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Reginald Cyril Lightwood
British paediatrician, born 1898; died May 26, 1985. London.
Associated eponyms:
Lightwood and Payne idiopathic hypercalcaemia
A syndrome in infants. Only French description avialable.
Lightwood-Albright syndrome
This eponym comprises a mild and transient form of renal tubular acidosis which appear in the 1st year of life.
Biography:
We thank Zoran Bojanic, Serbia, for information bout Lightwood's lifespan.
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