Jules Comby
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Jules Comby was a French pediatrician. With Antoine Marfan
(1858-1942) and Jacques-Joseph Grancher
(1843-1907), he published the influential Traité des maladies de l’enfance (Treatise of the Diseases of Childhood). Also the eponymous Comby's sign is named after him, which is an early indication of measles
characterized by thin whitish patches on the gums and buccal
mucous membrane.
Antoine Marfan
Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan was a French pediatrician. He was born in Castelnaudary to Antoine Prosper Marfan and Adélaïde Thuries....
(1858-1942) and Jacques-Joseph Grancher
Jacques-Joseph Grancher
Jacques-Joseph Grancher was a French pediatrician who was born in Felletin. In 1865 he earned his medical degree, and afterwards was director of a pathological anatomy laboratory in Clamart . From 1885 until his death in 1907 he was director of Hôpital des Enfants Malades in Paris...
(1843-1907), he published the influential Traité des maladies de l’enfance (Treatise of the Diseases of Childhood). Also the eponymous Comby's sign is named after him, which is an early indication of measles
Measles
Measles, also known as rubeola or morbilli, is an infection of the respiratory system caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. Morbilliviruses, like other paramyxoviruses, are enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses...
characterized by thin whitish patches on the gums and buccal
Cheek
Cheeks constitute the area of the face below the eyes and between the nose and the left or right ear. They may also be referred to as jowls. "Buccal" means relating to the cheek. In humans, the region is innervated by the buccal nerve...
mucous membrane.