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Hakaru Hashimoto

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Hakaru Hashimoto (May 5, 1881 - January 9, 1934) was a Japanese physician of the Meiji and Taisho periods, best known for publishing the first clinical description of a thyroid condition later named Hashimoto's thyroiditis, in his 1912 German-language article Struma lymphomatosa. He was born in Iga, Mie Prefecture, and died there in 1934.

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Wikipedia: Hakaru Hashimoto
In Group: Cellular and Disease Pathologists, Introduction, sentence 2
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He is best known for publishing the first description of the disease that was later named Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
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Wikidata: Hakaru Hashimoto
  • Wikidata Q748624, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P569 (w-bbfill-medicine3-0926)
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Wikipedia: Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Wikimedia FoundationDiscoveries: Discovery of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, History section 1912 description
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It was first described by the Japanese physician Hakaru Hashimoto in 1912.
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