Ivar Asbjørn Følling

Physician

1888 – 1973

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Who was Ivar Asbjørn Følling?

Ivar Asbjørn Følling was a Norwegian physician and biochemist who first described the disease named after him—Følling's disease—which is better known outside of Norway as phenylketonuria or, for short, PKU. He was born in Kvam, Steinkjer.

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Born
Aug 23, 1888
Steinkjer
Also known as
  • Dr. Ivar Asbjørn Følling
  • Asbjorn Folling
Nationality
  • Norway
Profession
Education
  • Norwegian Institute of Technology
Died
Jan 24, 1973

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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