But then we read that the $16 billion deal would make the company the fourth-largest liquor distributor in the world, by volume, and we realizedâwe werenât entirely sure who the other top distributors were.
The term culture-bound syndrome denotes recurrent, locality-specific patterns of aberrant behavior and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular DSM-IV diagnostic category. Many of these patterns are indigenously considered to be illnesses, or at least afflictions, and most have local names.
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare autoimmune disorder. An autoimmune disorder is one in which the immune system mistakenly views the bodyâs own tissues as âinvadersâ and attacks them.Mixed connective tissue disease has features of three other connective tissue diseases: 1  Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) â An inflammatory disease that can affect many different organs.n autoimmune disorder is one in which the immune system mistakenly views the bodyâs own tissues as âinvadersâ and attacks them. Mixed connective tissue disease has features of three other connective tissue diseases: