Statistics for Diseases, Disorders, Conditions, or Syndromes Named After People

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Description	Disease	Named After	% Correct
Neurodegenerative disease that is the cause of 60–70% of dementia cases	Alzheimer's disease	Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915)	83%
Caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21	Down syndrome	John Langdon Down (1828–1896)	79%
Autism spectrum disorder in which intelligence and language are unimpaired	Asperger syndrome	Hans Asperger (1906–1980)	71%
Neurological condition characterized by motor and vocal tics	Tourette syndrome	Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904)	71%
Long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system	Parkinson's disease	James Parkinson (1755–1824)	66%
An inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract	Crohn's disease	Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884–1983)	62%
AKA amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or motor neurone disease (MND)	Lou Gehrig's disease	Lou Gehrig (1903–1941)	47%
Results in a temporary inability to control the facial muscles on the affected side of the face	Bell's palsy	Charles Bell (1774–1842)	44%
A type of cancer of the white blood cells (half of cases caused by Epstein-Barr virus)	Hodgkin lymphoma	Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866)	36%
Genetic disorder affecting connective tissue in which the affected are tall and thin with long appendages	Marfan syndrome	Antoine Marfan (1858–1942)	36%
Inherited neurodegenerative disease resulting in unsteady gait and eventually dementia	Huntington's disease	George Huntington (1850–1916)	32%
Autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid, often resulting in eye bulging	Graves' disease	Robert James Graves (1796–1853)	28%
The most common type of muscular dystrophy, affecting mainly boys	Duchenne muscular dystrophy	Duchenne de Boulogne (1806–1875 )	25%
Prolonged exposure to cortisol resulting in high blood pressure, obesity, fatigue, and fragile tissues	Cushing's syndrome	Harvey Cushing (1869–1939)	23%
AKA spongiform encephalopathy, it is caused by prions and similar to mad cow disease	Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease	Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885–1964), Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931)	22%
Rapidly worsening brain disease, of which 90% of children's cases involve use of aspirin	Reye syndrome	Douglas Reye (1912–1977)	21%
Cancer presenting as purple spots, common in those with AIDS	Kaposi's sarcoma	Moritz Kaposi (1837–1902)	19%
Condition in which a male has an extra X chromosome (XXY karyotype)	Klinefelter syndrome	Harry Klinefelter (1912–1990)	18%
Rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system	Guillain–Barré syndrome	Georges Guillain (1876–1961), Jean Alexandre Barré (1880–1967)	15%
Inner ear disorder characterized by vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss	Ménière’s disease	Prosper Menière (1799–1862)	15%
In developed countries, the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children	Kawasaki disease	Tomisaku Kawasaki (1925–2020)	14%