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Which expression would you prefer to use in clinical practice? Myelora- diculopolyneuronitis or Guillain-Barré syndrome? Type VII mucopolysac- charidosis or Sly syndrome? Frontotemporal lobar degeneration or Pick disease? If you chose the former in each case, you belong to the growing legion of antieponymists. If you prefer the latter choices, you are an old- fashioned eponym fancier.
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Taylor, R.B. (2008). Whose Syndrome? Stories of Medical Eponyms. In: White Coat Tales. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73080-6_5
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