Klinefelter

	Henry Klinefelter
	Way back in 1942 a Dr Albright at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston U.S.A, had a Dr Harry Klinefelter gather together the case notes of 9 men who were tall, around about 6 feet, had little to no facial and body hair, had gynecomastia (breast development) were infertile and had extremely small testes, and a rather "pear shaped" body in the sort of fashion a woman might have. Dr Klinefelter was either the most junior Dr present or near to being the most junior. Dr Albright was the leader of the team and allowed Dr Klinefelter's name to be first on the report they and others published about these physical features of a disease that had no other name, so as with tradition the symptoms became known as "Klinefelter's Syndrome", after the surname of the first person whose name appeared on the report. - thanks to Graeme Tucker Dr Klinefelter His own words: KLINEFELTER SYNDROME: A Historical Background and Development by Harry F. Klinefelter, MD. Back Top

Henry Klinefelter

Way back in 1942 a Dr Albright at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston U.S.A, had a Dr Harry Klinefelter gather together the case notes of 9 men who were tall, around about 6 feet, had little to no facial and body hair, had gynecomastia (breast development) were infertile and had extremely small testes, and a rather "pear shaped" body in the sort of fashion a woman might have. Dr Klinefelter was either the most junior Dr present or near to being the most junior. Dr Albright was the leader of the team and allowed Dr Klinefelter's name to be first on the report they and others published about these physical features of a disease that had no other name, so as with tradition the symptoms became known as "Klinefelter's Syndrome", after the surname of the first person whose name appeared on the report.

- thanks to Graeme Tucker

Dr Klinefelter

His own words:

KLINEFELTER SYNDROME: A Historical Background and Development by Harry F. Klinefelter, MD.

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