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Werl·hof's disease

n :  THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
 
Werlhof, Paul Gottlieb (1699-1767),
German physician. Werlhof served as the court physician at Hannover, Germany. In 1735 he published a classic description of thrombocytopenic purpura, now also known as Werlhof's disease.
 
 

 
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