Name that Disease!

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1. Which form of dementia was named after the German neuropathologist and psychiatrist who identified the first case of the disease in 1901? Alpers' disease Abercrombie's disease Alzheimer's disease Addison's disease

2. This syndrome results in mental retardation and a characteristic facial and bodily appearance, and was named for the doctor who first described it in the 1860s. What is the name of this chromosomal disorder? Pearson syndrome Down syndrome Edwards syndrome Klinefelter's syndrome

3. Which form of lymphoma with one of the highest survival rates amongst cancers took its name from the physician who first described the condition in 1832? Hodgkin's disease Bright's disease Addison's disease Wilk's tumor

4. This rare, neurodegenerative disorder is characterized by movement abnormalities or chorea, and typically manifests itself in sufferers between 35 to 44 years of age. It was named for the Long Island physician who was the first to write a precise description of the disease in 1872. What is it called? Alexander disease Huntington's disease Gilbert syndrome Behr's syndrome

5. What form of skin cancer took its name from the Hungarian dermatologist who first described the disease in 1872? Ewing's sarcoma Kaposi sarcoma Filatov's disease Askin's tumor

6. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that caused degeneration of the motor neurons of the central nervous system, resulting in loss of voluntary muscle control, and ultimately death. What is the colloquial name for this disease in the United States? David Niven's disease Lou Gehrig's disease Charlie Mingus' disease Stephen Hawking's disease

7. Which condition, which took its name from an Austrian pediatrician, usually manifests itself during childhood as a pattern of symptoms that includes difficulties with communication and social interaction and a tendency to carry out repetitive activities? Korsakoff's syndrome Rett syndrome Turner syndrome Asperger syndrome

8. Persons afflicted with this condition suffer from defects in their connective tissue, and are typically tall and slender with long limbs and digits. What is the name of this genetic disorder, which was named for the French pediatrician who was the first to make a detailed description of the condition in 1896? Morquio syndrome Marfan syndrome Donohue syndrome Winchester syndrome

9. Which degenerative disease was named for the English surgeon who first made a detailed description of the condition in a paper entitled "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy"? Sydenham's chorea Parkinson's disease Wilson's disease Bell's palsy

10. Which illness was named after the French neurologist who published "Study of a Nervous Affliction", an account of nine patients who were afflicted with the disorder? Caplan's syndrome Tourette's syndrome Dressler's syndrome Cushing's syndrome