Minkowski-Chauffard syndrome
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Minkowski-Chauffard syndrome is a form of hemolytic anemia
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It is named for Oskar Minkowski
and Anatole Chauffard
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Hemolytic anemia
Hemolytic anemia is a form of anemia due to hemolysis, the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells , either in the blood vessels or elsewhere in the human body . It has numerous possible causes, ranging from relatively harmless to life-threatening...
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It is named for Oskar Minkowski
Oskar Minkowski
Oskar Minkowski He held a professor at at the University of Breslau and is most famous for his research on diabetes...
and Anatole Chauffard
Anatole Chauffard
Anatole Marie Émile Chauffard was a French internist who was born in Avignon. He earned his doctorate in 1882, and became médecin des hôpitaux. In 1907 he was appointed professor of internal medicine of the Paris faculty...
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