Disease

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• schistosomiasis
  17 March 2009

  Definition: Schistosomiasis infects approximately 200 million persons and kills approximately 280,000 annually. Most of the mortality comes from hepatic granulomas and fibrosis, caused by Schistosoma mansoni in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East and Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mekongi in East Asia.
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  digestive schistosomiasis
  https://twitter.com/evacomperat/status/844876278671007744
  In addition, Schistosoma haematobium, found in Africa, causes hematuria and (...)

• Caroli disease
  8 November 2004

  congenital polycystic dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts. Ent. Nom. Caroli, 1958.
  Definition: Caroli’s syndrome is characterized by multiple segmental cystic or saccular dilatations of intrahepatic bile ducts associated with congenital hepatic fibrosis (ductal plate malformation).
  Caroli disease is a member ot fibropolycystic diseases of the hepatobiliary system characterized by segmental cystic dilatation of intrahepatic ducts.
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  fem (40 yo), liver biopsy - dilated biliary (...)

• autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
  6 October 2003

  ARPKD, familial dysplasia of the kidneys, liver and pancreas, Ivemark’s hepato-reno-pancreatic dysplasia, Ivemark II syndrome

• short rib-polydactyly syndromes
  26 May 2004

  short rib-polydactyly syndrome group, SRPSs

• ovarian failure
  26 September 2003

  Etiology
  Ovarian failure can result from several different genetic mechanisms: X chromosomal abnormalities, autosomal recessive genes causing various types of XX gonadal dysgenesis, and autosomal dominant genes.
  The number and precise location of loci on the X are still under investigation, but it is clear that, in aggregate, these genes are responsible for ovarian maintenance, given that monosomy X shows germ cells that undergo accelerated atresia.
  There is no evidence for a gene (...)

• staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
  5 February 2006

  SSSS, Ritter disease

• multiforme erythema
  21 February 2005

  WKP PO
  Definition : Erythema multiforme (EM) is a skin condition of unknown cause; it is a type of erythema possibly mediated by deposition of immune complexes (mostly IgM-bound complexes) in the superficial microvasculature of the skin and oral mucous membrane that usually follows an infection or drug exposure. It is an uncommon disorder, with peak incidence in the second and third decades of life. The disorder has various forms or presentations, which its name reflects (multiforme, (...)

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