In that article, the authors reported "acute episodes of painful swelling" in which the involved joints (knees, ankles, elbows, and interphalangeal joints) "were red, warm, swollen and painful for periods of two to three weeks"; this was first noted in a 25-year-old individual who, at that time, was
Comments on Dr. Cohen's letter
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
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- 81 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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โฆ Synopsis
Letter to the Editor
Comments on Dr. Cohen's Letter
To the Editor:
Cohen's letter discusses an interesting issue and raises another simultaneously. He suggests that the various eponymic syndromes of macrocephaly and hamartomata are, in fact, one disorder and then recommends nomenclature based on frequency of use. Examining the nomenclature issue first, it seems that if none of the original authors recognized the entire syndrome, we should not feel compelled to use eponymic terminology. Dvir et al. [1988] suggest, ' I . . . it seems that a
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