Bruns-Garland syndrome

Bruns-Garland syndrome
Bruns-Gar·land syndrome (broonz gahrґlənd) [L. Bruns; Hugh Gregory Garland, English neurologist, 1903–1967] see diabetic amyotrophy, under amyotrophy.

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