| Louis | Pierre C.A., French physician, 1787-1872. See: Louis' angle, Louis' law. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Louis' angle | The angle between the manubrium and the body of the sternum at the manubriosternal junction. Marks the level of the second costal cartilage (rib) for counting ribs or intercostal spaces. Denotes level of aortic arch, bifurcation of trachea, and T4/T5 intervertebral disc. Synonym: angulus sterni, Louis' angle, Ludwig's angle, manubriosternal junction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Louis' law | Tuberculosis in any organ is associated with tuberculosis in the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Louis-Bar | Denise, mid-20th century French physician. See: Louis-Bar syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Louis-Bar syndrome | ataxia telangiectasia |
| Baudelocque, Louis | <person> French obstetrician, 1800-1864. See: Baudelocque's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Vaquez, Louis | <person> French physician, 1860-1936. See: Vaquez' disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Malassez, Louis | <person> French physiologist, 1842-1910. See: Malassezia, Malassez' epithelial rests. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gehrig, Henry Louis | <person> U.S. Baseball player; 1903-1941, victim of Lou Gehrig's disease. See: Lou Gehrig's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ranvier, Louis | <person> French pathologist, 1835-1922. See: Ranvier's crosses, Ranvier's disks, Ranvier's node, Ranvier's plexus, Ranvier's segment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pasteur, Louis | <person> A French chemist and biologist who founded the field of bacteriology and developed the germ theory. He also invented pasteurisation and created the first vaccines against anthrax and rabies. Lived: 1822-1895. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Chenais, Louis | <person> French physician, 1872-1950. See: Cestan-Chenais syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ripault, Louis | <person> French physician, 1807-1856. See: Ripault's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rocher, Henri Gaston Louis | <person> French surgeon, *1876. See: Rocher's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Milkman, Louis | <person> U.S. Roentgenologist, 1895-1951. See: Milkman's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wickham, Louis-Frederic | <person> French dermatologist, 1861-1913. See: Wickham's striae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wolff, Louis | <person> U.S. Cardiologist, 1898-1972. See: Wolff-Chaikoff block, Wolff-Chaikoff effect, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muret, Paul-Louis | <person> French physician, *1878. See: Quenu-Muret sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Coppet, Louis de | <person> French physicist, 1841-1911. See: Coppet's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hamman, Louis | <person> U.S. Physician, 1877-1946. See: Hamman's disease, Hamman's murmur, Hamman's sign, Hamman's syndrome, Hamman-Rich syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |