Why is the construction: Hypoplastic left heart "syndrome" a misnomer? And: What is a syndrome, anyhow?

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Editorial

John M Opitz et al. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Feb.

. 2011 Feb;155A(2):360-2.

doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33836. Epub 2011 Jan 13.

¹ Department of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics), School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. john.opitz@hsc.utah.edu

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Comment in

Rebuttal to the invited comment of Opitz and Carey.
McBride KL. McBride KL. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Aug;155A(8):2037-8. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34112. Epub 2011 Jul 7. Am J Med Genet A. 2011. PMID: 21739596 No abstract available.

The severe end of the spectrum: Hypoplastic left heart in Potocki-Lupski syndrome.
Sanchez-Valle A, Pierpont ME, Potocki L. Sanchez-Valle A, et al. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Feb;155A(2):363-6. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33844. Epub 2011 Jan 13. Am J Med Genet A. 2011. PMID: 21271655 Free PMC article.
Potocki-Lupski syndrome: an inherited dup(17)(p11.2p11.2) with hypoplastic left heart.
Yusupov R, Roberts AE, Lacro RV, Sandstrom M, Ligon AH. Yusupov R, et al. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Feb;155A(2):367-71. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33845. Am J Med Genet A. 2011. PMID: 21271656