Milkman's syndrome

Milkman's syndrome
Milk·man's syndrome 'milk-mənz- n an abnormal condition marked by porosity of bone and tendency to spontaneous often symmetrical fractures
Milkman Louis Arthur (1895-1951)
American radiologist. Milkman published his description of a kind of advanced osteomalacia in 1930. Although this disease had been known to others for some years, his classic description led the profession to associate his name with it.

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