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单词 McCune–Albright syndrome
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McCune–Albright syndrome

/məˈkjuːn ˈɔːlbrʌɪt ˈsɪndrəʊm/
(also McCune–Albright's syndrome) Medicine
noun
A disorder characterized by fibrous dysplasia of bones, patchy brown pigmentation of the skin, and endocrine dysfunction, especially causing precocious puberty in girls. Also (and earlier) called Albright's syndrome.
  • Cases of the syndrome were described independently by McCune in 1936 (Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children 52 743) and by Albright in 1937..

Origin

1960s; earliest use found in American Journal of Diseases of Children. From the names of Donovan J. McCune, U.S. paediatrician, and Fuller Albright, U.S. endocrinologist.

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