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Franjo Kogoj
Yugoslav physician, born October 13, 1894, Kranjska Gora; died September 30, 1983, Kranjska Gora.
Associated eponyms:
Kogoj's spongiform pustules
An epidermal pustule formed by infiltration of neutrophils into necrotic area of epidermis, where the cell walls form a swampy network.
Biography:
Franjo Kogoj studied at the Charles University School of Medicine in Prague and graduated from it in 1920. His interest in skin diseases began in professor František Šamberger’s (1871-1944) department in Prague. It was Josef Jadassohn (1863-1936) who aroused his interest in experimental studies. From 1926 he was head of the dermatological department in Zagreb.
Kogoj was a long-standing head of the University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, and of School of Medicine Department of Dermatology and Venereology, dean and vice-dean of the Zagreb University School of Medicine for several terms of office. He was also a member of a large number of national and foreign scientific bodies. He was a regular member of the Zagreb Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1947. He retired in 1965.
Kogoj published around 230 scientific and professional papers, some 70 of them dealing with issues in allergology and immunobiology. He wrote five books, several monographs, and a number of contributions to handbooks and textbooks in the field.
We thank Zlatko Marusic for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- Karl Holubar:
Franjo Kogoj and the spongiform pustule.
The American Journal of Dermatopathology, April 1985, 7 (2): 191-195
- Charles Steffen:
William John Munro and Munro's Abscess, and Franz Kogoj and Kogoj's Spongiform pustule.
The American Journal of Dermatopathology, August 2002, 24 (4): 364-368.
- Jasna Lipozenčić, Albin Naslov Brnobić:
Academician Franjo Kogoj and allergology in Croatia.
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