Also called retino-otodiabetic
syndrome, this is an extremely rare condition (only 140 known cases as of 2001) found mostly in developed countries, the United Kingdom having the largest group of
diagnosed patients. It manifests with
obesity in childhood, nerve
deafness, and retinal degeneration that usually causes
blindness by the age of seven. Alström's syndrome is also associated with juvenile
diabetes.
Carl Henry Alström, who did extensive investigations into rape, incest, alcoholism, and epilepsy, first noted the symptoms of this in 1946, and following research produced a report in 1959. Bertil Hallgren was a contributor to the report, and for some time the condition was called Alström-Hallgren Syndrome but Hallgren's name was eventually dropped.
Source: http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/511.html
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