Henrik Sjögren

Deceased Person

1899 – 1986

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Who was Henrik Sjögren?

Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren was a Swedish ophthalmologist best known for the eponymous condition Sjögren's syndrome. Sjögren received his medical degree in Stockholm 1927 and in 1933 published a doctoral thesis at Karolinska Institutet titled "On knowledge of keratoconjunctivitis" that eventually served as the basis of Sjögren's syndrome. He had one child born in 1934 named Gunvor.

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Born
Jul 23, 1899
Köping Municipality
Also known as
  • Henrik Sjogren
Education
  • Karolinska Institutet
Died
Sep 17, 1986
Lund

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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