Liliane Schnitzler is a French dermatologist who described the eponymous Schnitzler's syndrome in 1972.[1][2][3][4] Schnitzler's syndrome is a rare autoinflammatory disorder. The disorder was first called Schnitzler's syndrome in 1989.[5]
Schniztler was born on May 20, 1938. She worked closely with Robert Degos, another French dermatologist. Schnitzler was also a professor, teaching at the CHU Angers, a university hospital in Angers. She became the head of its dermatology department in 1970. She was the first woman to be an associate professor of dermatology at CHU Angers.[6] Schnitzler had retired by 2013.[1]
