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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

LESCH, Michael (1939 – 2008)

1939 – 2008

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1964

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A familial disorder of uric acid metabolism and central nervous system dysfunction.

NYHAN, William Leo (1926 – ) LESCH, Michael (1939 – 2008)

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a rare inherited disorder that affects about 1 in 380,000 live births. In their summary the authors described this as a new "syndrome consisting of hyperuricemia, mental retardation, choreoatheto…