Syndrome

Introduction: Syndrome

Description of Syndrome

Syndrome: A set of symptoms or conditions that occur together and suggest the presence of a certain disease or an increased chance of developing the disease.
Source: National Institute of Health

Syndrome: heading term for a set of symptoms, usually three or more, which have a complex etiology and characterize a particular pathological state.
Source: CRISP

Syndrome: A symptom complex of unknown etiology, that is characteristic of a particular abnormality.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Syndrome:

More specific terms for Syndrome:

• adult respiratory distress syndrome
• AIDS
• Alagille syndrome
• Alport syndrome
• antiphospholipid syndrome
• Barretts esophagus
• Bartter's syndrome
• Behcet's syndrome
• Bloom syndrome
• carpal tunnel syndrome
• cerebrohepatorenal syndrome
• Chediak Higashi syndrome
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• Conn's syndrome
• cri du chat syndrome
• Cushing's syndrome
• deToni Fanconi syndrome
• DiGeorge's syndrome
• Downs syndrome
• Ehlers Danlos syndrome
• fetal alcohol syndrome
• fragile X syndrome
• Goodpasture's syndrome
• happy puppet syndrome
• Holt Oram syndrome
• Horner's syndrome
• hyperviscosity syndrome
• irritable bowel syndrome
• Kallmann's syndrome
• Klinefelter's syndrome
• Lesch Nyhan syndrome
• Li Fraumeni syndrome
• Marfan syndrome
• Menkes' syndrome
• metabolic syndrome
• mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
• nephrotic syndrome
• oculocerebrorenal syndrome
• organic brain syndrome
• polycystic ovary syndrome
• Prader Willi syndrome
• premenstrual syndrome
• Reiter's syndrome
• respiratory distress syndrome of newborn
• Rett syndrome
• Reye's syndrome
• short bowel syndrome
• Sjogren's syndrome
• Smith Lemli Opitz syndrome
• Smith Magenis syndrome
• sudden infant death syndrome
• temporomandibular joint syndrome
• Tourette's syndrome
• toxic shock syndrome
• Turner's syndrome
• velocardiofacial syndrome
• Von Hippel Lindau syndrome
• Waardenburg syndrome
• Werner's syndrome
• Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome
• Williams syndrome
• Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
• Wolff Parkinson White syndrome
• XYY syndrome
• Zollinger Ellison syndrome

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Syndrome

• Disease

Source - MeSH 2007

• disease /disorder

Source - CRISP

The term Syndrome can be used for:

• Alstrom syndrome
• Bardet Biedel syndrome
• Brachmann de Lange syndrome
• Cornelia de Lange syndrome
• de Lange syndrome
• dumping syndrome
• Eaton Lambert syndrome
• Joubert syndrome
• Kenny Caffey syndrome
• Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome
• Lambert Eaton syndrome
• LEOPARD syndrome
• MLS (Multiple Lentigines /LEOPARD syndrome)
• Multiple Lentigines
• Multiple Lentigines /LEOPARD syndrome
• myasthenic syndrome of Lambert Eaton
• Peutz Jeghers syndrome
• postgastrectomy syndrome
• postpericardiotomy syndrome
• Rabson Mendenhall syndrome
• Saethre Chotzen syndrome
• van der Woude syndrome

Source: CRISP

The description of Syndrome may also be used for the following terms:

• VDWS

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Syndrome

The following list attempts to classify Syndrome into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Pathologic Processes
    • Disease
      • Syndrome

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