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Siegmund Türk
German-Swiss ophthalmologist, born January 14, 1867, Posen.
Associated eponyms:
Ehrlich-Türk line (Siegmund Türk)
The thin vertical disposition of material on the posterior surface of the cornea seen in uveitis.
Stilling-Türk-Duane syndrome (Siegmund Türk)
A congenital syndrome of ocular and systemic abnormalities with fibrosis of the external rectus.
Türk's syndrome (Siegmund Türk)
A partial manifestation of Stilling-Türk-Duane syndrome.
Türk-Erggelet drop line (Siegmund Türk)
In lesions of the cornea, or keratitits, as well as in early iridocyclitis, may be seen an enlargement of the physiologically occurring Lüssi line of drops.
Biography:
Siegmund Türk studied in Berlin and Zürich, under G. Gutmann and Otto Haab (1850-1931). He became doctor of medicine in 1889, and was approbiert in 1890. From 1893 to he was 1896 an assistant at the university eye clinic in Zürich, and from 1896 eye physician in Berlin.
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