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Shigeo Takahara

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    Japanese otolaryngologist, 1908-1994.

    Biography of Shigeo Takahara

    Shigeo Takahara was a professor of otorhinolaryngology at Okayama Medical School, Japan.

    Bibliography

    Shigeo Takahara, H. B. Hamilton, J. V. Neel, T. Y. Kobara, Y. Ogura, E. T. Nishimura:
    "Hypocatalasemia: a new genetic carrier state".  Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1960, 39 (4):  
    Shigeo Takahara, H. Miyamoto; 
    Three cases of progressive oral gangrene due to lack of catalase in the blood.
    Nippon Jibi-Inkoka Gakkai Kaiho, 1968, 51: 163 only.

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