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Thrombo-angiitis obliterans; a study of the vascular lesions leading to presenile spontaneous gangrene.

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Amer. J. med. Sci., 136, 567-580. 1908 CE.

Buerger’s important paper on thrombo-angiitis obliterans gives the first comprehensive report of the clinical and pathological aspects of the disease. Buerger gave the condition its present name; it is also known as “Buerger’s disease”.

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