Norio Niikawa

Norio Niikawa
新川 詔夫
Born(1942-05-08)8 May 1942
Died4 April 2022(2022-04-04) (aged 79)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materHokkaido University
Known forKabuki syndrome
Earwax gene
Scientific career
FieldsPediatrics
Medical genetics
InstitutionsHealth Sciences University of Hokkaido
Nagasaki University
Geneva University
Hokkaido University
Doctoral studentsNaomichi Matsumoto

Norio Niikawa (新川 詔夫, Niikawa Norio, 8 May 1942 – 11 April 2020) was a Japanese physician and medical geneticist who discovered an autosomal dominant disorder, Kabuki syndrome, also known as Niikawa-Kuroki syndrome.[1]