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Arthur Frederick Abt
American physician, born 1898.
Associated eponyms:
Letterer-Siwe disease
Syndrome characterised by proliferation of nonlipid histiocytes in the viscera and bones.
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome (Karl Gustaf Torsten Sjögren)
A form of severe mental deficiency (idiocy or imbecility) endemic in Sweden. No patients reported with low or normal intelligence.
Biography:
Arthur Frederick Abt was the son of Isaac Abt (1867-1955).
We thank Walter Manzke, and Eliot Jay Abt (grandson and greatgrandson), for information submitted.
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