Carl-Henry Alström (3 May 1907 – 31 December 31 1993) was a Swedish psychiatrist who described the syndrome now named for him, Alström syndrome, a hereditary disorder that characteristically includes obesity in childhood, nerve deafness, and retinal degeneration (due to atypical retinitis pigmentosa).Alstrom C. H., Hallgren B., Nilsson L. B., Asander H. (1959) "Retinal degeneration combined with obesity, diabetes mellitus and neurogenous deafness: a specific syndrome (not hitherto described) distinct from the Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome: a clinical, endocrinological and genetic examination based on a large pedigree." Acta Psychiatr Neurol Scand Suppl. 129:1-35
External links Carl-Henry Alström biographical sketch on Who Named It? site Alström Syndrome International
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