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Andras P. Barabas

Born  1934
Died  

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British surgeon, born in Hungar 1934.

Biography of Andras P. Barabas

Andras P. Barabas is a vascular surgeon in Suffolk, England. He was born in Hungary and attended the medical school in Budapest 1953-1956. In 1956 he took part in the Hungarian Revolution against Russia and Communism and then came to England as a refugee and joined the Manchester Medical School.

MB & ChB Manchester 1961
FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons, 1964
MD Thesis on the Heterogenicity of the Ehlers Danlos Syndrome 1967.

Bibliography

Publications on the Ehlers Danlos Syndrome:
  • EDS: Description of 3 clinical types. The British Medical Journal, 1967, 2: 612.
  • Vascular Complications of EDS. The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1972, page 160.

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