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Aagot Christie Løken
Norwegian neuropathologist, born February 1, 1911, Kabelvåg.
Associated eponyms:
Senior-Løken syndrome
A congenital disorder occurring in a juvenile and an adult type combining nephrophthisis and tapetoretinal degeneration.
Biography:
Aagot Christie Løken graduated in medicine at the University of Oslo in 1946. Following period as assistant physician at Rikshospitalet, Oslo, she received postgraduate education in neuropathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington. She specialised in neuropathology and worked in this discipline at Rikshospitalet in Oslo from 1952 to 1978. She has published more than 50 articles in Norwegian and foreign journals.
We thank Håvard Sommernes for correcting en error.
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