- Foix-Alajouanine syndrome
- Foix-Ala·jou·a·nine syndrome (fwahґ ah-lah-zhoo-ah-nēnґ) [C. Foix; Thйophile Alajouanine, French neurologist, 1890–1980] see under syndrome.
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Foix-Alajouanine syndrome
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