Dunphy sign
Dunphy sign [* cough test; coughing test ] increased abdominal pain, localised to the right lower quadrant, with coughing. Attributed to John Englebert Dunphy (1908-1981)
Category Medical Specialty
Sophie Spitz
Sophie Spitz (1910 - 1956) was an American pathologist. Spitz nevus (1948)
Otto Ullrich
Otto Ullrich (1894 - 1957) was a German pediatrician. Eponymously remembered for his description of Ullrich-Turner syndrome (1930)
Sunao Tawara
Sunao Tawara 田原 淳, (1873 - 1952) was a Japanese pathologist. Aschoff-Tawara node (1906)
Pierre-Joseph Desault
Pierre-Joseph Desault (1738 - 1795) was a French surgeon and anatomist.
Hugo Spatz
Biography Medical Eponyms Major Publications References Biography
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…
Barbara Ansell
Barbara Mary Ansell (1923 - 2001) was an English paediatric rheumatologist. Ansell-Bywaters-Elderking syndrome (1975)
Catherine Neill
Catherine Annie Neill (1921 - 2006) was an English pediatric cardiologist. Neill-Dingwall syndrome (1950); Scimatar syndrome (1960)
Tsuya Sakurai
Tsuya (née Sakurai) Kitagawa (1911 - 1995) was a Japanese ophthalmologist. Sakurai-Lisch nodules (1935)
Nadia Sakati
Nadia Awni Sakati, Syrian-Saudi pediatrician. Eponymously affiliated with 3 rare genetic syndromes: Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale syndrome (1971); Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome (1983); and Sanjad-Sakati syndrome (1991)
Katherine Berg
Katherine Olga Berg Canadian physical therapist. Berg Balance Scale (1989)