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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 ]
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RT @skhensley RT @hollyk: Meet Kate and her family's journey with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome http://bit.ly/2GeUfQ
andyojones (Andy Jones) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:03:16 -0000
RT @skhensley RT @hollyk: Meet Kate and her family's journey with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome http://bit.ly/2GeUfQ
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skhensley (Sandy Hensley) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:10:14 -0000
RT @hollyk: Meet Kate and her family's journey with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome http://bit.ly/2GeUfQ #blogfrog
Meet Kate and her family's journey with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome http://bit.ly/2GeUfQ #blogfrog
hollyk (Holly Hamann) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:08:42 -0000
Meet Kate and her family's journey with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome http://bit.ly/2GeUfQ #blogfrog
NORD: Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome - Offers a brief description, the synonyms and further resources.
Meta Description: [ National Organization for Rare Disorders is dedicated to helping people with rare, orphan diseases. Rarediseases.org contains information on the prevention, treatment and cure of rare diseases. ]
Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome - Advocacy and exchange. Includes a detailed description, diagnosis, the natural history, biochemistry, genetics, treatment and contact details.
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