Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Libman–Sacks endocarditis is a sterile cardiac valve lesion linked to lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome, often detected via echocardiography
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Benjamin Sacks
Benjamin Sacks (1896–1971), cardiac pathologist and co-describer of Libman–Sacks endocarditis, also a Hollywood advisor and Arizona frontier historian.
Sidney Yankauer
Sidney Yankauer (1872–1932), American ENT surgeon and inventor of the Yankauer suction catheter, pioneer in bronchoscopy and surgical airway care
Adolphe-Marie Gubler
Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821-1879) was a French physician and therapeutic pharmacologist. Millard-Gubler syndrome (1856)
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited neuropathy, encompassing genetically diverse subtypes of peripheral nerve dysfunction.
Auguste Millard
Auguste Louis Jules Millard (1830-1915) was a French physician. Millard-Gubler syndrome (1856). Master educator and physician
Sixth disease
Common viral illness in infants caused by HHV-6. Roseola presents with high fever followed by sudden rash; also known as sixth disease or exanthem subitum.
Fourth disease
Filatov-Dukes disease, or fourth disease, was a proposed childhood exanthem now largely dismissed as a misclassification of rubella or scarlet fever.
Third disease
Mild viral exanthem in children; dangerous in pregnancy. Rubella causes rash and lymphadenopathy, with congenital infection leading to CRS.
Second disease
Scarlet fever (second disease). Contagious GABHS infection in kids under 10 with sore throat or rash; caused by S. pyogenes strains producing erythrogenic toxin.
First disease
Measles (First Disease): classic childhood exanthem caused by Morbillivirus, with high infectivity, pathognomonic signs, and vaccine-preventable
Clement Dukes
Clement Dukes (1845–1925), English physician and school health reformer, proposed "Dukes' disease" and transformed adolescent medical care in public schools.