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  2. Clifford Wilson (nephrologist) - Wikipedia

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    In parallel to albuminuria in 1936, discussion on renal lesions observed in patients with diabetes led to the description, by Kimmelstiel and Wilson, of the characteristic nodular fibrotic observed in the diabetic glomeruli (Kimmelstiel and Wilson, 1936b). Kimmelstiel and Wilson introduced the term diabetic nephropathy (DN) to define a clinical ...

  3. Diabetic nephropathy - Wikipedia

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    Diabetic nephropathy is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease and is a serious complication that affects approximately one quarter of adults with diabetes in the United States. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Affected individuals with end-stage kidney disease often require hemodialysis and eventually kidney transplantation to replace the failed kidney ...

  4. List of syndromes - Wikipedia

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    Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome; Kindler syndrome; King–Kopetzky syndrome; Kleine–Levin syndrome; Klinefelter syndrome; Klippel–Feil syndrome; Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome; Klüver–Bucy syndrome; Knobloch syndrome; Kocher–Debre–Semelaigne syndrome; Kohlschütter-Tönz syndrome; Korsakoff's syndrome; Kostmann syndrome; Kounis syndrome ...

  5. Wartenberg's sign - Wikipedia

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    Wartenberg's sign is a neurological sign consisting of involuntary abduction of the fifth (little) finger, caused by unopposed action of the extensor digiti minimi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This commonly results from weakness of some of the ulnar nerve innervated intrinsic hand muscles -in particular the palmar interosseous muscle to the little finger ...

  6. Micrographia (handwriting) - Wikipedia

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    Different forms of micrographia. Micrographia is an acquired disorder characterized by abnormally small, cramped handwriting. [1] It is commonly associated with neurodegenerative disorders of the basal ganglia, such as in Parkinson's disease, but it has also been ascribed to subcortical focal lesions. [2]

  7. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    (1) finger held in slight flexion, (2) fusiform swelling, (3) tenderness along the flexor tendon sheath, and (4) pain with passive extension of the digit. Kayser–Fleischer ring: Bernhard Kayser, Bruno Fleischer: neurology, gastroenterology: Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) ring of brownish copper deposit at corneo-scleral junction

  8. Ulnar claw - Wikipedia

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    A hand imitating an ulnar claw. The metacarpophalangeal joints of the 4th and 5th fingers are extended and the Interphalangeal joints of the same fingers are flexed.. An ulnar claw, also known as claw hand or Spinster’s Claw, is a deformity or an abnormal attitude of the hand that develops due to ulnar nerve damage causing paralysis of the lumbricals.

  9. Anterior interosseous syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Anterior interosseous syndrome is a medical condition in which damage to the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN), a distal motor and sensory branch of the median nerve, classically with severe weakness of the pincer movement of the thumb and index finger, and can cause transient pain in the wrist (the terminal, sensory branch of the AIN innervates the bones of the carpal tunnel).