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Karl Axel Ekbom
Swedish neurologist, born September 23, 1907, Gothenburg; died March 15, 1977, Uppsala.
Associated eponyms:
Ekbom's syndrome II
A delusional syndrome in which the patient imagines the symptoms of parasitic infestation of the skin.
Wittmaack-Ekbom syndrome
An unpleasant creeping sensation in the lower limbs, when the patient is at rest, inducing an intolerable restlessness and a desire to move the legs to relieve it.
Biography:
Karl Axel Ekbom held the chair of neurology at the University of Upsala from 1958 to 1974.
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