Vnitr Lek 2011, 57(3):285-287
Does the medicine have its "trendy" diseases?
- Interní gastroenterologická klinika Lékařské fakulty MU a FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice, přednosta prof. MUDr. Aleš Hep, CSc.
The development of new knowledge in medicine is associated with periodical changes in frequency with which certain "interesting" diseases are being diagnosed. Their frequency might be determined by accessibility of information as well as, to a certain extent, by "popularity" of these conditions within the society.
Keywords: fashionable disease; irritable bowel syndrome; neurocirculatory asthenia; colitis; psychological disorders; constipation; gastroesophageal reflux disease
Received: January 18, 2011; Published: March 1, 2011 Show citation
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