Caffey, John Patrick


Caffey,

John Patrick, U.S. physician, radiologist, and pediatrician, the father of pediatric radiology, 1895-1978. Caffey-Silverman syndrome - Synonym(s): Caffey syndromeCaffey disease - Synonym(s): Caffey syndromeCaffey syndrome - neonatal subperiosteal bone formation over many bones, especially the mandible and clavicles and the shafts of long bones. Synonym(s): Caffey disease; Caffey-Silverman syndrome; infantile cortical hyperostosis