in a single word (Holomáňová & Brucknerová 2003). Current official anatomical nomenclatures do not use eponyms. Some exceptions do however exist. In pediatrics, we frequently use the names of two famous persons: Virginia Apgar and Ernst Moro.
authors: 1st Department of Paediatrics, Medical School, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. osmium@centrum.sk
authors: Ingrid
authors: I
authors: Brucknerova
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Holomanova
authors: Eduard
authors: E
authors: Ujhazy
authors: Mojmir
authors: M
authors: Mach
mesh_terms: D001034:Apgar Score; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000266:history*; D012018:Reflex; D014481:United States