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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 ]
@ParkerMama developmental delays and soto's syndrome. Not yet diagnosed but has all of the symptoms for soto's including MRI results.
MysterySLC (Greta Lords) Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:58:48 -0000
@ParkerMama developmental delays and soto's syndrome. Not yet diagnosed but has all of the symptoms for soto's including MRI results.
About com Guide Laura L. Jelliffe, Ph.D. - Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Soto's syndrome. Information on research, community outreach and support.
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MCW Healthlink - An article about soto's syndrome with an explanation of what it is, the features, symptoms and the prognosis.
Meta Description: [ Soto's syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by excessive physical growth during the first 2 to 3 years of life. ]
Soto's Syndrome - Also known as cerebral gigantism, an information sheet compiled by NINDS.
Meta Description: [ Sotos Syndrome (Cerebral Gigantism) information sheet compiled by NINDS. ]
Sotos Syndrome Support Association - Online community for education of professionals and families and to exchange ideas, gather research, and help one another cope. Quarterly newsletters, reference library, annual meetings, and conferences are available to members and professionals.
Sotos Syndrome Support Association of Canada - Provides educational and emotional support, and current information. English and French.
Meta Description: [ The Sotos Syndrome Support Association of Canada / Association Canadienne d'Entraide du Syndrôme de Sotos was formed to provide educational and emotional support, and current information. ]
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