Werlhof's disease

Werlhof's disease
Werl·hof's disease 'ver(-ə)l-.hōfs- 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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