- Posadas-Wernicke disease
- Po·sa·das-Wer·ni·cke disease (po-sahґdahs verґnĭ-ke) [A. Posadas; Robert Wernicke, Argentine pathologist, 1854–1922] coccidioidomycosis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Posadas-Wernicke disease
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