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Steinert's disease

noun Stei·nert's disease \ˈstī-nərts-\

Medical Definition of STEINERT'S DISEASE

Biographical Note for STEINERT'S DISEASE

Stei·nert \ˈshtī-nərt\ , Hans Gustav Wilhelm (1875–1911), German physician. Steinert published his description of myotonic dystrophy in 1909. In that same year the disease was described independently by British physician Frederic Eustace Batten, and consequently in the past his name was attached to it as well.

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