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Carl Stockbridge Leede
American physician, 1882-1964
Associated eponyms:
Rumpel-Konchalevskii-Leede phenomenon or sign
The appearance of minute subcutaneous haemorrhages below the area at which a bandage is applied not too tightly for 10 minutes upon the upper arm.
Rumpel-Leede test
Test for fragility of the smallest vessels, which is dependant upon the function of the thrombocytes.
Biography:
Physician at the Children's Hospital in Seattle.
We thank Rodney Hearne for information submitted. Carl Stockbridge Leede was his great grandfather.
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