Asao Hirano

Asao Hirano
Born	1926
Known for	Hirano body
Medical career
Profession	physician medical researcher
Institutions	Montefiore Hospital Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Research	neuropathology

Asao Hirano (平野朝雄, Hirano Asao^?, born 1926) is a Japanese physician, academic, medical researcher and neuropathologist. He is credited with having first observed Hirano bodies which are intracellular aggregates of actin and actin-associated proteins in the neurons (nerve cells).

Dr. Hirano is a professor of pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Asao Hirano, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 30 works in 50+ publications in 5 languages and 1,000+ library holdings.

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