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Lane's syndrome
Also known as:
Arbuthnot Lane syndrome
Lane's disease
Associated persons:
Sir William Arbuthnot Lane
Description:
A syndrome prevalent in women characteised by colonic inertia, contraction and lack of relaxation of the pelvis muscles, and rectal obstruction.
Bibliography:
- W. A. Lane:
The obstruction of the ileum which develops in chronic intestinal stasis.
Lancet, 1910, 1: 1193-1194.
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