title: [Launching an epidemiologic investigation on characteristics of syndrome for studying critical syndrome types].
abstract: Study on syndrome type should be combined with clinic closely to make clear the regularities of distribution and development of syndrome types in diseases, as well as the statues of different syndromes in the genesis and development processes of diseases. Aiming at this issue, the authors bring forward the concept of "critical syndrome types", and suggest that for resolving it, launching an epidemiologic investigation on characteristics of syndrome types is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou.
authors.forename: Chuan-Jian
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Bang-Han
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D013577:Syndrome