Božidar Puretić

Božidar Puretić (1921 in Bjelovar – 1971 in Zagreb) was a Croatian physician. In 1962 he described a case of juvenile hyaline fibromatosis as a unique form of mesenchymal dysplasia.^[1] This very rare disease had been first described by Dr. John Murray in 1873 and termed molluscum fibrosum.^[2] No cases were subsequently reported and it had become almost forgotten before Puretić's case.^[3]

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^ Puretić, S.; Puretić, B.; Fisher-Hermann, M.; Adamčić, M. (1962). "A unique form of mesenchymal dysplasia". Br J Dermatol. Vol. 74, no. 1. pp. 8–19. PMID 14489244.
^ Murray, J. (1873). "On three peculiar cases of Molluscum Fibrosum in children in which one of the following conditions were observed: hypertrophy of the gums, enlargements of the ends of the fingers and toes, numerous connective-tissue tumours on the scalp and other parts of the surface of the body, with vatious superficial affections of the skin". Med Chir Trans. Vol. 56. pp. 235–254.1. PMC 1988914.
^ "The Gene for Juvenile Hyaline Fibromatosis Maps to Chromosome 4q21". Am J Hum Genet. Vol. 71, no. 4. 2002. pp. 975–980. PMC 378553.

[1] Puretić, S.; Puretić, B.; Fisher-Hermann, M.; Adamčić, M. (1962). "A unique form of mesenchymal dysplasia". Br J Dermatol. Vol. 74, no. 1. pp. 8–19. PMID 14489244.

[2] Murray, J. (1873). "On three peculiar cases of Molluscum Fibrosum in children in which one of the following conditions were observed: hypertrophy of the gums, enlargements of the ends of the fingers and toes, numerous connective-tissue tumours on the scalp and other parts of the surface of the body, with vatious superficial affections of the skin". Med Chir Trans. Vol. 56. pp. 235–254.1. PMC 1988914.

[3] "The Gene for Juvenile Hyaline Fibromatosis Maps to Chromosome 4q21". Am J Hum Genet. Vol. 71, no. 4. 2002. pp. 975–980. PMC 378553.

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