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Nygaard-Brown syndrome (George Elgie Brown)
Also known as:
Trousseau's syndrome
Associated persons:
George Elgie Brown
Kaare Kristian Nygaard
Armand Trousseau
Description:
A syndrome of arterial occlusion with reduced bleeding and coagulation time. The main symptom is claudicatio intermittens, later sometimes also thrombosis of the abdominal and pelvic vessels, causing collapse and haematuria.
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