Editing Walter C. Alvarez (section)

== Alvarez' syndrome ==
Alvarez' syndrome is a medical disorder in which the abdomen becomes [[bloating|bloated]] without any obvious reason, such as [[Flatulence|intestinal gas]]. It may be caused when the muscles of the superior abdominal wall contract and push the contents of the abdomen inferiorly and anteriorly. It may be a [[psychogenic disease|psychogenic disorder]]. It was discovered by and named by Alvarez in the late 1940s.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|178|Alvarez' syndrome}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Marked abdominal bloating not due to gas but to a neurosis of the abdominal wall |author=Alvarez WC |journal=Trans Assoc Am Physicians |date=1947 |volume=60 |issue=1 vol |pages=86–91 |pmid=18917246}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1001/archinte.1949.00230020020002|author=Alvarez WC|title=Hysterical type of nongaseous abdominal bloating|journal=[[Archives of Internal Medicine|Arch Intern Med]]|location=Chicago|date=Aug 1949|volume=84|issue=2|pages=217–245|url=http://archinte.highwire.org/cgi/content/summary/84/2/217|pmid=18138437|access-date=2010-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726151035/http://archinte.highwire.org/cgi/content/summary/84/2/217|archive-date=2011-07-26|url-status=dead|url-access=subscription}}</ref>