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In medicine, the term syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs, symptoms, phenomena or characteristics which often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the physician to the presence of the others. In recent decades the term has been used outside of medicine to refer to a combination of phenomena seen in association.
The term syndrome derives from the Greek and means literally "run together," as the features do. The term syndrome is most often used when the reason that the features occur together (pathophysiology) has not yet been discovered. A familiar syndrome name often continues to be used even after an underlying cause has been found. Many syndromes are named after the physicians credited with first reporting the association; these are "eponymous" syndromes. Otherwise, disease features or presumed causes, as well as references to geography, history or poetry, can lend their names to syndromes.
AIDS, a case study
A recent case study is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), so named as most syndromal immune deficiencies are either inborn or secondary to hematological disease. AIDS was originally termed "Gay Related Immune Disease" (or GRID), a name which was revised as the disease turned out to also affect heterosexuals. Several years passed after the recognition of AIDS before HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) was first described, finally explaining the hitherto mysterious "syndrome". More on [ Syndrome ]
Rep. Joe Wilson's Inner-child Has Tourette Syndrome: Washington, DC-Like the boy who pointed out that the em.. http://tinyurl.com/o6hujn
soulhangout (Luz Aguirrebena) Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:03:07 -0000
Rep. Joe Wilson's Inner-child Has Tourette Syndrome: Washington, DC-Like the boy who pointed out that the em.. http://tinyurl.com/o6hujn
Addison's Disease. Grave's Disease. Wilson's Syndrome. #justsayin' #joemustgo
YesBiscuit (S. Thistlethwaite) Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:55:47 -0000
Addison's Disease. Grave's Disease. Wilson's Syndrome. #justsayin' #joemustgo
Reading: Fight Joe Wilson's "Lies" - Help out Rob Miller http://bit.ly/183lPh ~ Joe's "tourette syndrome" is helping his oppo
American Thyroid Association Statement on Wilson's Syndrome - The ATA's thorough review of the biomedical literature has found no scientific evidence supporting the existence of Wilson's syndrome.
Naturopath Penalized for Unprofessional Conduct - Article by Stephen Barrett, M.D., states that Wilson's Syndrome is a bogus diagnosis and describes the case of a doctor punished for offering online diagnoses and treatment.
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