Many neurological disorders and syndromes have very long and windy names . To bypass these tongue-twisting appellations, neurologists have become adept at coming up with great and catchy acronyms .
https://pixabay.com/en/abc-alphabet-letters-read-learn-916665/ Many neurological acronyms are very short, for example multiple sclerosis (MS ) Parkinson’s disease (PD )frontotemporal dementia (FTD ) Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS )
Lead Type (melting in the oven of your mind). jm3 on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jm3/379979781 The best acronyms however are the longest and most convoluted. Below is a digest of 30 neurological disorders with acronyms at least 5 letters long . How many are you familiar with? Follow the links to discover the disease behind the acronym !
ADLTE
ARSACS
BECTS
FAME
FIRES
Letters. Damian Gadal on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/23024164@N06/9231897039
FMTLE
FPEVF
FXTAS
GEFS+
CARASIL
Typewriter letters. Laineys Repertoire on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/76283671@N00/184612848
CAMOS
CANOMAD
CANVAS
CAPOS
DOORS
Letters. Kurtis Garbutt on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/kjgarbutt/5167441323
HaNDL
HMERF
IOSCA
MNGIE
MSCAE
Large roman letters carved in stone. Old Photo Profile on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4793133652
PACNS
PANDAS
PCNSL
PHARC
POEMS
Letters. lamdogjunkie on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lamdogjunkie/9303627298/
SCAN1
SNALE
SUDEP
SUNCT
SWEDDS
Pool of Knowledge. Ian Muttoo on Flikr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/imuttoo/2631466945 ***
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That’s a good one, thanks Wouter!
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