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Also Known As	hydrops • edemata • oedema • edemas

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anasarca cerebral edema diuretic metabolic disease fluid and electrolyte disorder hypoglycemia gout diabetes mellitus hyperthyroidism hypothyroidism osteoporosis phenylketonuria Gaucher disease metachromatic leukodystrophy metabolic bone disease

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William Withering

William Withering

English physician

Fernand-Isidore Widal

French physician and bacteriologist

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