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Friedreich's foot
Associated persons:
Nikolaus Friedreich
Description:
Claw foot (pes cavus) and apical foot with dorsal flexion of the toes, particularly the large toes, seen in Friedreich’s ataxia.
Bibliography:
- N. Friedreich:
Über degenerative atrophie der spinalen Hinterstränge.
[Virchows] Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin, Berlin, 1863, 26: 391-419, 433-459. Also volume 27, pp 1-26; and 1867, volume 68, pp 145-245.
Über Ataxien mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der hereditären Formen.
[Virchows] Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin, Berlin, 1876, 68: 145-245.
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