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Barlow's syndrome

noun

Medical Definition of BARLOW'S SYNDROME

Biographical Note for BARLOW'S SYNDROME

Barlow, John Brereton (born 1924), South African cardiologist. Barlow first described mitral valve prolapse in an article on late systolic murmurs that was published in 1963.

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