| Basedow, Karl von | <person> German physician, 1799-1854. See: Basedow's disease, Basedow's pseudoparaplegia, Jod-Basedow phenomenon, Basedow's goiter. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Baer, Karl von | <person> German-Russian embryologist, 1792-1876. See: Baer's law, Baer's vesicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Burow, Karl von | <person> German surgeon, 1809-1874. See: Burow's operation, Burow's solution, Burow's triangle, Burow's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ranke, Karl von | <person> German chemist, 1870-1926. See: Ranke's formula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rokitansky, Karl Freiherr von | <person> Austrian pathologist, 1804-1878. See: Rokitansky's disease, Rokitansky's hernia, Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses, Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Munchhausen, Baron Karl F.H. von | <person> German nobleman, soldier, and raconteur, 1720-1797. See: Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen syndrome by proxy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eicken, Karl von | <person> German laryngologist, 1873-1960. See: Eicken's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Korff, Karl von | <person> 20th century German anatomist and histologist. See: Korff's fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kupffer, Karl Wilhelm von | <person> B. Munich, Nov. 14th, 1829. Was an Anatomist and Embryologist. Was Professor of Anatomy in Kiel (1867), in Konigsberg (1875) and in Munich (1880). D. Munich, 1902. Kupffer's Cells - "stellate cells" in the lining of blood channels in the liver. Lived: 1829-1902. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Basedow's disease | <endocrinology> A common cause of hyperthyroidism thought to be caused by an underlying autoimmune mechanism. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Basedow's goiter | Colloid goiter which becomes hyperfunctional after the ingestion of excess iodine, the Jod-Basedow phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Basedow's pseudoparaplegia | Weakness of the thigh muscles in thyrotoxicosis; may occur suddenly and cause the patient to fall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jod-Basedow | <endocrinology> Induction of thyrotoxicosis in a previously euthyroid individual as a result of exposure to large quantities of iodine. It occurs most often in areas of endemic iodine-deficient goiter and in patients with multinodular goiter. It can also can develop following use of iodine-containing agents for diagnostic studies. Synonym: iodine-induced hyperthyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jod-Basedow phenomenon | <endocrinology> Induction of thyrotoxicosis in a previously euthyroid individual as a result of exposure to large quantities of iodine. It occurs most often in areas of endemic iodine-deficient goiter and in patients with multinodular goiter. It can also can develop following use of iodine-containing agents for diagnostic studies. Synonym: iodine-induced hyperthyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Albrecht, Karl | <person> German anatomist, 1851-1894. See: Albrecht's bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ascher, Karl | <person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, 1887-1971. See: Ascher's aqueous influx phenomenon, Ascher's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |