[Michał Lityński--a forgotten author of the first description on primary hyperaldosteronism].
Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn's syndrome) was described for the first time by the Polish internist Michał Lityński (1906-1989) in 1953. Jerome W. Conn's (1907-1994) report on the disease appeared in 1955.
Kucharz
Eugeniusz Józef
EJ
Katedra i Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych i Reumatologii, Slaska Akademia Medyczna, Katowice. ekucharz@slam.katowice.pl
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