Misleading Disease Names

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• Misleading disease names influence diagnostic assumptions by leading clinicians to look for the wrong defining feature or miss patients whose symptoms do not fit the name. — Naming in medicine: how disease nomenclature shapes diagnosis, research and patient lives
• Inaccurate names affect research by making some mechanisms seem central and others seem secondary or unrelated. — Naming in medicine: how disease nomenclature shapes diagnosis, research and patient lives
• A name that presents a multisystem disorder as a single-organ condition can misalign resource allocation, guidelines, specialty ownership, and patient support. — Naming in medicine: how disease nomenclature shapes diagnosis, research and patient lives
• More accurate nomenclature supports broader disease recognition and better aligned care and research. — Naming in medicine: how disease nomenclature shapes diagnosis, research and patient lives