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James Buren Sidbury, Jr.
American paediatrician, born 1922.
Associated eponyms:
Følling's disease
An inborn error of metabolism in which the body lacks the ability to break down the amino acid fenylananin in the blood, causing severe mental deficiency.
Sidbury's syndrome
Rare inheritable defect of leucine metabolism causing a urinous odour from sweaty feet,
Biography:
James Buren Sidbury, Jr. was born in Wilmington, North Carolina and graduated M.D. from Columbia University in 1947. He worked at Johns Hopkins and became professor of paediatrics at Duke University in 1965, where the James Buren Sidbury professorship of paediatrics is named for him.
We thank Zoran Bojanic, M.D., Serbia, for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- S.A. Abrams, N.V. Esteban, N.E. Vieira, J.B. Sidbury, B.L. Specker, & A.L. Yergey:
Developmental changes in calcium kinetics in children assessed using stable isotopes.
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, New York, 1992, 7: 287-293.
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