In praise of the literary eponym—Henry V sign

The use of eponyms in medicine is often discouraged. However, the literary eponym should be an exception as it is not linked with many of the difficulties associated with conventional eponyms and offers descriptive brevity and accuracy. Here, we illustrate the point with Henry V sign, which will be...

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Autores principales: Shanahan, F., Houlihan, C., Marks, J. Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3527745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23108030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcs210
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description The use of eponyms in medicine is often discouraged. However, the literary eponym should be an exception as it is not linked with many of the difficulties associated with conventional eponyms and offers descriptive brevity and accuracy. Here, we illustrate the point with Henry V sign, which will be familiar to many who have cared for patients in the terminal stage of illness.
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spelling pubmed-35277452012-12-21 In praise of the literary eponym—Henry V sign Shanahan, F. Houlihan, C. Marks, J. Charles QJM Commentary The use of eponyms in medicine is often discouraged. However, the literary eponym should be an exception as it is not linked with many of the difficulties associated with conventional eponyms and offers descriptive brevity and accuracy. Here, we illustrate the point with Henry V sign, which will be familiar to many who have cared for patients in the terminal stage of illness. Oxford University Press 2013-01 2012-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3527745/ /pubmed/23108030 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcs210 Text en © The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of [the Association of Physicians]. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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