Disease

Articles

• juvenile nephronophthisis
  27 October 2003

  Nephronophthisis comprises a group of autosomal recessive cystic kidney diseases, which constitute the most frequent genetic cause for end-stage renal failure in children and young adults.
  Synopsis
  medullary cystic disease renal medullary cysts renal corticomedullary cysts renal interstitial fibrosis renal tubular atrophy relatively spared glomeruli
  nephronophthisis-associated hepatic disease nephronophthisis-associated congenital hepatic fibrosis hepatic fibrosis
  Variants (...)

• tetanus
  15 March 2009

  Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a medical condition characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers. The primary symptoms are caused by tetanospasmin, a neurotoxin produced by the Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani.
  Infection generally occurs through wound contamination, and often involves a cut or deep puncture wound. As the infection progresses, muscle spasms in the jaw develop, hence the name lockjaw. This is followed by difficulty in (...)

• complete androgen insentivity
  8 October 2010

  CAI syndrome

• hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome
  11 November 2003

  HPT-JT syndrome

• pentalogy of Cantrell
  19 December 2005

  THAS, TAS, thoracoabdominal syndrome, Cantrell syndrome, "shagreen skin" pentalogy

• hyaline membrane disease
  25 November 2004

  Digital case
  JRC:6382 : Hyaline membrane disease of the neonate.
  JRC:6383 : Hyaline membrane disease of the neonate.
  JRC:6384 : Hyaline membrane disease of the neonate.
  Synopsis
  firm lungs, atelectatic lungs (pulmonary atelectasia)
  uneven expansion pattern
  focal alveolar hemorrhage
  focal alveolar edema (alveolar fluid in alveoli)
  hyaline membranes along terminal bronchioles, respiratory bronchioles and alveolar ducts
  yellow hyalin membranes if uncongugated (...)

• malaria
  6 October 2003

  malarial infections
  Definition: Malaria, caused by the intracellular parasite Plasmodium, is a worldwide infection that affects 300 million and kills 1 million people each year.
  Images
  man recently returned from Africa. Liver failure 2 to Malaria. hepatic malaria
  https://twitter.com/drkalmazrouei/status/817652485946912769
  According to the World Health Organization, 90% of deaths from malaria occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria is the leading cause of death in children younger (...)

• Hurler disease
  25 July 2003

  type IH mucolipidose, MPS I, alpha-L-iduronidase deficiency, Hurler-Scheie syndrome, Hurler’s disease, MPS1H

• IgA nephropathy
  12 May 2004

  Berger disease

• STRA6-associated syndrome
  27 March 2007

  STRA6-associated association

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