Etymology

Van Wyk and Grumbach syndrome

Today it means: A medical condition involving hypothyroidism, precocious puberty (with delayed bone age and lack of pubic hair), and ovarian cysts in pre- and post-pubertal girls or macroorchidism in boys. Full definition →

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The story

Described in 1960 by Van Wyk and Melvin M. Grumbach.

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