List of Diseases Named After People

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C

  • Caffey-Silverman syndrome ? John Patrick Caffey, William Aaron Silverman
  • Calv? disease ? Jacques Calv?
  • Canavan disease ? Myrtelle Canavan
  • Cannon syndrome ? Walter Cannon
  • Capgras syndrome ? Joseph Capgras
  • Caplan's syndrome ? Anthony Caplan
  • Caroli syndrome ? J. Caroli
  • Carri?n's disease ? Daniel Alcides Carri?n
  • Castleman disease ? Benjamin Castleman
  • C?stan-Chenais syndrome ? ?tienne Jacques Marie Raymond C?stan,Louis Jean Chennais
  • Chagas disease ? Carlos Chagas
  • Charcot's disease ? Jean-Martin Charcot
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease ? Jean-Martin Charcot, Pierre Marie, Howard Henry Tooth
  • Cheadle's disease ? Walter Butler Cheadle
  • Ch?diak-Higashi syndrome ? Alexander Ch?diak,Otokata Higashi
  • Chiari-Frommel syndrome ? Johann Baptist Chiari,Richard Frommel
  • Chilaiditi syndrome ? Demetrius Chilaiditi
  • Christ-Siemens-Touraine Syndrome ? Josef Christ, Hermann Werner Siemens, Albert Touraine
  • Christensen-Krabbe disease ? Erna Christensen, Knud Krabbe
  • Christmas disease ? Stephen Christmas
  • Churg-Strauss syndrome ? Jacob Churg, Lotte Straus
  • Claude syndrome ? Henri Claude
  • Clerambault syndrome ? Ga?tan Gatian de Clerambault
  • Clerambault-Kandinsky syndrome ? Ga?tan Gatian de Clerambault, Victor Khrisanfovich Kandinsky
  • Coats disease ? George Coats
  • Cock peculiar tumor ? Edward Cock
  • Cockayne syndrome ? Edward Alfred Cockayne
  • Cogan's syndrome ? David Glendenning Cogan
  • Colles' fracture ? Abraham Colles
  • Collet-Sicard syndrome ? Fr?d?ric Justin Collet, Jean-Athanase Sicard
  • Concato disease ? Luigi Maria Concato
  • Conn's Syndrome ? Jerome Conn
  • Cooley's anemia ? Thomas Benton Cooley
  • Cori Disease ? Carl Ferdinand Cori
  • Cornelia de Lange syndrome ? Cornelia Catharina de Lange
  • Costen syndrome ? James Bray Costen
  • Crigler-Najjar syndrome ? John Fielding Crigler, Victor Assad Najjar
  • Crocq-Cassirer syndrome ? Jean Crocq, Richard Cassirer
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ? Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Alfons Maria Jakob
  • Crohn's disease ? Burrill Bernard Crohn
  • Cronkite-Canada syndrome ? L.W. Cronkite, Wilma Canada
  • Crouzon syndrome ? Octave Crouzon
  • Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease ? Jean Cruveilhier, Paul Clemens von Baumgarten
  • Cruz disease ? Osvaldo Gon?alves Cruz
  • Curling's ulcer ? Thomas Blizard Curling
  • Curschmann-Batten-Steinert syndrome ? Hans Curschmann, Frederick Batten, Hans Gustav Steinhart
  • Cushing's disease ? Harvey Cushing

D

  • Da Costa syndrome ? Jacob Mendez Da Costa
  • Dalrymple disease ? John Dalrymple
  • Danbolt-Closs syndrome ? Niels Christian Gauslaa Danbolt, Karl Philipp Closs
  • de Quervain's disease ? Fritz de Quervain
  • de Quervain's thyroiditis ? Fritz de Quervain
  • Dejerine-Sottas disease
  • Denys-Drash syndrome
  • Dent's disease
  • Dercum's disease ? Francis Xavier Dercum
  • Devic's disease
  • Di Guglielmo's disease
  • Donovanosis
  • Down syndrome ? John Langdon Down
  • Dressler's syndrome
  • Duane syndrome
  • Dubin-Johnson syndrome
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Duncan's disease
  • Duncan's syndrome
  • Dupuytren's contracture
  • DiGeorge syndrome

E

  • Eales disease
  • Edwards syndrome ? John H. Edwards
  • Ehrlichiosis ? Paul Ehrlich
  • Erdheim-Chester disease ? Jakob Erdheim, William Chester
  • Escherichia coli? Theodor Escherich

F

  • Fabry's disease
  • Fanconi anaemia
  • Farber's disease
  • Felty's syndrome-A.R. Felty
  • Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
  • Foix-Alajouanine disease
  • Fournier gangrene
  • Forbe's disease (see Glycogen storage disease type III)
  • Fugate's disease
  • Franklin's disease
  • Friedreich's ataxia

 

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