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Algernon B. Reese
American ophthalmologist, New York.
Associated eponyms:
Cogan-Reese disease
A syndrome characterized by a matted or smudged appearance to the surface of the iris, unilateral glaucoma in the eyes with multiple peripheral anterior synechiae, multiple nodules of the iris, and ectopic Descemet's membrane.
Krause-Reese syndrome (Arlington Colton Krause)
A syndrome of retinal and cerebral dysplasia more commonly found in premature infants and in single infants of multiple birth.
Biography:
Bibliography:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Tumors of the eye and adnexa. By Algernon B. Reese. Published by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, under the auspices of the Subcommittee on Oncology of the Committee on Pathology of the Division of Medical Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences--National Research Council. 1956. 205 pages.
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