Fred Rosen
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Fred S. Rosen was a paediatrician and immunologist at Harvard Medical School
, Harvard Center for Blood Research, and Children's Hospital of Boston. He was also an expert in antique furniture
.
Rosen discovered, early in his career, the cause of X-linked hyper-IgM
syndrome
. He also worked on X-linked agammaglobulinaemia.
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
, Harvard Center for Blood Research, and Children's Hospital of Boston. He was also an expert in antique furniture
Antique furniture
Antique furniture is the term for collectible interior furnishings of considerable age. Often its age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features makes a piece of furniture desirable as a collectors' item, and thus termed an "antique"....
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Rosen discovered, early in his career, the cause of X-linked hyper-IgM
IGM
IGM as an acronym or abbreviation can refer to:* Immunoglobulin M , the primary antibody against A and B antigens on red blood cells* International Grandmaster, a chess ranking* intergalactic medium* Intragroup medium - see: Intracluster medium...
syndrome
Syndrome
In medicine and psychology, a syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs , symptoms , phenomena or characteristics that often occur together, so that the presence of one or more features alerts the physician to the possible presence of the others...
. He also worked on X-linked agammaglobulinaemia.