Talk:Proteus syndrome
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what is most of the signs of protues syndrome?
The claim that people with Proteus syndrome are of above average intelligence seems to be PC and not NPV. Can anyone back this up?
Read it again. It says that most people (not all) are of average or above average intelligence. In other words, people with Proteus mirror the general population.
[edit] Contradiction
The article seems to be contradictory in that it says that "Some affected individuals may suffer from learning disabilities as a result of these growths" and in the next paragraph, "The disorder has no documented effect on cognitive ability." If the growths are the result of the disorder, then it would seem that the first sentence indicates that the disorder does have an effect on cognitive ability. Can anyone explain this? Splat 02:53, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- As I have mentioned to another user that asked a similar question, it is not contradictory, just a little confusing in the way it is structured. Proteus syndrome growths may cause learning disabilities, but this is a possible secondary effect to the presence of the growths, it is not a primary effect of the disease itself, unlike other syndromes (Trisomy 21) where diminished cognitive ability is an expected primary effect of the disease itself. This may seem like picking nits, but it is an important aspect of making a differential diagosis. You can't have physicians basing their diagnosis on the presence or absence of a loss of cognitive ability.UnseemlyWeasel 13:49, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- You need to show sources for both claims and explain it further on the article page, place both claimed statements in the same paragraph so it's more coherent. For now i'm tagging it with contradictory. --Witchinghour 23:53, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
- I have revised the section in question and hope I have captured the intended points of both previous contributors. The section is no longer contradictary so I have removed the tag. Shinji nishizono 15:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- You need to show sources for both claims and explain it further on the article page, place both claimed statements in the same paragraph so it's more coherent. For now i'm tagging it with contradictory. --Witchinghour 23:53, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] superfluous?
"...was lately diagnosed as having a particularly severe case of Proteus syndrome rather than, or in addition to, the neurofibromatosis (NF) that doctors once thought he had.[1] It may be true that Joseph Merrick had both Proteus Syndrome and neurofibromatosis."
"rather than, or in addition to" seems enough. No need to say he may have had both.
- Well, edit it then!Snipergirl 13:19, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- Done 200.55.105.6 17:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
