Carl-Henry Alström

Carl-Henry Alström

Carl-Henry Alström (1907-1993) was a Swedish psychiatrist who described a syndrome now named for him, Alström syndrome, an hereditary disorder that characteristically includes obesity in childhood, nerve deafness and retinal degeneration (due to atypical retinitis pigmentosa).

External links

* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/181.html Carl-Henry Alström] biographical sketch on [http://www.whonamedit.com/index.cfm Who Named It?] site
* [http://www.jax.org/alstrom/ Alström Syndrome International]


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