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1 online resource |
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Springer Biographies |
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Springer biographies.
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Intro -- Foreword by Robert A. Kyle -- Foreword by Giampaolo Merlini -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 A Family of Pioneers -- References -- 2 Childhood in Stockholm and Student Years in Uppsala -- References -- 3 The Red Urine Story -- 3.1 A Diagnostic Triumph -- 3.2 The First Publication -- 3.3 Hans Fischer in Munich -- 3.4 In Munich with a Rockefeller Stipend -- 3.5 Back in Sweden -- 3.6 The Doctoral Thesis -- References -- 4 Letters to a Special Friend -- Reference -- 5 Assistant Professor in Uppsala -- 5.1 Early Hematology Research -- 5.2 The Growing Family |
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8 Turbulent Final Years in Uppsala -- 8.1 Selecting a New Professor and Chairman -- 8.2 The Winner in Uppsala -- 8.3 The "Looser" -- References -- 9 "The Great Faculty" in Lund -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Pathology and Bacteriology -- 9.3 Anatomy and Histology -- 9.4 Physiology, Medical Chemistry, and Pharmacology -- 9.5 The Department of Medicine -- References -- 10 Malmö General Hospital-MAS -- 10.1 The Early Years -- 10.2 The Next Generation -- 10.3 Medicine -- References -- 11 Arrival in Malmö -- 11.1 The Department of Medicine -- 11.2 Department of Surgery -- 11.3 Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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11.4 Orthopedic Surgery -- 11.5 Pathology and Bacteriology -- References -- 12 Autoimmune Hepatitis -- 12.1 The German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases-DGVS -- 12.2 The 15th Congress of the DGVS -- 12.3 A New Liver Disease -- References -- 13 A Charismatic Leader -- 13.1 The Commander-in-Chief -- 13.2 The Early Team -- 13.3 New Routines -- 13.4 Exciting the Medical Students -- References -- 14 The Carcinoid Syndrome -- 14.1 The Discovery -- 14.2 Intestinal Carcinoid -- 14.3 A Meeting in Malmö -- 14.4 Clinical Features -- 14.5 From Bedside to the Bench |
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14.6 Recent Contributions in the Carcinoid Syndrome -- References -- 15 Beginning of a Golden Age -- 15.1 The New Wing -- 15.2 Radiology -- 15.3 Pathology -- 15.4 The First Ph.D. Students -- 15.5 Private Life -- References -- 16 Gammopathies-Jewel in the Crown -- 16.1 A New Family -- 16.2 The Harvey Lecture "Gammopathies" -- 16.3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Gammopathy -- 16.4 Epidemiology of Gammopathies -- 16.5 The Värmland Study -- 16.6 Genetics of Monoclonal IgM -- 16.7 MGUS, SMM, and MM -- 16.8 Familial Autoimmunity -- References -- 17 Porphyria Research from Malmö -- 17.1 Introduction |
| Summary |
Jan Waldenstrm (1906-1996) was the leading Swedish internist of the twentieth century. The first chapter of the book presents his remarkable family including five generations of physicians. Born in Stockholm, we follow JW to medical school at Uppsala University during 192433. In 19345, he spent a year in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Hans Fischer in Munich. In 1937, he defended a landmark thesis on acute intermittent porphyria. As Docent (assistant professor) in Uppsala, he discovered two new diseases in 1943. In 19445, he spent 7 months in the US commissioned by the Swedish Health Board. This started friendships with leading colleagues and scientists. With time, JW fostered a worldwide network of contacts and became a most influential international star. But this was just the beginning. The book follows Waldenstrm's remarkable career including his description of chronic active hepatitis as a new disease, his introduction of nuclear medicine in Sweden, his pioneering of the concept of the concept of poly- and monoclonal gammopathies, and many more highly significant achievements. His legacy is emphasized by Waldenstrm lectures, Waldenstrm Prizes, and by the International Waldenstrms Macroglobulinemia Foundation, IWMF, and the Bing Center for Waldenstrms macroglobulinemia at the Dana Farber Institute of Cancer Institute of the Harvard University in Boston. And now, not least, by this comprehensive biography |
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References -- 6 Two New Diseases -- 6.1 Uppsala, A Mecca of Physical Chemistry -- 6.2 The Svedberg and the Ultracentrifuge -- 6.3 Electrophoresis and Arne Tiselius -- 6.4 Purpura Hyperglobilinemia -- 6.5 Macroglobulinemia -- References -- 7 Exploring Medical Science in Wartime America -- 7.1 Through Mined Waters to New York City -- 7.2 Exploring Science in New York City -- 7.3 Boston, "The Medical Capital of America" -- 7.4 Washington University in St. Louis -- 7.5 The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis -- 7.6 The Mayo Clinic in Rochester -- 7.7 Final Comments -- References |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Waldenstrom, Jan
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Hematologists -- Sweden -- Biography
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Hematology -- History
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Hematologists.
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Hematology.
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Sweden.
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Electronic books
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Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031367397 |
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3031367391 |
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