Nationality Japan Education University of Tokyo | Name Mikito Takayasu Occupation ophthalmologist | |
Alma mater Tokyo Imperial University Died November 20, 1938, Beppu, Oita Prefecture, Japan | ||
Mikito Takayasu (高安 右人, Takayasu Mikito, September 4, 1860 - November 20, 1938) was a Japanese ophthalmologist known for his discovery of Takayasu's arteritis.
Graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1887, Takayasu worked at what was to become Kanazawa University School of Medicine in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. After moving to Beppu, Kyūshū, he died in November 1938.
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