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Pfannenstiel's disease

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Historical, no longer commonly used term for the disease picture of morbus haemolyticus neonatorum.

Bibliography

  • H. J. Pfannenstiel:
    Über den habituellen Ikterus gravis der Neugeborenen.
    Münchener medizinische Wochenschrift, 1908, 55: 2169.
    First detailed description of familial icterus gravis neonatorum.
  • S. S. Daye, J. E. Barone, R. M. Lincer, R. G. Blabey, D. R. Smego:
    Pfannenstiel syndrome. The American Surgeon, 1993, 59: 459-460.

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