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Božidar Puretić

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Božidar Puretić, M.D. (1921 – 1971) was a Croatian physician.

Born in Bjelovar, he earned his medical degree at the University of Zagreb in 1946.[1] He was a professor at the pediatric clinic, University of Zagreb.[2] In 1962, he described a case of juvenile hyaline fibromatosis as a unique form of mesenchymal dysplasia.[3] This very rare disease had been first described in 1873 by Dr. John Murray, a physician at Middlesex Hospital, and termed molluscum fibrosum.[4] Few cases were subsequently reported[5] and it had become almost forgotten before Puretić's case.[6] The disease is sometimes referred to as Murray-Puretic-Drescher syndrome.[7] He died in Zagreb.

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  1. ^ Hrvatska enciklopedija: Pri-Sk (in Croatian). Leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža". 1999. p. 106. ISBN 978-953-6036-29-5.
  2. ^ Kongressberichte: Genetics. Verlag der Wiener Medizinischen Akademie. 1971. p. 381.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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 various superficial affections of the skin". Med Chir Trans. Vol. 56. pp. 235–254.1. PMC 1988914.
  5. ^ Gill, A. Wilson (1915-10-09). "A Case of Molluscum Fibrosum: (Von Recklinghausen's Disease)". British Medical Journal. 2 (2858): 533–534. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2858.533. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2303157. PMID 20767846.
  6. ^ "The Gene for Juvenile Hyaline Fibromatosis Maps to Chromosome 4q21". Am J Hum Genet. Vol. 71, no. 4. 2002. pp. 975–980. PMC 378553.
  7. ^ Gaurav, Vishal; Grover, Chander (2021-11-22). ""Molluscum" Conditions in Dermatology". Indian Dermatology Online Journal. 12 (6): 962–965. doi:10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_928_20. ISSN 2229-5178. PMC 8653738. PMID 34934755.