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Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) also known as chromosome deletion Dillan 4p syndrome Pitt-Rogers-Danks syndrome (PRDS) or Pitt syndrome was first described in 1961 by Americans Herbert L. Cooper and Kurt Hirschhorn and thereafter gained worldwide attention by publications by the German Ulrich Wolf and Hirschhorn and their co-workers specifically their articles in the German scientific magazine Humangenetik.