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Joannes Cassianus Pompe (1901-1945) was a Dutch pathologist.^[1]

He characterized the condition now known as Glycogen storage disease type II in 1932.^[2] It is sometimes referred to by his name.^[3]

He was executed by the German army in April 1945 for espionage.^[4]

[edit] References

^ Kroos M, Pomponio RJ, van Vliet L, et al. (June 2008). "Update of the Pompe disease mutation database with 107 sequence variants and a format for severity rating". Hum. Mutat. 29 (6): E13–26. doi:10.1002/humu.20745. PMID 18425781.
^ Pompe J-C. Over idiopatische hypertropie van het hart. Ned Tijdscr Geneeskd 1932; 76:304.
^ "Pompe disease definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on MedTerms". http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11417.
^ Whitworth, Judith A.; Firkin, Barry G. (1996). Dictionary of medical eponyms. New York: Parthenon Pub. pp. 312. ISBN 1-85070-333-7.

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