Kallmann's syndrome: clues to clinical diagnosis

Authors
Citation
H. John et C. Schmid, Kallmann's syndrome: clues to clinical diagnosis, INT J IMPOT, 12(5), 2000, pp. 269-271
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPOTENCE RESEARCH
ISSN journal
09559930 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
269 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0955-9930(200010)12:5<269:KSCTCD>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Five cases of Kallmann's syndrome are presented, out-patients with microtes tes, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and complete anosmia. The final diagnosi s was made only when they were aged between 17 and 26 (mean 21 years), alth ough they had been seen by several physicians before: 3 for cryptorchidism and 3 for absence of spontaneous puberty; 2 had a positive family history, and 4 of the 5 patients or their parents admitted that they were aware of t he fact that their sense of smell was completely absent, but they did not m ention it spontaneously.