Karl Axel Ekbom
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Swedish neurologist, born September 23, 1907, Gothenburg; died March 15, 1977, Uppsala.
Biography of Karl Axel Ekbom
Karl Axel Ekbom held the chair of neurology at the University of Upsala from 1958 to 1974.
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