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Abstract
A syndrome of DYSPHAGIA with IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA that is due to congenital anomalies in the ESOPHAGUS (such as cervical esophageal webs). It is known as Patterson-Kelly syndrome in the United Kingdom.
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- Kelly's Syndrome
- Patterson's Syndrome
- Patterson-Brown-Kelly Syndrome
- Patterson-Kelly Syndrome
- Syndrome, Plummer-Vinson
- Kelly Syndrome
- Kellys Syndrome
- Patterson Brown Kelly Syndrome
- Patterson Kelly Syndrome
- Patterson Syndrome
- Pattersons Syndrome
- Plummer Vinson Syndrome
- Syndrome, Kelly's
- Syndrome, Patterson's
- Syndrome, Patterson-Brown-Kelly
- Syndrome, Patterson-Kelly
- Syndrome, Plummer Vinson
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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91(75); was see under DEGLUTITION DISORDERS 1975-90
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Plummer-Vinson Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011004. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011004
- Plummer-Vinson Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plummer%E2%80%93Vinson_syndrome
- Plummer-Vinson Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31813