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Lemuel Whittington Gorham
American internist, 1885-1968. New York.
Associated eponyms:
Gorham's disease
A very rare syndrome marked by the gradual and often complete circumscribed spontaneous resorption of bone tissue or a group of bones.
Haferkamp's syndrome
A syndrome characterized by an association of generalized hemangiomatosis and osteolysis that does not cause complete disappearance of the bones.
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