n :  THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
 
Werlhof, Paul Gottlieb (1699-1767), German physician. Werlhof served as the court physician at Hannover, Germany. In 1735 he published a classic description of thrombocytopenic purpura, now also known as Werlhof's disease.
 
 
 
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