1. Karl Hürthle! Now, who was he?
- Author
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Caturegli P and Ruggere C
- Subjects
- History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, Humans, Poland, Pathology, Clinical history, Thyroid Diseases history
- Abstract
The name Hürthle is used in medicine to designate a particular type of thyroid cell, mainly characterized by a granular and deeply eosinophilic cytoplasm. This article describes the life of Karl Hürthle (1860-1945) and the experiments he performed in the early 1890s to explore the morphology and function of the thyroid gland.
- Published
- 2005
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