Kallmann Syndrome: Eugenics and the Man behind the Eponym

Kallmann syndrome is named after Franz Joseph Kallmann, a German-born psychiatrist who described in 1944 twelve subjects from three families who presented with a syndrome of missed puberty, anosmia, and color blindness. Yet, several other eponyms for the same syndrome can be found in the literature....

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Main Author: Carlos A. Benbassat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rambam Health Care Campus 2016-04-01
Series:Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://rmmj.org.il/Pages/ArticleHTM.aspx?manuId=570