title: [Kallmann's syndrome in families].
abstract: The authors present the incidence of Kallmann's syndrome in two families in four persons. In one family the syndrome was present in a boy and the brother of his mother. In the second family in siblings -- a boy and a girl. The two boys at preschool age underwent a surgery because of bilateral cryptorchism. In the first patient and his uncle additional hearing dysfunction and agenesis of the left kidney were diagnosed. In all the patients anosmia was diagnosed. All the patients receive a pharmacological treatment which improved significantly their clinical state, caused the development of tertiary sexual feature and an improvement of the psychological condition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  1. In patients with an abnormal development of the urethro-sexual organs a diagnosis for other disturbances or developmental defects is necessary. 2. In patients with an abnormal urethro-sexual development a permanent care of a psychologist is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Endokrynologii Wieku Rozwojowego AM we Wrocławiu, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noczyńska
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wasikowa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D017436:Kallmann Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D035781:Siblings; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013739:Testosterone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone