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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

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Historical Perspective

The first description of paroxysmal hemoglobinuria was by the German physician Paul Strübing (1852).[1][2]A more detailed description was made by Dr Ettore Marchiafava and Dr Alessio Nazari in 1911,[3] with further elaborations by Marchiafava in 1928[4] and Dr Ferdinando Micheli in 1931.[5]

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References

  1. Strübing P. Paroxysmale Hämoglobinurie. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 1882;8:1-3 and 17-21.
  2. Whonamedit entry
  3. Marchiafava E, Nazari A. Nuovo contributo allo studio degli itteri cronici emolitici. Policlinico [Med] 1911;18:241-254.
  4. Marchiafava E. Anemia emolitica con emosiderinuria perpetua. Policlinico [Med] 1928;35:105-117.
  5. Micheli F. Uno caso di anemia emolitica con emosiderinuria perpetua. G Accad Med Torino 1931;13:148.

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