Putnam-Dana syndrome

Putnam-Dana syndrome
subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord (see under degeneration).

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  • Putnam-Dana syndrome — Put·nam Da·na syndrome (putґnəm daґnə) [James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist, 1846–1918; Charles Loomis Dana, American neurologist, 1852–1935] see subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord, under degeneration …   Medical dictionary

  • syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

  • Dana — Charles L., U.S. neurologist, 1852–1935. See D. operation, Putnam D. syndrome …   Medical dictionary

  • Putnam — James J., U.S. neurologist, 1846–1918. See P. Dana syndrome …   Medical dictionary

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