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Christiaan Eijkman

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Christiaan Eijkman

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Also known as C. Eijkman, Christiaan Eykman, C. Eykman

Dutch physician (1858–1930)

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Christiaan Eijkman was a researcher who authored five works. He was recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Medicine collection. His contributions were referenced by 323 other encyclopedia articles.

Eijkman was born on 1858-08-11 and died on 1930-11-05. He is associated with the Commons category "Christiaan Eijkman" and the Commons gallery "Christiaan Eijkman".

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5 total works indexed

  1. 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes

    · 2023 · cited 4,611x

  2. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    · 2016 · cited 4,417x

  3. MAGMA: Generalized Gene-Set Analysis of GWAS Data

    · 2015 · cited 3,778x

  4. First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole

    · 2019 · cited 3,650x

  5. Nomenclature of Systemic Vasculitides

    · 1994 · cited 3,000x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1929

    “for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin”

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Encyclopedic overview

Christiaan Eijkman ( UK: /ˈeɪkmən, ˈaɪkmən/ AYK-mən, EYEK-mən, US: /-mɑːn/ -⁠mahn, Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɛikmɑn]; 11 August 1858 – 5 November 1930) was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins.

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