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Kérandel's symptom
Also known as:
Kérandel's key
Synonyms:
Key sign, sign of the key, signe de la clef (French), signe de la clé (French).
Associated persons:
Jean-François Kérandel
Description:
A sharp pain in the bones or muscles when the sleeping sickness patient turns a key in a lock.
This sign/symptom was described by Ferdinand Heckenroth (1880-1959) and R. Ouzilleau (died 1963) in 1907.
Kérandel's sign and Kerandel's symptom/key are two distinct symptoms of African human trypanosomiasis.
We thank Joseph Constantin, France, for information submitted.
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