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. 2007 Sep;92(5):F419-20.
doi: 10.1136/fnn.2005.091397.

Dr Edith Potter (1901 1993) of Chicago: pioneer in perinatal pathology

P M Dunn  1
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Dr Edith Potter (1901 1993) of Chicago: pioneer in perinatal pathology

P M Dunn. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

Following in the footsteps of Billard and Ballantyne, Edith Potter founded from the 1930s onwards the modern subspecialty of perinatal pathology. Her name is eponymously linked with the facial characteristics of infants with bilateral renal agenesis.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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