Dagfinn Aarskog
{{short description|Norwegian physician}}
{{for|the bobsledder|Dagfinn Aarskog (bobsleigh)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dagfinn Aarskog
| image = Dagfinn_Aarskog.jpg
| alt = Portrait of Dagfinn Aarskog
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|12|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ålesund, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|5|27|1928|12|10|df=y}}
| death_place = Bergen, Norway
| occupation = Physician
| known_for = Aarskog–Scott syndrome
| notable_works =
| awards = Knight of the Order of St. Olav
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Dagfinn Aarskog (10 December 1928 – 27 May 2014) was a Norwegian physician, geneticist, and professor of pediatrics. He has been called "one of the most prominent figures in Norwegian pediatrics."{{Cite journal |last1=Skadberg |first1=Britt |last2=Markestad |first2=Trond |last3=Reigstad |first3=Hallvard |last4=Bjerknes |first4=Robert |last5=Greve |first5=Gottfried |last6=Njølstad |first6=Pål Rasmus |date=2 September 2014 |title=Minneord |url=https://tidsskriftet.no/2014/09/legelivet/minneord-1 |journal=Tidsskrift for den Norske Legeforening |volume=134 |issue=16 |language=nb |doi=10.4045/tidsskr.14.0829 |issn=0029-2001|doi-access=free }}
Life
He was born in Ålesund, Norway. He received his MD at the University of Bergen in 1956, and received a PhD in medicine in 1965. Aarskog was a specialist in pediatrics from 1964 and in medical genetics from 1974. From 1964 to 1965, he worked as a research assistant at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Aarskog's research focused on perinatal endocrinology, calcium metabolism, growth disorders and cytogenetics, and he published over 250 articles on these topics. In 1970, he first described the condition later called Aarskog–Scott syndrome.{{Cite journal |last1=Depeyre |first1=Arnaud |last2=Schlund |first2=Matthias |last3=Gryseleyn |first3=Rémi |last4=Ferri |first4=Joël |date=October 2018 |title=Dental and Maxillofacial Signs in Aarskog Syndrome: A Review of 3 Siblings and the Literature |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29689188 |journal=Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery|volume=76 |issue=10 |pages=2202–2208 |doi=10.1016/j.joms.2018.03.027 |issn=1531-5053 |pmid=29689188}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Dagfinn Aarskog |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Dagfinn_Aarskog |last= |first= |editor-last=Godal |editor-first=Anne Marit |editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |language=Norwegian |accessdate=18 June 2014}}{{Cite journal |last1=Taub |first1=Marc B. |last2=Stanton |first2=Allison |date=July 2008 |title=Aarskog syndrome: A case report and literature review |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1529183907007555 |journal=Optometry-Journal of the American Optometric Association |volume=79 |issue=7 |pages=371–377 |doi=10.1016/j.optm.2007.10.010|pmid=18577494 }}
Aarskog was appointed professor of pediatrics at the University of Bergen. He became a senior consultant at the pediatric clinic at Haukeland Hospital in 1971. From 1988 to 1993 he was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bergen.
He held several international positions of trust, including president of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1992.
He died in Bergen in 2014.{{Cite web |title=Dødsannonse |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/dodsfall/#!page=0!name=Dagfinn%20Aarskog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404211239/http://www.aftenposten.no/dodsfall/#!page=0!name=Dagfinn%20Aarskog |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 April 2014 |website=Aftenposten |language=no}}
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Category:Norwegian pediatricians
Category:Academic staff of the University of Bergen