See Also: Blackfan, Kenneth(medicine)
Diamond-Blackfan anaemia(medicine)
Diamond-Blackfan syndrome(medicine)
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Hammer(medicine)
Hammer toe(medicine)
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Blackfan, Kenneth (medicine) and Hammer toe (medicine)


Blackfan, Kenneth (medicine)


Blackfan, Kenneth
<person> U.S. Physician, 1883-1941.

See: Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, Diamond-Blackfan syndrome.


Hammer toe (medicine)


hammer toe
<orthopaedics> A deformity of the toe in which the toe is bent upward like a claw. most commonly seen in the second toe, the condition may be congenital or acquired.

Ill fitting shoes (too short or too narrow a fit) can result in hammer toe. Mild cases can be treated with splinting or special shoe inserts. Severe cases may require surgery to straighten the toe.