Wiskott-Aldrichsyndrome

Wiskott-Aldrichsyndrome
Wis·kott-Al·drich syndrome (wĭsʹkŏt-ôlʹdrĭch, -ŏlʹ-, vĭsʹ-) n.
A hereditary sex-linked recessive disorder characterized by chronic eczema, recurring infections, and a decrease in the number of white blood cells and platelets.
  [After Alfred Wiskott (1898-1978), German pediatrician, and Robert Anderson Aldrich (born 1917), American physician.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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