TY - JOUR
T1 - A Historical Argument for Changing the Name of a Major Syndrome
AU - Welling, David R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The ASCRS.
PY - 2015/10/21
Y1 - 2015/10/21
N2 - Dr Aldred Scott Warthin discovered a "cancerous" family in the early 1900s, mapped its kindred, and studied their diseases to the extent possible in his day. His seminal article was published in 1913. Dr Henry Lynch took Warthin's studies and began using more modern techniques to characterize this so-called "Family G," beginning in the 1960s. Somehow in this process, Warthin's observations became "Lynch syndrome." We need a better name for this condition, and propose "Warthin-Lynch syndrome" to also honor its primary discoverer.
AB - Dr Aldred Scott Warthin discovered a "cancerous" family in the early 1900s, mapped its kindred, and studied their diseases to the extent possible in his day. His seminal article was published in 1913. Dr Henry Lynch took Warthin's studies and began using more modern techniques to characterize this so-called "Family G," beginning in the 1960s. Somehow in this process, Warthin's observations became "Lynch syndrome." We need a better name for this condition, and propose "Warthin-Lynch syndrome" to also honor its primary discoverer.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941931336&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000446
DO - 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000446
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26347974
AN - SCOPUS:84941931336
SN - 0012-3706
VL - 58
SP - 1014
EP - 1016
JO - Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
JF - Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
IS - 10
ER -