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Scheuer·mann's disease

n :  osteochondrosis of the vertebrae associated in the active state with pain and kyphosis
 
Scheuermann, Holger Werfel (1877-1960),
Danish orthopedist. Scheuermann practiced radiology in Copenhagen. He described osteochondrosis of the vertebrae in 1920.
 
 

 
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