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Karl and Wilhelm Hagner
Hagner was the family name of the two brothers in which Bamberger-Marie disease (pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy) was first described - by Nikolaus Friedreich.
Associated eponyms:
Bamberger-Marie disease
A syndrome characterised by clubbing of the fingers and toes, periosteal new bone growth mainly,
frequent evidence of joint involvement, and marked vasomotor disturbances involving hands and feet.
Biography:
Hagner was the family name of the two brothers in which Bamberger-Marie disease (pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy) was first described - by Nikolaus Friedreich.
We thank Patrick Jucker-Kupper for information submitted.
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