Etymology

Schnitzler syndrome

Today it means: A rare disease characterised by chronic hives and periodic fever, bone and joint pain (sometimes with joint inflammation), weight loss, malaise, fatigue, swollen lymph glands and enlarged spleen and liver. Full definition →

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The story

Named after the French dermatologist L. Schnitzler, who first described it in 1972.

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