Biological syndromes

Articles

• fetal allo-immunization
  12 January 2005
• thrombocytosis
  15 April 2005

  References
  Schafer AI. Thrombocytosis. N Engl J Med. 2004 Mar 18;350(12):1211-9. PMID: #15028825#

• disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
  22 August 2004

  DIC

• Kasabach-Merritt syndrome
  6 July 2004

  consumptive coagulopathy

• insulin resistance
  2 December 2003

  Acquired resistance to the action of insulin to stimulate glucose transport in skeletal muscle is associated with obesity and promotes the development of type 2 diabetes.
  In skeletal muscle, insulin resistance can result from high levels of circulating fatty acids that disrupt insulin signalling pathways. However, the severity of insulin resistance varies greatly among obese people.
  This variability might reflect differences in levels of lipid-droplet proteins that promote the (...)

• Neutropenia
  13 September 2005

  Etiology
  hereditary neutropenia infantile genetic agranulocytosis (Kostmann syndrome) chronic congenital neutropenia cyclic neutropenia benign chronic neutropenia severe congenital neutropenia reticular dysgenesis myelokathexis cartilage-hair hypoplasia dyskeratosis congenita Chediak-Higashi syndrome
  acquired neutropenia transient acquired neutropenia infections (viaral, bacterial, tularemia) burns drugs hemodialysis vitanin B12 deficiency folate deficiency chronic acquired (...)

• Anemias
  26 January 2005

  anaemia, anemia