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Josef Jadassohn (1863-1936), Felix Lewandowsky (1879-1921), and their syndrome.
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SUBMITTER: Al Aboud A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3257882 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Josef Jadassohn (1863-1936), Felix Lewandowsky (1879-1921), and their syndrome.
Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology 20111206
Josef Jadassohn (1863-1936) and his assistant, Felix Lewandowsky (1879-1921), were eminent German dermatologists who had several dermatology conditions linked eponymously. One such condition is Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome, which is a type of pachyonychia congenita - a disease that is characterized by severe thickening of the nail due to massive nail hyperkeratosis. This report describes Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome and the men behind this disease. ...[more]
