Olga Imerslund

Olga Imerslund (9 April 1907 – 23 August 1987) was a renowned Norwegian pediatrician. She is best known for her contribution to identification and naming of the Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome.[1][2] Imerslund was born at Vang in Hedmark, Norway. She studied medicine at the University of Oslo (1936). During her career, she was associated with a number of hospitals including Rikshospitalet at the University of Oslo .[3]

References
  1. Bartolucci, Susan L. and Forbis, Pat (eds). Stedman's Medical Eponyms. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2005) p. 351. ISBN 0-7817-5443-7
  2. Scully, C., Langdon, J. and Evans, J. (2010), "Marathon of eponyms: 9 Imerslund–Grasbeck syndrome (Juvenile pernicious anaemia)". Oral Diseases, 16: pp. 219–220.
  3. Ole Daniel Enersen. "Who named it?". Retrieved November 18, 2010.


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