List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 299

A sprained ankle also known as an ankle sprain twisted ankle rolled ankle floppy ankle ankle injury or ankle ligament injury is a common medical condition where one or more […]

Sudden cardiac death is natural death usually from cardiac causes heralded by abrupt loss of consciousness within one hour of the onset of acute symptoms. Other forms of sudden death […]

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a genetic defect in the SMN1 gene which encodes SMN a protein widely expressed in all eukaryotic cells.

Scintillating scotoma is the most common visual aura preceding migraine and was first described by 19th century physician Hubert Airy (1838–1903). It is often confused with ocular migraine which originates […]

McLeod syndrome (or McLeod phenomenon) is a X-linked recessive genetic disorder that may affect the blood brain peripheral nerves muscle and heart. It is caused by a variety of recessively-inherited […]

Mixed gonadal dysgenesis is a condition of unusual and asymmetrical gonadal development leading to an unassigned sex differentiation. A number of differences have been reported in the karyotype most commonly […]

Gonadal dysgenesis is any congenital developmental disorder of the reproductive system characterized by a progressive loss of germ cells on the developing gonads of an embryo. This loss leads to […]

This syndrome is inherited as an autosomal disease. It affects both males and females but the phenotype differs. In both sexes sensorineural deafness occurs but in females ovarian dysgenesis also […]

Erythema anulare centrifugum (also known as Deep gyrate erythema Erythema perstans Palpable migrating erythema and Superficial gyrate erythema) is a descriptive term for a skin lesion. The lesions form consists […]

Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a condition that chiefly affects muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles) and heart (cardiac) muscle. It is named after Alan Eglin H. Emery (1928–) and Fritz […]