Carl-Henry Alström | |
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Born |
Västerås, Sweden | 3 May 1907
Died | 1993 (aged about 86) |
Citizenship | Swedish |
Known for | Description of Alström syndrome |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychiatrist |
Institutions | Institute for Human Genetics, Uppsala; Karolinska Institute |
Carl-Henry Alström (3 May 1907 – 1993) was a Swedish psychiatrist who described a 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). [1]