- Johann Pompe
Johann Cassianius Pompe (1901-1945) was a Dutch pathologist.cite journal |author=Kroos M, Pomponio RJ, van Vliet L, "et al" |title=Update of the Pompe disease mutation database with 107 sequence variants and a format for severity rating |journal=Hum. Mutat. |volume=29 |issue=6 |pages=E13–26 |year=2008 |month=June |pmid=18425781 |doi=10.1002/humu.20745 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/humu.20745]
He characterized the condition now known as
Glycogen storage disease type II in 1932. [Pompe J-C. Over idiopatische hypertropie van het hart. Ned Tijdscr Geneeskd 1932; 76:304.] It is sometimes referred to by his name.cite web |url=http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11417 |title=Pompe disease definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on MedTerms |format= |work= |accessdate=]He was executed by the German army in 1945.cite book |author=Whitworth, Judith A.; Firkin, Barry G. |title=Dictionary of medical eponyms |publisher=Parthenon Pub |location=New York |year=1996 |pages=312 |isbn=1-85070-333-7 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=]
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