Morten Ansgar Kveim
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Morten Ansgar Kveim was a Norwegian
pathologist remembered for describing the Kveim test
. He qualified in medicine in 1925, and worked in a number of small towns in Norway. After 1929 he worked in the department of diseases of the skin in the Rikshospitalet
in Oslo
, becoming assistant physician in 1936.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
pathologist remembered for describing the Kveim test
Kveim test
The Kveim test, Nickerson-Kveim or Kveim-Siltzbach test is a skin test used to detect sarcoidosis, where part of a spleen from a patient with known sarcoidosis is injected into the skin of a patient suspected to have the disease. If granulomas are found , the test is positive. If the patient has...
. He qualified in medicine in 1925, and worked in a number of small towns in Norway. After 1929 he worked in the department of diseases of the skin in the Rikshospitalet
Rikshospitalet
Rikshospitalet is located in Oslo, Norway. From January 1, 2009, the hospital is part of Oslo University Hospital....
in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, becoming assistant physician in 1936.