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Porter Paisley Vinson
American surgeon, 1890-1959.
Associated eponyms:
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
A syndrome characterized by an iron-deficiency anaemia, atrophic changes in the buccal, glossopharyngeal, and oesophageal mucous membranes, koilonycha (spoon-shaped finger nails), and dysphagia.
Biography:
Porter Paisley Vinson worked in the Mayo clinic.
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