Yoshizo Koyanagi
Yoshizo Koyanagi (小柳 美三, Koyanagi Yoshizō, December 10, 1880 – 1954) was a Japanese ophthalmologist who is recognized for his description of what is now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease (VKH).[1][2][3][4]
Koyanagi received his medical education at the Imperial University in Kyoto. He graduated in 1908 and studied ophthalmology under Ikujiro Asayama.[3] He held a variety of positions, eventually retiring in 1942.[5] In recognition of his contributions, the government conferred on him the posthumous Decoration of the Second Order of the Sacred Treasure.[5]
His first description of what is now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease was in 1914.[1] This was preceded by Jujiro Komoto, Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Tokyo, in 1911.[1] However, it was a much later article, published in 1929, in which he typified the time course of the disease as it went through its sequential phases, that definitively associated Koyanagi with VKH disease.[1][6][7]
References
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- ^ a b Historia Ophthalmologica Internationalis, Volume 1 Publisher Wayenborgh, 1979 pages 95 and 98
- ^ "Eponyms in dermatology literature linked to Japan". Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. 5: 15–21. 2012. doi:10.2147/CCID.S28182. PMC 3267408. PMID 22291476.
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- ^ "Diagnosis and classification of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease". Autoimmun Rev. 13 (4–5): 550–5. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.023. PMID 24440284.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ Koyanagi Y. Dysakusis, Alopecie und Poliosis bei schwerer Uveitis nicht traumatischen Ursprungs. Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Stuttgart, 1929, 82: 194–211.