Rumpel-Leede test
Alternative eponyms
- Hess' test
- Rumpel-Leede capillary-fragility test
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Test for fragility of the smallest vessels, which is dependant upon the function of the thrombocytes.
Description
Using the Rumpel-Konchalovskii-Leede phenomenon to test for fragility of the smallest vessels, which is dependant upon the function of the thrombocytes.
See also Grocco-Frugoni sign, under Pietro Grocco, Italian physician, 1856-1916.
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