Seiichiro Tarui 1759710 146034208 2007-07-21T00:41:36Z Bendono 95594 ->Hyōgo Prefecture '''Seiichiro Tarui''' is a [[Japanese person|Japanese]] [[physician]], born [[1927]], [[Koshifn]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]. ==Biography== Seiichiro Tarui qualified in medicine at the [[University of Osaka]] in 1953. From 1959 he was an assistant in the Second Department of Internal Medicine at this university, where he conducted clinical research on disorders of carbohydrate metabolism. He was appointed as Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in 1966, and in 1978 he was elevated to the chair of internal medicine. He retired with emeritus status in 1991. He then became Director of Otemae Hospital, Osaka. ==Associated eponyms== [[Tarui's disease]] - An inborn error of [[glycogen]] [[metabolism]] characterized by phosphofructokinase deficiency in the muscles, associated with abnormal deposition of glycogen in muscle tissues. Tarui disease typically manifests itself in childhood with exercise intolerance and anaemia. The fatal variant normally onsets within the first year of life, and all reported cases have died before the age of four. The adult variant normally sets in in late adulthood in the form of progressive limb muscle weakness without myoglobinuria or cramps. The diseases is particularly rare, with only about 40 cases in total reported. It is marginally more prominent in males, than in females. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarui, Seiichiro}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Japanese physicians]] {{Japan-bio-stub}} [[pl:Seiichiro Tarui]]