Witkop-von Sallmann disease

Witkop-von Sallmann disease
Wit·kop-von Sall·mann disease (witґkop von sahlґmən) [C. J. Witkop; Ludwig J. K. von Sallmann, Austrian-born American ophthalmologist, 1892–1975] see under disease.

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