Mikito Takayasu

Mikito Takayasu (高安右人, 1860 - 1938) was a Japanese ophthalmologist known for his discovery of Takayasu's arteritis.

Mikito Takayasu

Graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1887 he worked at what was to become Kanazawa University School of Medicine in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. After moving to Beppu, Kyushu he died in November 1938.

References

http://www.jsvs.org/journal/abstract_en.php?bn=20031206&no=1 (corresponding Japanese page)
http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/41/1/103 - where you can find his picture.

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