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That is not what "syndrome" means. Syndrome refers to the fact that there are multiple symptoms pointing to the disorder.
by billswift 14y ago
That is not what "syndrome" means. Syndrome refers to the fact that there are multiple symptoms pointing to the disorder.
- agravier 14y agoReally, I must insist: a syndrome is a set of clinical symptoms. "Austism" describes a set of symptoms. "Autism" does not describe an illness with a well-defines root cause. Hence, my comment: autism is a syndrome, and there could be several distinct illnesses (several root causes) that lead to autism.