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Robert Marquard Hegglin
Swiss internist, 1907-1969.
Associated eponyms:
Fanconi-Hegglin syndrome
This eponym has been used to designate a nonspecific positive serology for syphilis in cases of viral pneumonias.
Hegglin's syndrome
Energetic-dynamic heart insufficiency.
May-Hegglin anomaly
A cytoplasmic leukocyte anomaly characterized by the presence Döhle or Amato bodies (2-5 µ) in neutrophils and eosinophils, thrombocytopenia, and giant blood platelets.
Biography:
We thank Søren Nørby, Denmark, for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- Walter Siegenthaler:
Robert Hegglin. Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, 1970, 95: 92-93.
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