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syndrome

Med any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder

syndrome [′sin‚drōm]

(medicine)

A group of signs and symptoms which together characterize a disease. Also known as complex.

Syndrome

a specific combination of disease symptoms determined by a single pathogenesis. A syndrome is not equivalent to a disease as a nosologic form, since the causes of a syndrome may be different. For example, meningeal syndrome, or irritation of the meninges, may be a result of the disruption of cerebral circulation (subarachnoid hemorrhage) and a menin-gococcic infection, and uremic syndrome is the final stage of many kidney diseases.

The basic symptoms of a syndrome are revealed upon the direct observation of an afflicted individual; these symptoms may include stomach pain, vomiting, muscular tension in the anterior abdominal wall, and Blumberg’s sign, which indicates peritoneal irritation with acute abdomen. Other syndromic symptoms are revealed through laboratory and instrumental methods; for example, changes in an electrocardiogram indicate Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, which is a specific form of abnormal myocardial function.

Modern medicine distinguishes approximately 1,500 syndromes. Many are named in honor of those who discovered them, for example, the Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome, or paroxysmal oligemia of the brain caused by a heart block, whose symptoms include syncope and convulsions. Other syndromes are named in honor of those in whom they were first observed or in honor of literary figures. For example, Munchausen’s syndrome is a mental condition characterized by false complaints of bleeding and functional disorders.

The development of medical knowledge, including a more precise definition of the etiologic, or causal, factors of diseases determined by the environment or genetics, has resulted in the replacement of syndromic diagnosis and pathogenic treatment with a nosologic approach and specific causal treatment.

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Lazovskii, I. R. Klinicheskie simptomy i sindromy. Riga, 1971.
Leiber, B., and G. Olbrich. Klinicheskie sindromy. Moscow, 1974. (Translated from German.)

A. I. VOROB’EV and A. N. SMIRNOV

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No references found	1) Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium contrast usually shows enhancement of the cochleovestibular complex, the facial nerve, and the geniculate ganglion in Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I (RHS), also known as herpes zoster oticus, the authors did not refer to other, less common MRI findings. Less common MRI findings in Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I by Anton, Enrique; Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal Cerebrospinal fluid PCR testing for VZV DNA has also been critical in identifying VZV as a causative factor in cases of CNS infections without skin manifestations,[49,65] cases of arteritis,[6] and cases of Ramsay Hunt syndrome (with testing of both CSF and the fluid from vesicles in the ears). Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections of the Nervous System: Clinical and ... by Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, B. K.; Gilden, Donald H. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine The Heather Farr Award, named for the LPGA player who died in 1994, goes to the player who overcame obstacles and went this year to Martha Nause, who fought back from Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a stress-related virus that damaged her sense of balance. BRIEFLY : TENNIS EXEC DIAMOND DIES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)	ramp valley ramp weight RAMP-C Rampa i Zhizn rampage through core Rampal, Jean-Pierre rampant rampant arch rampant vault Rampart rampart wall rampart-walk ramped step ramped steps Ramphastidae ramphoid cusp ramping ramping vault Rampion Rampolla del Tindaro, Mariano RAMPS Rampton, Calvin Lewellyn Rampur Ramsauer Effect Ramsay Ramsay Hunt syndrome Ramsay, Allan Ramsay, George Ramsay, Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, Sir William Ramsay, William Ramsay-Shields-Eötvös equation Ramsay-Young method Ramsay-Young rule ramsdellite Ramsden circle Ramsden disk Ramsden eyepiece Ramses Ramses II Ramses III Ramseur, Stephen Dodson Ramsey Ramsey County Ramsey fringes Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area Ramsey number Ramsey of Canterbury, Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey property Ramsey theorem Ramsey theory	ramrod Ramrod Complete Assembled ramrodded ramrodding ramrods RAMRR RAMRT rams rams rams rams rams rams rams rams down throat rams down throat rams down throat rams down throat rams home rams home rams home rams home RAMSA Ramsar Sites Information Service Ramsar Small Grant Fund Ramsar Wetlands Communications Program Ramsauer effect Ramsauer-Townsend effect Ramsay Ramsay Ramsay Hunt syndrome Ramsay Hunt syndromes Ramsay Hunt syndromes Ramsay Hunt's syndrome Ramsay MacDonald Ramsay William Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Ramsay, Allan Ramsay, Allan Ramsay, George Ramsay, Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, Sir William Ramsay, Sir William Ramsay, William Ramsay-Shields-Eötvös equation Ramsay-Young method Ramsay-Young rule ramsdellite Ramsden circle Ramsden disc Ramsden disk Ramsden eyepiece Ramsden eyepiece Ramsden eyepiece Ramsden's eyepiece Ramsdenia RAMSDIS Ramsei Sumiswald Huttwil Bahn RAMSEP

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1) Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium contrast usually shows enhancement of the cochleovestibular complex, the facial nerve, and the geniculate ganglion in Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I (RHS), also known as herpes zoster oticus, the authors did not refer to other, less common MRI findings.

Less common MRI findings in Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I by Anton, Enrique; Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Cerebrospinal fluid PCR testing for VZV DNA has also been critical in identifying VZV as a causative factor in cases of CNS infections without skin manifestations,[49,65] cases of arteritis,[6] and cases of Ramsay Hunt syndrome (with testing of both CSF and the fluid from vesicles in the ears).

Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections of the Nervous System: Clinical and ... by Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, B. K.; Gilden, Donald H. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

The Heather Farr Award, named for the LPGA player who died in 1994, goes to the player who overcame obstacles and went this year to Martha Nause, who fought back from Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a stress-related virus that damaged her sense of balance.

BRIEFLY : TENNIS EXEC DIAMOND DIES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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