- Quinton-Scribner shunt
- Quin·ton-Scrib·ner shunt (kwinґtən skribґnər) [Wayne E. Quinton, American nephrologist, 20th century: Belding H. Scribner, American nephrologist, born 1921] see under shunt.
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Quinton-Scribner shunt
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