List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 310

Xanthochromia [from the Greek xanthos (ξανθός)=yellow and chroma (χρώμα)=colour] is the yellowish appearance of cerebrospinal fluid (which envelops the brain) in particular medical conditions especially subarachnoid hemorrhage. The most effective […]

Lucey–Driscoll syndrome is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting enzymes involved in bilirubin metabolism. It is one of several disorders classified as a transient familial neonatal unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia.

Adiposogenital dystrophy is a condition which may be caused by secondary hypogonadism originating from decreased levels in GnRH. Low levels of GnRH has been associated with defects of the feeding […]

Oculocerebrorenal syndrome (also called Lowe syndrome) is a rare X-linked recessive disorder characterized by congenital cataracts hypotonia and areflexia mental retardation proximal tubular acidosis aminoaciduria phosphaturia and low-molecular-weight proteinuria.

Monosomy 9p (also known as Alfi’s Syndrome or simply 9P-) is a rare chromosomal disorder in which there is deletion (monosomy) of a portion of chromosome 9. Symptoms include microgenitalia […]

Robinow syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder characterized by short-limbed dwarfism abnormalities in the head face and external genitalia as well as vertebral segmentation. The disorder was first described […]

Vascular disease is a form of cardiovascular disease primarily affecting the blood vessels.Some conditions such as angina and myocardial ischemia can be considered both vascular diseases and heart diseases.Cigarette smoking […]

Ménétrier disease (also known as hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy; named after a French physician Pierre Eugène Ménétrier 1859–1935) is a rare acquired premalignant disease of the stomach characterized by massive gastric […]

Laurence–Moon syndrome (LMS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder associated with retinitis pigmentosa spastic paraplegia hypogonadism and mental retardation.

In medicine splenic infarction is a condition in which oxygen supply to the spleen is interrupted leading to partial or complete infarction (tissue death due to oxygen shortage) in the […]