Johannes Laurentius Augustinus Peutz - bibliography

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Biography

Dutch internist, born March 24, 1886, Uithuizen; died 1957, The Hague.

Bibliography

  • Peter Beighton & Gretha Beighton:
    The Man Behind the Syndrome. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, 1986.
  • Thor Alm:
    Johannes Peutz och Harold Jeghers. Utforskare av underdiagnostiserad tilstånd med tarmpolyper oc mukokutana pigmenteringer.
    Läkartidningen, Stockholm, 1987, 28-29:
    In the series: Mannen bakom syndromet [The Man Behind the Syndrome].
  • Josbert J. Keller, G. Johan A. Offerhaus, Francis M. Giardiello and Fred H. Menko:
    Jan Peutz, Harold Jeghers and a remarkable combination of polyposis and pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes.
    Familial Cancer, 2001, 1: 181-­185.

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