Naomichi Matsumoto
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BornAugust 3, 1961
Saga Prefecture, Japan
AlmamaterNagasaki University
Kyushu University
Kyushu University
FieldsMedical genetics
Naomichi Matsumoto | |
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松本 直通 | |
| Born | August 3, 1961 Saga Prefecture, Japan |
| Alma mater | Nagasaki University Kyushu University |
| Known for | Sotos syndrome Marfan syndrome type II Ohtahara syndrome Coffin–Siris syndrome |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical genetics |
| Institutions | Yokohama City University University of Chicago Nagasaki University |
| Doctoral advisor | Norio Niikawa |
Naomichi Matsumoto (松本 直通, Matsumoto Naomichi; born August 3, 1961) is a Japanese physician and medical geneticist who identified several causative genes for human diseases, including Sotos syndrome (2002),[1] Marfan syndrome type II (2004),[2] Ohtahara syndrome (2008),[3] West syndrome (2010),[4] Microphthalmia with limb anomalies (2011),[5] Autosomal-recessive cerebellar ataxias (2011),[6] Hypomyelination with cerebellar atrophy and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum (HCAHC) (2011),[7] Porencephaly (2012),[8] and Coffin–Siris syndrome (2012).[9]
Matsumoto has been the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Journal of Human Genetics since 2014.[10]
