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Harry Finkelstein
Harry Finkelstein, American surgeon, 1865-1939.
Associated eponyms:
De Quervain's disease
Chronic tenosynovitis due to a narrowing process in the tendon sheaths around abductor policis longus and extensor pollicis brevis muscles.
Finkelstein's test
A test for diagnosing de Quervain’s disease, or snapping thumb syndrome.
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