Etymology

Dennie-Marfan syndrome

Today it means: A syndrome of spastic paraplegia of the lower limbs and intellectual disability in children with congenital syphilis. Full definition →

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The story

Described by Charles Clayton Dennie in 1929 and Antoine Marfan in 1936.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.