Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren (July 23, 1899, Köping

Köping, Sweden

Köping is a locality and the seat of Köping Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. It had 17,358 inhabitants in 2005. It is known for the television series I en annan del av Köping.- History :...

 - September 17, 1986, Lund

Lund

-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...

 ) was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 ophthalmologist best known for the eponymous condition Sjögren's syndrome

Sjögren's syndrome

Sjögren's syndrome , also known as "Mikulicz disease" and "Sicca syndrome", is a systemic autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva....

. Sjögren is pronounced ɧœˈɡrɪən; the syndrome is in English. Sjögren published a doctoral thesis in 1933 titled "On knowledge of keratoconjunctivitis) that eventually served as the basis of Sjögren's syndrome. He had one child born in 1934 named Gunvor.

Henrik Sjögren should not be confused with Torsten Sjögren, the "Sjögren" in Sjögren-Larsson syndrome

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome

Sjögren–Larsson syndrome is an autosomal recessive form of ichthyosis apparent at birth.-Causes:It is associated with a deficiency of the enzyme "fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase"...

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