Max Samter
Appearance
Max Samter | |
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Born | Maximilian Samter 1908 Berlin, Germany |
Died | 1999 Evanston, Illinois, United States of America |
Monuments | The Max Samter Institute for Immunology Research at Grant Hospital |
Nationality | German-American |
Occupation | Allergist |
Known for | Most prolific medical scientist in the area of Samter's triad |
Notable work | Samter's Immunologic Diseases 5th Edition (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1995) |
Max Samter (March 8, 1909 – February 9, 1999) was a German-American immunologist who first identified the triad between asthma, aspirin allergy, and nasal polyps (Samter's triad).[2]
References
- ^ "Max Samter Archives". UIC Library News. January 5, 2007. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
- ^ Karen Freeman (February 15, 1999). "Dr. Max Samter, 90, Immunologist Who Wrote Pioneering Textbook". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-18.