- Bruns-Garland syndrome
- Bruns-Gar·land syndrome (broonz gahrґlənd) [L. Bruns; Hugh Gregory Garland, English neurologist, 1903–1967] see diabetic amyotrophy, under amyotrophy.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Bruns-Garland syndrome
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