TY - JOUR KW - Anniversaries and Special Events KW - Eye Infections, Bacterial KW - History, 19th Century KW - History, 20th Century KW - leprosy KW - Microbiology KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - Norway KW - Ophthalmology AU - Grzybowski A AU - Kluxen G AU - PĆ³torak K AB -

2012 marks the 100th year of death of Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (1841-1912), who discovered Mycobacterium leprae, but also gave the first systematic scientific work on the leprosy of the eye. The article reviews his life and scientific achievements with special regard to eye and ophthalmology.

BT - Acta ophthalmologica C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23710612?dopt=Abstract DA - 2014 May DO - 10.1111/aos.12159 IS - 3 J2 - Acta Ophthalmol LA - eng N2 -

2012 marks the 100th year of death of Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (1841-1912), who discovered Mycobacterium leprae, but also gave the first systematic scientific work on the leprosy of the eye. The article reviews his life and scientific achievements with special regard to eye and ophthalmology.

PY - 2014 SP - 296 EP - 300 T2 - Acta ophthalmologica TI - Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (1841-1912)--100 years anniversary tribute. VL - 92 SN - 1755-3768 ER -