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Malcz-Sterling-Okuniewskii sign
Also known as:
Malcz' sign
Sterling-Okuniewskii sign
Associated persons:
Wilhelm Malcz
Yakov Leontievich Okuniewskii
Wladyslaw Sterling
Description:
A sign symptomatic of louse-borne typhus fever. The patient is unable to put out his tongue when directed to do so.
Bibliography:
- W. Malcz:
Typhus, po polsku dur brzuszny pojmowany. Warszawa 1847.
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