Jan Wolff is a German medical doctor who, together with Israel Lyon Chaikoff, discovered the Wolff–Chaikoff effect, a compensatory mechanism preventing thyrotoxicosis in oversupply with iodine.[1]
Wolff was born in Germany, and after his father was barred from practicing medicine there, moved with his parents to the Netherlands, then to England, then to San Francisco, California.[2] He is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Wolff J, Chaikoff IL (1948). "Plasma inorganic iodide as a homeostatic regulator of thyroid function". J Biol Chem. 174 (2): 555–564. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)57335-X. PMID 18865621.
- ^ a b Wolff, Jan; Kaplan, Michael M.; Schneider, Arthur B. "Jan Wolff Reflects on His Career as He Approaches His 99th Birthday". Clinical Thyroidology. 35 (10): 395–397. doi:10.1089/ct.2023;35.395-397.
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