Etymology

Sandifer syndrome

Today it means: A paediatric medical disorder characterised by gastrointestinal symptoms and associated neurological features. Full definition →

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First described in 1964 by Austrian neurologist Marcel Kinsbourne, who named the syndrome after his mentor, British neurologist Paul Sandifer, who had cared for the patients involved.

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