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Hailey-Hailey disease

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Noun

Hailey-Hailey disease ‎(uncountable)

  1. familial benign pemphigus, a genetic disorder that causes blisters on the skin

Etymology

It was originally described by the Hailey brothers (Hugh Edward and William Howard) in 1939.

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