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Martin Flack

Biography Born 1882 Died 13 August 1931 Medical Eponyms Node of Keith-Flack (1907) [aka Keith-Flack node; SA node; sino-atrial node] Major Publications Keith A, Flack MW. The auriculo-ventricular bundle of the human heart. Lancet 1906; 168(4328): 359-364. [Re-print. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol.…

Arthur Keith

Sir Arthur Keith (1866 - 1955) was a Scottish anatomist, embryologist and physical anthropologist.

Sunao Tawara

Sunao Tawara 田原 淳, (1873 - 1952) was a Japanese pathologist. Aschoff-Tawara node (1906)

Hallervorden-Spatz Disease

Description Rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder associated with iron accumulation in the brain nuclei and characterized by progressive extrapyramidal dysfunction and dementia. by dystonia, parkinsonism, and iron accumulation in the brain History Associated Persons Julius Hallervorden (1882–1965) Hugo Spatz (1888…

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Barbara Ansell

Barbara Mary Ansell (1923 - 2001) was an English paediatric rheumatologist. Ansell-Bywaters-Elderking syndrome (1975)

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Scimitar Syndrome

Scimitar Syndrome: Classically, there is displacement of the cardiac silhouette to the right; a small right lung; with a prominent curved ('scimitar') vein draining the right lung to the inferior vena cava (IVC). The majority of cases are manifest on the right side.

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Catherine Neill

Catherine Annie Neill (1921 - 2006) was an English pediatric cardiologist. Neill-Dingwall syndrome (1950); Scimatar syndrome (1960)