title: Henri-Francois Secretan (1856-1916) and his syndrome.
abstract: Henri-François Secretan (1856-1916) was a Swiss physician, who in 1901 described a medical condition characterized by a hard, sometimes cyanotic oedema (Charcot's blue oedema) on the back of one or both hands and forearms. This condition was later known as Secretan's disease or Secretan's syndrome. This report discusses Henri Secretan and the syndrome that bears his name.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, USA. amoa65@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al Aboud
authors.forename: Daifullah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Al Aboud
mesh_terms: D004487:Edema / Q000266:history*; D006225:Hand; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland; D013577:Syndrome