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Gustav Asboe-Hansen

Born  1917
Died  

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Danish physician, born 1917.

Biography of Gustav Asboe-Hansen

Asboe-Hansen is eponymously remembered for Asboe-Hansen's syndrome, which is the initial phase of the Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome. See under Bruno Bloch, 1878-1933.

Bibliography

  • N. Blumenkrantz, G. Asboe Hansen:
    A New Method for Quantitative Determination of Uronic Acids.
    Analytical Biochemistry, New York, 1973: 54: 484–489.
  • N. Blumenkrantz, G. Asboe Hansen:
    Methods for analysis of connective tissue macromolecules by determination of certain constitutents.
    In: Glick D, ed. Methods of biochemical analysis.
    New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1977: 40–44.
  • C. H. Wulff, H. Hover, G. Asboe-Hansen, H. Brodthagen:
    Development of polyneuropathy during thalidomide therapy.
    British Journal of Dermatology, London, 1985, 112 :475–80.

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