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Diseases, Disorders, Conditions, or Syndromes Named After People - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 505 times
- The average score is 8 of 21
Answer Stats
| Description | Disease | Named After | % Correct |
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| Neurodegenerative disease that is the cause of 60–70% of dementia cases | Alzheimer's disease | Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915) | 84%
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| Caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21 | Down syndrome | John Langdon Down (1828–1896) | 79%
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| Neurological condition characterized by motor and vocal tics | Tourette syndrome | Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904) | 71%
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| Autism spectrum disorder in which intelligence and language are unimpaired | Asperger syndrome | Hans Asperger (1906–1980) | 70%
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| Long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system | Parkinson's disease | James Parkinson (1755–1824) | 65%
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| An inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract | Crohn's disease | Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884–1983) | 54%
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| AKA amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or motor neurone disease (MND) | Lou Gehrig's disease | Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) | 48%
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| Results in a temporary inability to control the facial muscles on the affected side of the face | Bell's palsy | Charles Bell (1774–1842) | 43%
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| Genetic disorder affecting connective tissue in which the affected are tall and thin with long appendages | Marfan syndrome | Antoine Marfan (1858–1942) | 36%
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| A type of cancer of the white blood cells (half of cases caused by Epstein-Barr virus) | Hodgkin lymphoma | Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866) | 33%
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| Autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid, often resulting in eye bulging | Graves' disease | Robert James Graves (1796–1853) | 28%
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| Inherited neurodegenerative disease resulting in unsteady gait and eventually dementia | Huntington's disease | George Huntington (1850–1916) | 28%
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| AKA spongiform encephalopathy, it is caused by prions and similar to mad cow disease | Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease | Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885–1964), Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931) | 25%
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| The most common type of muscular dystrophy, affecting mainly boys | Duchenne muscular dystrophy | Duchenne de Boulogne (1806–1875 ) | 22%
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| Prolonged exposure to cortisol resulting in high blood pressure, obesity, fatigue, and fragile tissues | Cushing's syndrome | Harvey Cushing (1869–1939) | 20%
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| Rapidly worsening brain disease, of which 90% of children's cases involve use of aspirin | Reye syndrome | Douglas Reye (1912–1977) | 20%
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| Condition in which a male has an extra X chromosome (XXY karyotype) | Klinefelter syndrome | Harry Klinefelter (1912–1990) | 19%
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| Cancer presenting as purple spots, common in those with AIDS | Kaposi's sarcoma | Moritz Kaposi (1837–1902) | 15%
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| Inner ear disorder characterized by vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss | Ménière’s disease | Prosper Menière (1799–1862) | 14%
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| Rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system | Guillain–Barré syndrome | Georges Guillain (1876–1961), Jean Alexandre Barré (1880–1967) | 13%
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| In developed countries, the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children | Kawasaki disease | Tomisaku Kawasaki (1925–2020) | 12%
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