Questions about how Kallmann's syndrome is diagnosed.

Kallmann's syndrome is named after the German born, New York geneticist and psychiatrist Franz J. Kallmann, who, in 1944, was the first to offer a genetic explanation for a medical condition he observed in some of his patients who happened to be both sexually immature and anosmic. Although some of his original observations and conclusions were to be questioned in later years as more was learned about the disease, his work was nevertheless an important and valuable milestone.

Kallmann's syndrome is a rare disorder which, according to a recent estimate, affects around 1 in 10,000 men and 1 in 70,000 women. People with Kallmann's have an hormonal deficiency which, unless you seek appropriate medical treatment, results in a failure to go through puberty normally. In other words, without treatment you remain sexually underdeveloped and infertile.

Kallmann's syndrome is a rare hormonal disorder which affects predominantly men but can also affect women.