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Abel Ayerza
1861May, 21

Abel Ayerza

Abel Ayerza, Argentinian physician and academic (d. 1918)
Abel Ayerza (21 May 1861 Buenos Aires, Argentina – 14 July 1918) was an Argentine doctor who gave his name to the cardiological condition Ayerza’s disease.

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