Aureliano Maestre de San Juan
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Aureliano Maestre de San Juan | |
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Born | |
Died | 1 June 1890 | (aged 61)
Nationality | Spain |
Known for | Kallmann syndrome |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anatomy |
Institutions | University of Granada, Complutense University of Madrid |
Aureliano Maestre de San Juan ( October 17, 1828 - June 1, 1890) was a Spanish scientist, histologist, physician and anatomist. He is credited as being one of the first scientists to recognize the disorder known as Kallmann syndrome.[1] He died in 1890, having been blinded in a laboratory accident involving caustic soda two years earlier.
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- ^ Maestre de San Juan, Aureliano (1856). "Teratolagia: falta total de los nervios olfactorios con anosmia en un individuo en quien existia una atrofia congenita de los testiculos y miembro viril". El Siglo Médico. 3: 211–221.