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Carrington-Liebow syndrome
Also known as:
Wegener’s limited form
Associated persons:
Charles B. Carrington
Averill Abraham Liebow
Description:
Limited form of Wegener’s granulomatosis with prevalent pulmonary (with or without limited extrapulmonary) lesions, but without nephritis.
See also:
Liebow-Carrington disease, a lymphomatoid variant of Wegener's granulomatosis, under Averill Abraham Liebow, American physician, 1911-1978.
Wegener's granulomatosis, or arteritis-pulmonary-nephropathy syndrome, under Friedrich Wegener, German pathologist, 1907-1990.
Bibliography:
- C. B. Carrington, A. A. Liebow:
Limited forms of angiitis and granulomatosis of Wegener’s type.
American Journal of Medicine, New York, 1966, 41: 497-527.
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