Etymology

Kallman syndrome

Today it means: A rare genetic condition characterized by anosmia or hyposmia and a failure to start or to complete puberty. Full definition →

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The story

Described in a paper published in 1944 by Franz Josef Kallmann, a German-American geneticist.

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