Reuben Leon Kahn

Reuben Leon Kahn

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birth_date = July 26 1887
birth_place = Kovno, Lithuania
death_date = July 22 1979
death_place = Miami
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citizenship = United States
nationality = Lithuania
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field = immunology
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known_for = test for syphilis
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Reuben Leon Kahn (born July 26 1887 in Kovno, Lithuania - died July 22 1979 in Miami) was an American immunologist.

He is best known for his investigations of blood reactions, like the Kahn test, an efficient test for syphilis.

References

*Citation
id = PMID:4941263
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4941263
last=Cobb
first=W M
publication-date=1971 Sep
year=1971
title=Reuben Leon Kahn, D.Sc., LL.D., M.D., Ph.D., 1887-.
volume=63
issue=5
periodical=Journal of the National Medical Association
pages=388-94

External links

* [http://www.fasthealth.com/dictionary/k/Kahn_test.php Kahn test]
* [http://www.todayinsci.com/7/7_26.htm Today in Science History]


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