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American internist, working in Boston. 1949 Pioneering description of the syndrome named after Peutz-Jeghers. However, the first description of this syndromal clinical picture was already made in 1896 by Jonathan Hutchinson and in 1921 by the Dutch internist Johannes Peutz.
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- Jeghers H, McKusick VA, Katz KH (1949) Generalized intestinal polyposis and melanin spots of the oral mucosa, lips and digits. New Eng J Med 241: 993-1005 and 1031-1036
- Peutz JLA (1921) Very remarkable case of familial polyposis of mucous membrane of intestinal tract and nasopharynx accompanied by peculiar pigmentations of skin and mucous membrane. Nederl Monatschr Geneesk 10: 134-146
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer