John Kelso Ormond

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John Kelso Ormond was an American urologist who rediscovered retroperitoneal fibrosis (also known as Ormond's disease in 1948.[1]) [2]

Biography[]

He was born on March 25, 1886 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He died February 25, 1978, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

References[]

  1. ^ Ormond, JK (1948). "Bilateral ureteral obstruction due to envelopment and compression by an inflammatory retroperitoneal process". The Journal of Urology. 59 (6): 1072–9. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)69482-5. PMID 18858051.
  2. ^ "John Kelso Ormond". Whonamedit? A dictionary of medical eponyms. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
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