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Franz Altherr
Swiss physician, born April 19, 1909, Obfelden, canton Zürich.
Associated eponyms:
Meyenburg-Altherr-Uehlinger syndrome
A rare symptom complex involving the articular and nonarticular cartilages, consisting of anaemia, hepatosplenomegaly, and infections that are associated with a number of chronic diseases such as tuberculosis and malnutrition.
Biography:
Franz Altherr went to school in Zurich where he started his medical studies after the Matura exam in 1928. Following the final exam in 1934 he worked one year as assistent at the Pathologic-anatomical Institute in Zurich.
Bibliography:
- Über einen Fall von systematisierter Chondromalacie.
[Medical thesis Zürich, with curriculum vitae]
Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin, 1936, 297: 445-479.
Offprint: Zürich : Druck H. Stürtz A.G., Würzburg, 1936.
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