Gudrun Boysen
Encyclopedia
Gudrun Margrethe Boysen (b. April 5, 1939 in Lille Utterslev, Denmark
) is a Danish physician
(MD and DM.Sc.) and conducts research into the causes and effects of stroke
s. She conducts her research at the Department of Neurology
, Bispebjerg Hospital
, Copenhagen
. In 1994, Boysen won a Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
. She is married to Troels Johan Dahler Kardel and has two children, Maria (1972) and Sakina (1974).
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
) is a Danish physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
(MD and DM.Sc.) and conducts research into the causes and effects of stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
s. She conducts her research at the Department of Neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
, Bispebjerg Hospital
Bispebjerg Hospital
Bispebjerg Hospital is one of the hospitals in the Capital Region of Denmark. Along with a number of other hospitals and the University of Copenhagen , Bispebjerg Hospital forms part of the Copenhagen University Hospital....
, Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. In 1994, Boysen won a Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
The Tagea Brandt Rejselegat is awarded annually, on the 17 March.The scholarship was created and endowed by Danish industrialist Vilhelm Brandt in honor of his wife, Tagea...
. She is married to Troels Johan Dahler Kardel and has two children, Maria (1972) and Sakina (1974).
Selected publications
- Cerebral Hemodynamics in Carotid Surgery (Munksgaard, 1973)
- On the Critical Lower Level of Cerebral Blood Flow in Man with particular reference to Carotid surgery (Circulation, 49, 1023)
- Early Stroke: A Dynamic Process (Stroke, 32, 2423)
- Homocysteine and Risk of Recurrent Stroke (Stroke, 34, 1258)
- Persisting Dilemma: To Treat or Not to Treat Blood Pressure in Acute Ischemic Stroke (Stroke, 35, 526)