Abraham Buschke (27 September 1868 – 25 February 1943) was a

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who was a native of Nakel in the

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Life

In 1891 he received his doctorate in

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, and afterwards was a

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assistant in

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. Later he worked at dermatological clinics in Breslau under Albert Neisser (1855–1916) and in Berlin with Edmund Lesser (1852–1918). In 1906 he became head of dermatology at Rudolf Virchow Hospital in

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. In 1943 he died in the Nazi concentration camp at

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Work

Abraham Buschke specialized in research of

venereal disease A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, or ...

. In 1926 with

Martin Gumpert Martin Gumpert (13 November 1897 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born physician, dermatologist, medical historian, and author. Born in Berlin to a family of doctors, Gumpert pursued a medical career, specializing in dermatology and medical history ...

(1897–1955) he published a treatise on

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in children titled ''Geschlechtskrankheiten bei Kindern'' (Venereal Diseases in Children). His name is associated with several eponymous dermatological disorders, including: * Buschke's scleredema: Hardening and thickening of the skin, usually on the upper back, neck, shoulders and face. Its

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is unknown, but it is often associated with

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. * Buschke–Löwenstein tumor: Also known as giant condyloma acuminatum; a variety of venereal wart characterized by its large, cauliflower-like appearance. Named with Ludwig Loewenstein (1885–1959). *

Buschke–Ollendorff syndrome Buschke–Ollendorff syndrome (BOS) is a rare genodermatosis, genetic skin disorder associated with LEMD3 that typically presents with widespread painless papules. It is inherited in an autosome, autosomal Dominance relationship#Dominant allele, ...

: Also called disseminated lenticular dermatofibrosis. Named with dermatologist

Helene Ollendorff Curth Helene Ollendorff Curth (28 February 1899 – 17 June 1982) was a German-American dermatologist, known for her studies on acanthosis nigricans (AN) and introducing Curth's criteria, a set of characteristics for associating skin signs as markers ...

. In 1894 with

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Otto Busse Otto Emil Franz Ulrich Busse (; 6 December 1867 – 3 February 1922) was a German pathologist. Busse was born in Gühlitz, Kingdom of Prussia. He studied medicine at the University of Greifswald, and subsequently became an assistant to Paul G ...

(1867–1922) Buschke described an infectious disease caused by the

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''. This condition is sometimes referred to as Busse–Buschke disease.

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