sandifer syndrome

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What does sandifer syndrome mean?

A paediatric medical disorder characterised by gastrointestinal symptoms and associated neurological features.

Where does sandifer syndrome come from?

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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