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Johann Henning Waldenström
Swedish surgeon, born August 14, 1877, Uppsala; died 1972.
Associated eponyms:
Calvé-Legg-Perthes disease
Disorder characterized by unilateral or bilateral aseptic necrosis of the emphysis of the head of the femur (caput femoris).
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
A syndrome characterized by an iron-deficiency anaemia, atrophic changes in the buccal, glossopharyngeal, and oesophageal mucous membranes, koilonycha (spoon-shaped finger nails), and dysphagia.
Waldenström's disease
Chronic inflammation of the head of the femur in children.
Biography:
Johann Henning Waldenström studied at Uppsala and Stockholm, receiving hos doctorate from the latter university in 1910. He was Dosent of orthopaedic surgery at Stockholm.
Bibliography:
- H. Waldenström:
Der obere tuberkulöse Cullumherd.
Zeitschrift für Orthopädische Chirurgie, Stuttgart, 1909, 24: 487-512.
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