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unusual facts about Liddle's syndrome


Liddle's syndrome

It is named after Dr. Grant Liddle (1921–1989), a Pioneering American Endocrinologist at Vanderbilt University, who discovered it in 1963.


2012 Football League Cup Final

Captain Mark Hudson had a calf problem, while midfielder Stephen McPhail had missed Cardiff's last four matches as he was suffering from Sjögren's syndrome, an immune system disorder.

A Solitary Grief

Crown, who is not present during birth, is informed immediately afterwards that their daughter Doris has Down's syndrome, a fact he is unable to accept.

A. J. Burnett

He was diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome, a rare but benign genetic defect in the liver in which bilirubin conjugation ability may lead to mild jaundice under certain conditions.

American Psychiatric Association

The APA's Standard Diagnostic Manual came under criticism from autism specialists Tony Attwood and Simon Baron-Cohen for proposing the elimination of Asperger's syndrome as a disorder and replacing it with an autism severity scale.

Animalize

St. John was forced to leave Kiss during the subsequent tour after being diagnosed with Reiter's Syndrome.

Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody

Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody (anti-GBM Ab) is an antibody which is found in Goodpasture's syndrome but not found in microscopic polyangiitis.

Buckeye, Arizona

In 2013, a video featuring a Verrado High School student who overcame Down's Syndrome to join the school's cheerleading squad, and using the Katy Perry song "Roar", was selected as a finalist in a Good Morning America contest.

Buile Shuibhne

A contemporary version of the legend by poet Patricia Monaghan explores Sweeney as an archetype of the warrior suffering from "Soldier's Heart".

Caplan's syndrome

Rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibodies, and non-organ specific antibodies may be present in the serum.

Chris Liddle

Christopher John Liddle (born 1 February 1984 in Middlesbrough, Cleveland) is an English cricket player.

Chromothripsis

Bloom's syndrome: Mutations in BLM gene which encodes a family of RecQ DNA Helicases cause accumulation of micronuclei that give rise to Blooms syndrome which predisposes patients to cancer.

Cushing's syndrome

Plasma CRH levels are inadequate at diagnosis (with the possible exception of tumors secreting CRH) because of peripheral dilution and binding to CRHBP.

David Liddle

David Liddle is co-founder of Interval Research Corporation, consulting professor of computer science at Stanford University, and credited with heading development of the groundbreaking Xerox Star computer system.

Don Liddle

Liddle is most remembered as the man who, in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, threw the pitch to Vic Wertz that resulted in The Catch — Giant center fielder Willie Mays' historic back-to-home-plate, over-the-shoulder grab of Wertz' line drive with two men on base in the deepest part of centerfield at the Giants' home field, the Polo Grounds.

Douglas Reye

In 1963 The Lancet published an article written by Reye, Graeme Morgan and Jim Baral about an encephalopathic condition that became known as Reye's syndrome.

Educating Peter

Educating Peter is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg about Peter Gwazdauskas, a special needs student with Down's syndrome, and his inclusion in a standard third grade classroom in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Eleanor Taylor Bland

Bland died of Gardner's syndrome on June 2, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan.

Explosive child

The child identified as being an explosive child can be also classified as bipolar or diagnosed as having Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Intermittent explosive disorder, Tourette syndrome, Asperger's syndrome or obsessive compulsive disorder.

Gitelman syndrome

In contrast to patients with Gordon's syndrome, those suffering from Gitelman's syndrome are generally normotensive.

Hans Conrad Julius Reiter

He was not the first person to describe this syndrome, which would later become known as Reiter's syndrome (later renamed to Reactive arthritis when his Nazi affiliation came to light).

Horner's syndrome

In France and Italy, Claude Bernard is also eponymized with the condition ("Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome").

Lorna Wing

Wing is the author of many books and academic papers, including Asperger's Syndrome: a Clinical Account, a 1981 academic paper that popularised the research of Hans Asperger and introduced the term "Asperger's syndrome".

Mad as a hatter

Mercury poisoning – Absorption of mercury through the skin can cause Korsakoff's syndrome.

Medial pontine syndrome

"Medial inferior pontine syndrome" has been described as equivalent to Foville's syndrome.

Minor's disease

The term "Minor's syndrome" is now only rarely used in connection with his work and is increasingly being used, both inside and outside the medical profession, to refer to superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS), first described in 1998 by Dr. Lloyd B. Minor of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.

Moshe Gottesman

The program currently accommodates children with everything from basic learning disabilities to Down's syndrome and various types of autism.

Nate Fisher

Brenda later becomes pregnant again, but she and Nate disagree on whether or not she should have amniocentesis to determine if the baby has Down's syndrome or spina bifida after blood tests show the baby may have special needs.

National Indigenous Television

The review was headed up by retired senior public servant Neville Stevens with the assistance of Expert Panel members Laurie Patton and Kerrynne Liddle.

Orbitalis muscle

Horner's syndrome causes paralysis of the structures of the eye and orbit that receive sympathetic innervation.

Pancoast tumor

Aside from cancer general symptoms such as malaise, fever, weight loss and fatigue, Pancoast tumour can include a complete Horner's syndrome in severe cases: miosis (constriction of the pupils), anhidrosis (lack of sweating), ptosis (drooping of the eyelid) and enophthalmos (sunken eyeball).

Reye's syndrome

In some countries, oral mouthcare product Bonjela (not the form specifically designed for teething) has labeling cautioning against its use in children, given its salicylate content.

Sara Cogan

Her most recent role was as a midwife named Cheryl in EastEnders, alongside Emma Barton (Honey Mitchell) and Perry Fenwick (Billy Mitchell), in a storyline about Down's syndrome.

Sicca

Sicca syndrome - Sicca means "dryness", and may refer to Sjögren's syndrome, or to oral dryness (xerostomia) and eye dryness ("keratoconjunctivitis sicca") which is not caused by autoimmune diseasees such as Sjögren's.

Sjögren's syndrome

In 2008, mucosal administration of α-fodrin, an autoantigen in Sjögren's syndrome, was shown to inhibit the progression of the disorder in mice effectively.

Sophie Blake

In 2009 Blake was diagnosed with Asherman's syndrome where due to complications from the birth of her first child the formation of scar tissue causes adhesions in the womb.

The Trouble with Atheism

Liddle interviews the intelligent design supporter Steve Fuller, a philosopher, who argues that evolution is the only "scientifically credible basis" for atheism, and anthropologist Jeffrey H. Schwartz, who argues that evolutionary theory cannot account for novelties.

Troy Smith

Smith was scheduled to start in the third preseason game of the 2008 season, but became ill with a rare disease called Lemierre's syndrome.

Vince Earl

In 2010, he was hospitalised with Goodpasture's syndrome which resulted in the need for regular dialysis.

William Wouldhave

William Wouldhave was born in Liddle Street, North Shields in 1751 and baptised in Christ Church then in the parish of Tynemouth.


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