Henrik Sjögren

Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren (UK: /ˈʃɜːɡrɛn/, US: /ˈʃoʊɡrɛn/,[1] Swedish: [ˈɧø̂ːɡreːn];[2] 23 July 1899, Köping – 17 September 1986, Lund)[3] was a Swedish ophthalmologist best known for describing the eponymous condition Sjögren syndrome. Sjögren received his medical degree in Stockholm 1927. His first experience with the syndrome was an encounter with a 49-year-old woman with arthritis and extreme dryness of the eyes and the mouth. He worked with his wife, Maria, to describe a total of 19 cases and presented these cases for his doctoral theses in 1933,[4] which was published at the Karolinska Institute and titled "On knowledge of keratoconjunctivitis"[5] that eventually served as the basis of identifying and naming of Sjögren's syndrome. He had one child, born in 1934, named Gunvor.

Not to be confused with Torsten Sjögren after whom Sjögren–Larsson syndrome and Marinesco–Sjögren syndrome are named..
Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren
Born(1899-07-23)23 July 1899
Köping, Sweden
Died17 September 1986(1986-09-17) (aged 87)
Lund, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materKarolinska Institute
OccupationOphthalmologist
Known forSjögren syndrome

References
  1. Elsevier, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Elsevier, archived from the original on 2014-01-11, retrieved 2018-08-29.
  2. "Sjögren pronunciation". Forvo.
  3. doctor/1873 at Who Named It?
  4. JMS Pearce (11 September 2018). "Henrik Sjogren and his syndrome". Hekint.com. United Kingdom: Hektoen International.
  5. Sjogren H. On knowledge of kerataconjunctivitis sicca. Keratitis filiformis due to lacrimal gland hypofunction. Acts Opthslmol 1933; Suppl 2:1-151
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