Syndrome

In medicine and psychology, the term syndrome refers to the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs , symptoms , phenomena or characteristics that 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. In technical medical language, a "syndrome" refers only to the set of detectable characteristics. A specific disease, condition, or disorder may or may not be identified as the underlying cause. Once a physical cause has been identified, the word "syndrome" is sometimes kept in the name of the disease.The term syndrome derives from the Greek and means literally "run together", as the features do. It is most often used when the reason that the features occur together has not yet been discovered. A familiar syndrome name often continues to be used even after an underlying cause has been found, or when there are a number of different primary causes that all give rise to the same combination of symptoms and signs. 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.A culture-bound syndrome is a set of symptoms where there is no evidence of an underlying biological cause, and which is only recognized as a "disease" in a particular culture. (From the Wikpedia article Syndrome.)

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Recent Publications on Syndrome:
Novel mutations in the STK11 gene in Thai patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), a rare autosomal dominant inherited...	13th November, 2009	Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Sor	World J Gastroenterol. 2009 Nov 14;15(42):5364-7.
Synergistic effect of fatty liver and smoking on metabolic syndrome. AIM: To investigate the association of fatty liver and smoking on...	13th November, 2009	Department of Family Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, #95	World J Gastroenterol. 2009 Nov 14;15(42):5334-9.
Celiac disease in patients with presumed irritable bowel syndrome: A case-finding study. AIM: To estimate the prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in adult patients...	13th November, 2009	Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdullah University Hospital,	World J Gastroenterol. 2009 Nov 14;15(42):5321-5.
Stereotypical hand movements in 144 subjects with Rett syndrome from the population-based Australian database. Stereotypic hand movements are a feature of Rett Syndrome but few studies...	13th November, 2009	Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health	Mov Disord. 2009 Nov 11. DOI Direct Link
Apathy may herald cognitive decline and dementia in Parkinson's disease. Apathy is usually defined as a lack of motivation. It may occur as part of...	13th November, 2009	Universite Lille Nord de France, France.	Mov Disord. 2009 Nov 11. DOI Direct Link
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Press Releases About Syndrome:
Merck Receives CHMP Positive Opinion for New Fertility Treatment, ELONVA(R)	20th November, 2009	Merck & Co., Inc.	WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merck & Co., Inc. today announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has
Viron reports positive Phase II data in Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) patients	18th November, 2009	Viron Therapeutics Inc.	VT-111 significantly reduces key cardiac enzymes at multiple time points after stent placement; Data presented at American Heart Association 2009 Scientific Sessions LONDON, ON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Accelerates Discovery With Isilon IQ	18th November, 2009	Isilon Systems	SEATTLE, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isilon® Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) today announced that the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), a nonprofit biomedical research institute, has
Albireo Announces Positive Clinical Data on A3309 in Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Constipation	18th November, 2009	Albireo	GOTHENBURG, Sweden, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Albireo today announced the completion of a phase 1b study showing a favorable tolerability and safety profile of A3309 in patients with chronic
Albireo Announces Positive Clinical Data on A3309 in Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Constipation	18th November, 2009		GOTHENBURG, Sweden, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Albireo today announced the completion of a phase 1b study showing a favourable tolerability and safety profile of A3309 in patients with chronic

BioNews Results for Syndrome:
France reports GBS in vaccinated health worker	Earthtimes.org:  Nov 14 2009 7:25AM Matching: syndrome
Nov 13 DPA story	Earthtimes.org:  Nov 14 2009 7:25AM Matching: syndrome
Hand-Foot Syndrome (Hand-Foot Skin Reaction, Palmar-Plantar Erythrodysesthesia): Focus on Sorafenib and Sunitinib	Oncology:  Nov 14 2009 12:05AM Matching: syndrome
DSALA "15th Annual Buddy Walk" to raise awareness about Down syndrome	News-Medical.Net:  Nov 13 2009 3:39PM Matching: syndrome
Medical News: In Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Treatment, More Pain Means Real Gain	BioFind:  Nov 13 2009 4:47PM Matching: syndrome
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Syndrome Clinical Trials:
Efficacy and Safety of ACZ885 in Patients With the Following Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes: Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome, Muckle-Wells Syndrome, or Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease

Syndrome Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7615360	Use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae erg4 mutants for expressing mammalian glucose transporter
7615548	Method to inhibit ischemia and reperfusion injury
7615551	Salicylate and gentisate salts of a piperazine compound
7615552	Fused heterocyclic compounds
7615553	Inhibitors of histone deacetylase
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Companies working in the area of Syndrome from Bioportfolio's Biocorporate database :
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Advaxis Advaxis, Inc. is a biotechnology company that uses a modified infectious microorganism to activate the immune system to treat cancer, infectious disease or allergic syndromes. Based upon over a 10... www.advaxis.com/index.html        View full profile
Alizyme Therapeutics Limited Alizyme is a drug development company. It develops new products to treat diseases with high unmet medical need and substantial market opportunity. To date it has focussed on obesity and related... www.alizyme.co.uk/        View full profile
Discovery Laboratories Discovery Laboratories, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company leveraging its platform technology in humanized lung surfactants to develop novel respiratory therapies and pulmonary drug delivery... www.discoverylabs.com/        View full profile
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